Miko Stephanovic (August 19, 1908 – August 5, 2005), better known as Lyle 'Spud' Murphy, was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, and arranger. He studied clarinet and trumpet, and has been recorded playing the oboe, among other jazz instruments.

Will and Marty are alarmed by this, due to having heard a story about "Spud" Murphy, the librarian, who is rumoured to shoot kids with a gas-powered spud gun that she keeps under her desk (hence the nickname "Spud") if they make a noise in the library.

2021年1月30日 · Arranger, composer and multi-instrumentalist Spud Murphy wrote 600 charts for the top Swing orchestras of the 1930s, creating colorful and dynamic arrangements that shaped the sound of Swing.

2005年8月13日 · Lyle “Spud” Murphy, the composer, arranger, bandleader and teacher who created music for acts as varied as the Three Stooges and bandleader Benny Goodman, but was perhaps best known for a system...

When my dad came home one day and found three sons and four strangers covered in warpaint, swinging on the bedroom curtains, he decided that something had to be done. It didn’t help that the warpaint was stolen from Mum’s make-up box. ‘No more bringing friends home!’. Dad declared after the warriors’ parents had collected them.

2020年8月11日 · When their mother starts dropping them off at the library several afternoons a week, nine-year-old William and his brother dread boredom and the overbearing librarian, but they are surprised at how things turn out. Suggested level: primary, intermediate. Reviews cannot be added to this item.