The self-titled "grand poobah" of Indianapolis' first and only Church of Cannabis, launched his bid for Indiana governor Monday.
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It's 7 PM when I enter a bar in Hobart called the Grand Poobah, where the Tasploitation Challenge is set to begin.
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I call him the Grand Poobah of kids lit, and he started to laugh and he kept on laughing, but he answered my questions.
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At the center of all of this black magic drama is Edward Coventry (Max Martini), the grand poobah of the Order and Jack's unwitting biological father.
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And of course, let us not forget the grand-poobah of homegrown celebrities: the YouTuber (I might actually be mad at the Jackass boys for spawning this one, to be honest).
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"It's tough," said Emmett DeLaney, 20143, who that year was the leader — or grand poobah — of the Antlers, a group of Mizzou basketball fans known for their sometimes off-putting expressions of enthusiasm.
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When reached for comment, its Grand Poobah of P.R. (yes, his real title) just told us he could neither confirm nor deny that the new flavors would be announced by mid-February (but that they were delicious).
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The script was by John Hughes, the grand poobah of iconic '80s movies, and though director Chris Columbus had helmed just two films prior to Home Alone — Adventures in Babysitting, and the flop Heartbreak Hotel — Hughes was a fan of his work.
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He was a member of Leopard Lodge No. 462 in Milwaukee, eventually becoming its "Grand Poobah".
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Levin titles himself Grand Poobah, or highest holy official, of the church. He claimed that he had the idea to found the church while watching the popular television series The Flintstones. "Grand Poobah" is a term derived from the name of the haughty character Pooh-Bah in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado (1885), and used recurringly in The Flintstones as the name of a high-ranking elected position in a secret society, the Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes. The group planned to test RFRA on July 1, 2015, with a service in Indiana including the use of cannabis.
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Perhaps because of the 35 °F weather, the choir wore matching winter ponchos, while other musicians wore pajamas. DeLaughter's headgear resembled a Fred Flintstone Grand Poobah lodge hat (tall fur with buffalo horns). Covers included Wings' "Band on the Run" and the Thunderclap Newman hit "Something in the Air." The band occasionally paused to sync with television cues, as the concert was broadcast live to a regional television audience of over 12 million in Texas and surrounding states.
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Rutland Barrington, the original Pooh-Bah Grand Poobah is a term derived from the name of the haughty character Pooh-Bah in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado (1885).This character was based, in part, on James Planché's Baron Factotum, the "Great-Grand-Lord-High-Everything" from The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood (1840). Williams (2010), p. 267 In this comic opera, Pooh-Bah holds numerous exalted offices, including "First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Chief Justice, Commander-in-Chief, Lord High Admiral ... Archbishop ... Lord Mayor" and "Lord High Everything Else".
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Beckford, Martin. "Lord Mandelson likened to Pooh-Bah, Lord High Everything Else in The Mikado", The Daily Telegraph, 3 December 2009 In the U.S., particularly, the term has come to describe, mockingly, people who hold impressive titles but whose authority is limited. William Safire speculated that invention of Winnie-the-Pooh by the author A. A. Milne might have been influenced by the character. The term "Grand Poobah" has been used on television shows, including The Flintstones and Happy Days, and in other media, as the title of a high-ranking official in a men's club, spoofing clubs like the Freemasons, the Shriners, and the Elks Club.
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