It's claimed that seven of the album's 12 songs were recorded the very first time that Pierce visited fellow Drums founder Jacob Graham at the latter's Florida base – a prodigious spurt of inspiration reflected in their shared summer theme – with the more melancholy remainder triggered later by what the singer refers to as his "winter of discontent".
Payne, who won an Oscar nod for his screenplay and would go on to helm the critically acclaimed "About Schmidt" (2002) and "Sideways" (2004), puts his prodigious talent on full display here, actually drawing inspiration from Budd Schulberg's "What Makes Sammy Run?", a landmark 1950's TV production about a slimy, ruthless Hollywood player.
We realize that a newly air-conditioned and redecorated office would be an inspiration to any man, probably spurring him to prodigious accomplishments, but how to explain to the little woman that he'd blown two summer vacations on his own creature comfort.
The haute sideshow décor might be an effective visual representation of Elfman's gleefully ghoulish sensibility, but it also serves as a catalog of the inspiration and influences that have helped shape his prodigious musical output.
In Folkman's defense, Cooke candidly depicts the competitive nature of academic medicine; the backbiting of those who cannot be satisfied by disagreeing with controversial theories and instead often seek to destroy their proponents; the unseemly task of raising prodigious amounts of money; and, for those of us who seek inspiration from long-distance runners like Folkman, the human need for hope.
Second, as another great video describes, Bode is driven by inspiration, an emotion that enables him to harness his prodigious talent and overcome many challenges in his career.
Most importantly, Gordy became Robinson's mentor, harnessing his prodigious but unformed composing talents, and Robinson, assisted by the Miracles, became Gordy's inspiration for the creation of Motown Records.
Where American blues (and rock'n'roll) still thrives on the unlikely story of Robert Johnson trading his soul to the devil in exchange for his prodigious talent, European jazz needs only look at Reinhardt's real life story for inspiration.
As Goodwin points out, Teddy Roosevelt transformed the American presidency, left us a prodigious canon of reflections and writings on a wide range of subjects and was the inspiration for the teddy bear.
Prodigious activities beckoned.
His philanthropy was prodigious.
