Italic title other uses file Uncle Remus crop, 1881.jpg thumb 220px right Uncle Remus in Uncle Remus ..., 1881.jpg thumb right 200px Old Plantation Play Song , from Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings The Folk Lore of the Old Plantation , 1881 Uncle Remus is a fictional character , the title character ... Reconstruction Atlanta , Georgia, Harris produced seven Uncle Remus books. Structure Uncle Remus ... and the stories of Jean de La Fontaine . Uncle Remus is a kindly old former slavery slave who ... negro dialect. ref Life on the Mississippi, c.1883, Samuel L. Clemens, Ch. XLVII Uncle Remus and Mr ... etext 2306 title Uncle Remus His Songs and His Sayings publisher www.gutenburg.org accessdate 2010 ... 20th century, however, the dialect and the old Uncle stereotype of the narrator, was considered ... to have listened to, and memorized, the African American animal stories told by Uncle George Terrell ... to Uncle Remus , that he hoped his book would be considered blockquote ...a sympathetic supplement to Harriet Beecher Stowe Mrs. Stowe s author of Uncle Tom s Cabin wonderful defense of slavery as it existed ... him. ref For more on the relationship between Uncle Remus and Uncle Tom s Cabin , see Robin ..., 2011 , pp. 133 141. ref blockquote Mark Twain read the Uncle Remus stories to his children, who were ... in Jim Wolf and the Cats . Film and music adaptations file Uncle Remus Disney screenshot.png thumb right Uncle Remus as portrayed by James Baskett in Song of the South The stories have inspired ... and radio actor James Baskett to portray Remus, saying We want the audience to see Uncle Remus ... s appearance, a large black man with a round face, contrasts with the appearance of Uncle Remus in earlier ... M. 2000 . Brer Rabbit, Uncle Remus and the Cornfield Journalist The Tale of Joel Chandler Harris ... of the Disney film that adapts the Uncle Remus stories to a contemporary Harlem setting. The Adventures ... III wrote and recorded the song Black Uncle Remus in 1972. Frank Zappa also recorded a song ... more details
pp move indef About the national personification of the USA other uses Uncle Sam disambiguation refimprove ... version of his own face for Uncle Sam, and veteran Walter Botts provided the pose. The face also ... ref Uncle Sam initials U.S. is a common national personification of the American government that according ... Schauffler, Robert Haven 1912 Flag day its history Page 145 ref The first use of Uncle Sam in literature was in the 1816 allegorical book The Adventures of Uncle Sam in Search After His Lost Honor by Frederick Augustus Fidfaddy, Esq. Before Uncle Sam The earliest personification of what would become ... and finally after the War of 1812 Uncle Sam appeared. The evolution of Uncle Sam Legend says ... Elbert Anderson the contractor and Uncle Sam, referring to Sam Wilson, though it actually stood for United States. As early as 1835 Brother Jonathan made a reference to Uncle Sam implying that they symbolized different things Brother Jonathan was the country itself while Uncle Sam was the government ... University of Delaware Press pg 81 ref By the 1850s the name Brother Jonathan and Uncle Sam were being ... now being called Uncle Sam. Similarly, appearance of both personifications varied wildly. For example, one depiction of Uncle Sam in 1860 depicted him looking like Benjamin Franklin, ref Morgan, Winifred ... like the modern version of Uncle Sam except for the lack of a goatee However, even with the effective abandonment of Brother Jonathan ie Johnny Reb near the end of the Civil War, Uncle Sam didn t get a standard appearance until the well known recruitment image of Uncle Sam was created by James Montgomery Flagg . It was this image more than any other that set the appearance of Uncle Sam as the elderly ... band, and red and white striped trousers. The image of Uncle Sam was shown publicly for the first ... http www.livescience.com mysteries 080630 uncle sam.html title Who Created Uncle Sam? publisher Live ... http web.archive.org web 20081203113644 http www.livescience.com mysteries 080630 uncle sam.html ... more details
Infobox Brand name Uncle Chipps image File Uncle Chipps.jpg 100px caption The Uncle Chipps logo type Potato chips industry Food currentowner Frito Lay origin IND discontinued introduced 1985 parent PepsiCo,Inc. markets India tagline Bole mere lips. I love Uncle Chipps previousowners Uncle Chipps Co. Ltd trademarkregistrations website http pepsicoindia.co.in brands uncle chipps.html Official Website Uncle Chipps is a brand of potato chips that is marketed in India . ref name iejan00 cite news title Uncle Chipps launches Rs 2 crore Millennium Offer to woo kids url http www.expressindia.com fe daily 20000120 fst20101.html accessdate 21 February 2012 newspaper The Indian Express date 20 January 2000 ref Nine flavours of potato chips are available under the brand. ref name iejan00 History Until 1998, the Dehli based Uncle Chipps was the market leader in the industry, enjoying a 71 market share, ref name tiejuly98 cite news title Uncle Chipps in 70g packs, four variant url http www.expressindia.com fe daily 19980715 19655184.html accessdate 21 February 2012 newspaper The Indian Express date ... Express date 6 December 2000 ref Originally owned by the Uncle Chipps Company Ltd , it was bought over by Frito Lay , Pepsico s snacks division in October 2000. ref name tfeoct00 cite news title Uncle .... I love Uncle Chipps , with Pradeep Sarkar , then the Creative Head of the agency. ref name red http ... June 2005. ref After the sale of the brand, the Uncle Chipps Company Limited was renamed Amrit Agro ... accessdate 21 February 2012 newspaper The Hindu date 21 December 2002 ref Uncle Chipps is the pioneer ... love Uncle Chipps . ref name tfejuly10 cite news title Munching on Salty Success url http www.financialexpress.com ... Express date 15 July 2010 ref Uncle Chipps until 2010, was distributed only in Northern India. In August 2010, Frito Lay announced that it was looking to market Uncle Chipps on a pan India level ... brands uncle chipps.html Official Website Category Food companies of India Category ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Uncle Dysfunktional Type Album Artist Happy Mondays Cover Unkle Dysfunktional.JPG Released 2 July 2007 Recorded Genre Madchester Br P Funk Label Sequel Producer Sunny Levine Reviews Allmusic Rating 3 5 Allmusic class album id r1083608 pure url yes Link Cluas 7 10 http www.cluas.com indie music Default.aspx?tabid 87&EntryID 319 link Rocklouder Rating 3 5 http www.rocklouder.co.uk articles 3385 Happy Mondays Uncle Dysfunktional.html link Last album The Platinum Collection Happy Mondays album The Platinum Collection br 2005 This album Uncle Dysfunktional br 2007 Next album Uncle Dysfunktional is a studio album from Happy Mondays . Their first album since Yes Please in 1992. The album has a hidden track which is the second of the two untitled tracks. The song Deviants features Mickey Avalon . http profile.myspace.com index.cfm?fuseaction user.viewprofile&friendid 30920517&MyToken 04135293 abe2 443c a416 8a9bdda862f4 Track listing Jellybean Happy Mondays song Jellybean Angels And Whores Deviants Rats With Wings Cuntry Disco In The Blood Anti Warhole On The Dancefloor Rush Rush Dysfunktional Uncle Dr Dick Weather Untitled Untitled Singles Jellybean Happy Mondays song Jellybean 16 July 2007 Dysfunktional Uncle 8 October 2007 ha Category 2007 albums Category Happy Mondays albums ... more details
This article is about the character from the Harriet Beecher Stowe novel, Uncle Tom s Cabin , and the resulting epithet . For the P. G. Wodehouse character, see Tom Travers . File Uncle Tom s Cabin 1901b.jpg right thumb 300px A 1901 stage adaptation of Uncle Tom s Cabin containing mixed elements of Harriet .... Uncle Tom is the title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe s 1852 novel, Uncle Tom s Cabin . The phrase Uncle Tom has also become an epithet for a person who is slavish and excessively subservient ... group. ref http wordnetweb.princeton.edu perl webwn?o2 &o0 1&o7 &o5 &o1 1&o6 &o4 &o3 &s uncle tom&i 0&h 00 c Uncle Tom . Wordnet.princeton.edu. Retrieved April 24, 2009. ref ref http www.merriam webster.com dictionary uncle tom ref Original characterization and critical evaluations File ElizaEngraving cropped.jpg right thumb 215px Detail of an illustration from the first book edition of Uncle Tom s Cabin . Depicts Uncle Tom as young and muscular At the time of the novel s initial publication in 1851 Uncle Tom was a rejection of the existing stereotypes of minstrel show s Stowe s melodramatic story ... books.google.com books?id J IaLbTxpVYC&pg PA1&dq Uncle Tom&ei T5zmSYC9GoOIzQTwnJTBCA author Claire Parfait title The publishing history of Uncle Tom s cabin, 1852 2002 pages 1 2, 6 publisher Ashgate ... conventions of slave narratives by juxtaposing Uncle Tom s passivity against the daring of three African ... Uncle Tom&ei T5zmSYC9GoOIzQTwnJTBCA title Uncle Tom mania slavery, minstrelsy, and transatlantic ... Press year 2005 accessdate 2009 04 16 isbn 978 0 8203 2737 2 ref Senator Charles Sumner credited Uncle ... suspected a racial double standard in the idealization of Uncle Tom Uncle Tom s character ...&pg PA1&dq Uncle Tom&ei T5zmSYC9GoOIzQTwnJTBCA author anonymous title Untitled review, republished in A Routledge literary sourcebook on Harriet Beecher Stowe s Uncle Tom s cabin by Debra J. Rosenthal ..., I was never an admirer of Uncle Tom, nor of his type of goodness but I believe that there were ... more details
Infobox Book name Uncle Tungsten Memories of a Chemical Boyhood translator image image caption author Oliver Sacks illustrator cover artist John Gall country United States language English language English series genre Memoir br Science publisher Vintage Books release date 2001 in literature 2001 english release date media type pages 317 isbn 0 375 40448 1 dewey 616.8 092 B 21 congress RC339.52.S23 A3 2001 oclc 46937635 Uncle Tungsten Memories of a Chemical Boyhood is a memoir by Oliver Sacks about his childhood published in 2001 in literature 2001 . The book is named for Sacks s Uncle Dave, owner of a business named Tungstalite, which made incandescent lightbulb s with a tungsten Electrical filament filament , whom Oliver nicknamed Uncle Tungsten. Uncle Tungsten was fascinated with tungsten and believed it was the metal of the future. The book also talks about many other things that happened to Sacks, such as the many whippings at Braefield school, the burning down of the Crystal Palace , his interest in amateur chemistry , and his short lived obsession with coloring his own black and white photographs using dangerous chemicals. It is also an extremely readable primer in the history and science of chemistry . External links http www.oliversacks.com books uncle tungsten Uncle Tungsten on Oliver Sacks official site DEFAULTSORT Uncle Tungsten Memories Of A Chemical Boyhood Category 2001 books Category American autobiographies Category Books by Oliver Sacks Category Chemistry books US bio book stub it Zio Tungsteno Ricordi di un infanzia chimica ja sv Morbror Volfram tr Tungsten Day Kimyasal Bir ocuklu un An lar ... more details
Uncle Jesse may refer to any of several fictional characters, including Jesse Duke , a character from the TV series and movie The Dukes of Hazzard Jesse Katsopolis Full House Jesse Katsopolis , from the television series Full House Disambig ... more details
Uncle Walter may refer to A song on the self titled album by Ben Folds Five, see Ben Folds Five album A nickname for broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite A Minnesota colloquial phrase for a Walleye disambig ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Monkee s Uncle Type studio Artist Altamont band Altamont Cover Altamont The Monkee s Uncle.jpg Released November 1, 2005 Recorded 2005 Genre Hard rock , Heavy metal music Heavy metal Length 41 47 Label AntAcidAudio Producer Toshi Kasai Reviews Allmusic 3.5 5 Allmusic class album id r793946 pure url yes link Last album Our Darling album Our Darling br 2001 This album The Monkee s Uncle br 2005 Next album The Monkee s Uncle is an album by Altamont band Altamont , which was released in 2005 through AntAcidAudio . Track listing Frank Bank Altamont 3 25 Bathroom Creep Altamont 2 51 Dum Dum Fever Altamont 5 40 El Stupido Altamont 4 40 Laughing Boy Altamont 4 19 Pedigree Altamont 3 19 Monkee s Uncle Altamont 2 45 The Bloodening Altamont 2 50 Easter Sunday Altamont 7 09 Bull Ramus Altamont 2 11 In A Better World The Screamers 2 30 Personnel Dale Crover Vocals , Various instruments Dan Southwick guitar , bass guitar , Drum s Joey Osbourne drum s Toshi Kasai piano , Organ music Organ , Audio engineer Engineer , Record producer Producer Sasha Popovich drum s DEFAULTSORT Monkee s Uncle Category Altamont albums Category 2005 albums ... more details
Infobox Television episode Title Uncle Simon Series The Twilight Zone Image Image Uncle Simon.jpg 250px Caption Scene from Uncle Simon Season 5 Episode 128 Airdate November 15, 1963 Production 2604 Writer Rod Serling Director Don Siegel Guests Cedric Hardwicke Simon Polk br Constance Ford Barbara Polk br Ian Wolfe Schwimmer Music Stock Episode list List of Twilight Zone episodes Prev The Old Man in the Cave Next Probe 7, Over and Out Uncle Simon is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone . Plot Barbara Polk has lived with her aged, sadistic uncle, Simon Polk, for 25 years even though she hates him as she is his only heir. After berating Barbara in the basement, Simon raises his cane as if to strike her. Barbara catches his cane, and Simon falls down the stairs, breaking his back. Frustrated with his feebleness, nagging, and constant demands of hot chocolate, Barbara allows him to succumb to his injuries. After Barbara s uncle s death, his lawyer, Mr. Schwimmer, reading over the will with the grieving niece, points out that there is a stipulation in his will requiring her to look after his last invention, which is a robot that acts and eventually sounds just like him right down to the old gentleman s limp, which it develops after she unsuccessfully attempts to destroy it by pushing it down a flight of stairs. The lawyer has explained that he will make regular visits to ensure that Barbara is in compliance with her uncle s will or else she will be disinherited. At the end of the episode, responding to the robot, in exactly the same tone she used when Polk was alive, Yes, Uncle Simon . Episode notes As the primary sponsor of the series this season, American Tobacco insisted that Rod and several of his guest stars light up during most of the episodes ... Uncle Simon http www.tv.com the twilight zone uncle simon episode 12713 summary.html TV.com episode ... Oncle Simon nl Uncle Simon ... more details
Uncle Seth is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1999 in Scarborough, Ontario Scarborough . In 2006, their involvement with the Canadian and international podcast community saw them named by the official band of Canadian podcasting by prominent podcasters Tod Maffin , Mark Blevis and Bob Goyetche , among others. The 2005 EP Forgive & Forget, Volume One captures their distinctive sound with three live next to three studio produced songs. Melodic songwriting, inspired lyrics, adventurous instrumentation, and lively vocals make this band a stand out, which is why they were named Dose Magazine s Artist of the Week in April 2005. Uncle Seth has honed its spirited live performance to a show , as opposed to playing a list of songs . Forging a relationship with the audience is key to Uncle Seth s success as a live band. I like that we try to get the audience to engage, says lead singer Amaya Thompson. A lot of what we do is really relatable. And when halfway through a set the band dons acoustic instruments and parades through the crowd, encouraging them to sing along, they do. And they dance. And they laugh. And when the show culminates in a climactic finish, the audience always leaves grinning. But the changing music industry has inspired Uncle Seth to be innovative in its approach to releasing recorded music. MP3 devices have changed the way people listen to music, they explain. People ... Uncle Seth recorded a brilliant, bouncy cover of Joni Mitchell s Both Sides Now available on iTunes ... shows, inspiring Uncle Seth to continue releasing both covers and originals on the internet ... people can get it the easiest and the most cost effectively. Uncle Seth s growing audience, evolving ... and intriguing future for the band. The members are all committed to Uncle Seth s growth and will continue ... http www.musicface.com uncleseth Uncle Seth official web site http podshow.com music ?artist id 393 Uncle Seth on the PodSafe Music Network DEFAULTSORT Uncle Seth Category Musical groups established ... more details
Deleted image removed Image Uncle bobby show promo.jpg 250px thumb left Poster from the Uncle Bobby Show , Bimbo the Brithday Clown in lower left. Uncle Bobby was a Canada Canadian children s television show that aired from 1964 to 1979 on Toronto s CFTO and, for two years, beginning in 1968, as a weekly show on the CTV Television Network CTV television network although it continued to be aired on local CTV stations across Canada thereafter . In its later run the show was known as Uncle Bobby and Friends and, in 1979, the show was renamed Kid s Corner and lasted for a few more years as a syndicated Saturday morning offering and into the early 1990s in repeats on YTV TV channel YTV . The half hour show starred Bobby Ash 1924 2007 , a former comedian and circus clown who had moved to Canada from the United Kingdom . The show aired weekdays over noonhour and featured staples such as Bimbo The Birthday Clown , a stationary cardboard cut out who would come out of his closet to the tune of Jim Reeves s Bimbo and a booming laugh as Uncle Bobby announced that day s birthday greetings. Accompanying Bimbo were three puppets on a string, Wilson, Keppel and Betty , named after British music hall performers, who would dance to Bimbo s theme. The show featured regulars such as guitarist and singer Alex Laurier , Meredith Cutting the singing police officer , ventriloquists Jack O Reilly with his partner Daniel O Rourke and Cy Leonard and his partner Happy, Magician illusion magician Ron Leonard ... as safety tips for children from Traffic Officer John. Uncle Bobby s catch phrase was MMMM...BOBBY ... years, Wayne Dayton. Children would also appear on the show and would be referred to by Uncle Bobby as bobbysoxers . Maclean s Magazine described Uncle Bobby as avuncular without being ... Stan Francis . He then went to England for three years and, upon his return, was given the job of Uncle ... The Uncle Bobby Show Page by Buffalonian Steve Cichon imdb title id 0199279 title The Uncle Bobby ... more details
Uncle Petrie or, Petrie J. Martin is a fictional character in the long running American television series Lassie 1954 TV series Lassie . Petrie is portrayed by George Chandler . ref name Jenkins Jenkins, Henry. Lassie . Museum of Broadcast Communications. n.d. . ref The character was created to fill the grandfatherly role once occupied by George Cleveland as George Gramps Miller in the first several seasons of the show. Cleveland s death during fourth season filming forced producers to revamp the show with a complete cast change and an entirely new storyline. The Miller family of the first three seasons was dropped from the plot and a young couple, the Martins, brought in to buy the Miller farm and adopt the Miller foster child, Timmy Martin Timmy . ref name Collins Collins, Ace. Lassie A Dog s Life . Penguin, 1993. ref Uncle Petrie is Paul Martin Lassie Paul Martin s uncle and debuts in the fourth season episode The Ring . There, he joins the family on the farm when Ruth Martin Lassie Ruth Martin summons him from Millvale, Pennsylvania to help with the work. Timmy takes an instant dislike to Uncle Petrie, but is won over when Uncle Petrie fashions a ring with Lassie s portrait on it for him. In the real world, the ring became a premium distributed by the show s sponsor Campbell s Soup with 70,000 rings mailed to the show s fans. ref name Collins As fourth season filming progressed, troubles on the set forced producers to fire the two performers playing the Martin couple. Two new players were hired as Ruth and Paul Martin and debuted at the top of the fifth season 1958 . The two became hugely popular with the show s fans. Surveys indicated viewers wanted to see child character Timmy spend more time with his father Paul. Producers consequently felt two adult males on the show would overwhelm the audience Uncle Petrie was dropped from the plot and George Chandler from the cast. ref name Collins References references Lassie 1954 TV series DEFAULTSORT Uncle Petrie Category ... more details
May 2001 title Uncle Daddy Book Review journal School Library Journal volume 47 issue 5 pages 149 ... jerker and Uncle Daddy is almost too good to ring true, but the plot survives and so does Uncle ... between adults is convincing while the hero status imposed by Rivers on his great uncle provides ... Uncle Daddy was awarded a The Christophers The Christopher Awards Christopher Medal in the Books ... Uncle Daddy ... more details
File Uncledonbiglittlebook.jpg right thumb 360px Uncle Don s Strange Adventures , a 1936 Big Little Book series Big LIttle Book from the Western Publishing Whitman Publishing Company , featured a story about Uncle Don and his adventures with a mystery cruiser. Uncle Don was a children s radio program which aired on WOR AM WOR radio from 1928 to 1947. The host was Uncle Don Carney , a former vaudeville performer real name Howard Rice , 1897 1954 . The half hour program was broadcast daily, five or six days a week. ref http www.time.com time magazine article 0,9171,762702,00.html Time , 1939. ref ref name snopes http www.snopes.com radiotv radio uncledon.asp Snopes ref Debuting September 1928, it was the most popular children s show of that era due to the powerful 50,000 watt range of New York s WOR station. Carney sang, played the piano, told stories and introduced a variety of features the Earnest Savers Club which encouraged setting up accounts at the Greenwich Savings Bank a Healthy Child Contest a Talent Quest that provided screen tests for winners. Each program began with Uncle Don arriving in the imaginary autogyro he called his puddle jumper. His opening song was widely known blockquote Hello nephews, nieces too, br Mothers and daddies, how are you? br This is Uncle Don all set to go, br With a meeting on the ra di o br We ll start off with a little song br To learn the words ... Sing this song with your Uncle Don ref http www.biglittlebooks.com uncle don.html Uncle Don s Strange Adventures ref blockquote Books Uncle Don s Strange Adventures , a 1936 Big Little Book series Big ... rumor claimed that one night Uncle Don had inadvertently spoken into an open mike, saying There That ought ... with a headline comparing Rhodes to Uncle Don. As a play on the urban legend, jazz musician Sonny Rollins sometimes introduced himself, facetiously, as Uncle Don , a nickname that continues to this day ... and girls. This is Uncle Don. laughter ...Good afternoon, my name is Sonny Rollins. ref A Night at the Village ... more details
Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Uncle Rotter image Uncle rotter.png caption Uncle Rotter, taken at Bloodstock Open Air 2009 image size background group or band alias origin Manchester , UK genre Thuggish Cartoon Disco Metal br Gothic Glam years active 2007 present label Unsigned artist unsigned associated acts website http www.unclerotter.com current members Uncle Rotter br Twiggy Bang Bang br General Slave br Venom Rotter br Dr T M.D br Ramirez Rotter notable instruments Sampler Uncle Rotter is a UK singer songwriter who gave his name to the six piece rock band he formed in Manchester , England , in 2007 in response to wide demand for his product on Myspace . Uncle Rotter s music is best described as thuggish cartoon disco metal and infamously features very catchy songs with lyrics that would upset listeners with a sensitive disposition as demonstrated on the release ... movies feature a large part of Uncle Rotter s sound, as does an influence of rock, metal, old school ..., the eponymously titled Uncle Rotter. br The band have toured the UK extensively since 2008 ... concerts 994254 uncle rotter at o2 academy newcastle accessdate 2011 04 09 ref Uncle Rotter recorded ..., in March 2008. Krusher was so impressed he asked Uncle Rotter to headline his birthday party at London s Embassy Club in April 2009. Later that month, Uncle Rotter hosted the sell out Uncle Rotter ... by personally introducing Uncle Rotter s set ref name Krusher Introduces Uncle Rotter at Bloodstock 2009 cite web title Krusher Introduces Uncle Rotter at Bloodstock 2009 url http www.youtube.com ..., Uncle Rotter released a single, Zombies Wild , on behalf of Zombie Aid, ref name Zombie Aid 2010 ... urging fans to buy the single, ref name Corey Taylor supporting Uncle Rotter single cite web title Corey Taylor supporting Uncle Rotter single url http www.youtube.com watch?v bpoRXeOGBoQ accessdate ... present Uncle Rotter Vocals, songwriter and samples Twiggy Bang Bang Lead guitar General Slave Lead ... more details
about the all women American old time music group the three time Louisiana Governor nicknamed Uncle Earl Earl Long Nickname Uncle Earl Infobox musical artist name Uncle Earl image Earl fls 1.jpg caption Uncle Earl in 2007 from left to right Rayna Gellert , Abigail Washburn , KC Groves and Kristin Andreassen ... Uncle Earl 01.jpg thumb 300px European tour 2010 at Kult , Niederstetten from left to right Rachel Eddy, KC Groves, Kristin Andreassen, Stephanie Coleman and Paula Bradley Uncle Earl is an United States American old time music group, formed in 2000 ref name faq cite web title Uncle Earl FAQ work Uncle Earl url http www.uncleearl.net FAQ.htm accessdate 2007 06 12 ref by KC Groves and Jo Serrapere ... also been nicknamed as g Earlfriends . ref cite web title Uncle Earl s Newsletter work Uncle Earl url ... name for an all women s group, she says. But we are fans of Earl Scruggs , Steve Earle , and Uncle .... And Uncles. ref cite web title Uncle Earl adds modern sass to old time music work Real Country Music .... ref name faq The Uncle Earl biography, however, states 1999 as founding year. Originally they had no real ... on going. ref cite web title Uncle Earl biography work Uncle Earl url http www.uncleearl.net uncleearlbio.rounder.8.6.05.doc ... Truitt bass, vocals . ref cite web title Uncle Earl in the web archive url http web.archive.org web ... musical projects. ref cite web title Big Changes in g Earl Land work Uncle Earl url http blogs.myspace.com index.cfm?fuseaction blog.ListAll&friendId 17077984 accessdate 2010 05 05 ref The new Uncle ... and Updates cite web title Introductions and Updates work Uncle Earl url http blogs.myspace.com ... four years Amanda Kowalski played Double bass upright bass with Uncle Earl. Sharon Gilchrist joined ... web title Raise a Ruckus Liner Notes work Uncle Earl url http www.uncleearl.net ruckus.htm month April year 2005 accessdate 2007 06 14 ref There is a rather long list of other bassists with whom Uncle ... faq ref cite web title Uncle Earl Newsletter Nov. 2004 work Uncle Earl url http www.uncleearl.net newsletterarchives ... more details
Infobox film name Uncle Buck image Uncle buck.jpg caption Theatrical poster director John Hughes filmmaker John Hughes producer John Hughes br Tom Jacobson br Tristin Rogerson Dolley writer John Hughes starring John Candy br Amy Madigan br Jean Louisa Kelly br Gaby Hoffmann br Macaulay Culkin br Jay Underwood br Laurie Metcalf music Ira Newborn editing Lou Lombardo filmmaker Lou Lombardo br Tony Lombardo br Peck Prior cinematography Ralf D. Bode leave linked. Bode is an Oscar nominee studio Hughes ... Film US language English budget 15 million gross 79,258,538 Uncle Buck is a 1989 John Hughes filmmaker ... Uncle Buck was the first film directed, written, and produced by John Hughes under a multi picture ... . Reception Uncle Buck received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes has ... cite web url http www.rottentomatoes.com m uncle buck title Uncle Buck 1989 publisher Rotten Tomatoes ... and was placed No.1 at the box office. ref cite web url http www.nytimes.com 1989 08 23 movies uncle buck is no 1 at the movie box office.html?src pm title Uncle Buck Is No. 1 At the Movie Box Office ... Main Uncle Buck TV series A television series named Uncle Buck was broadcast on CBS in 1990. It starred ... ratings quickly plummeted and it was canceled. Remake Main Uncle Bun In 1991, Uncle Buck was remade in Malayalam language and released as Uncle Bun . Home Media Releases Uncle Buck was released on VHS in 1989, and on DVD in 1998. On August 26, 2008, Uncle Buck was featured, along with The Great ... Reflist External links Wikiquote IMDb title 0098554 Uncle Buck Allmovie title 51682 Uncle Buck rotten tomatoes uncle buck Uncle Buck mojo title unclebuck Uncle Buck http www.fast rewind.com unclebuck.htm Uncle Buck at the 80s Movie Gateway John Hughes Films Category 1989 films Category American ... Buck de Allein mit Onkel Buck fr Uncle Buck it Io e zio Buck nl Uncle Buck pl Wujaszek Buck ru fi Uncle Buck sv Uncle Buck uk ... more details
The term monkey s uncle , most notably seen in the idiom well I ll be a monkey s uncle , is used to express complete surprise, amazement or disbelief. ref cite web url http idioms.thefreedictionary.com I 27ll be a monkey 27s uncle title I ll be a monkey s uncle Idioms publisher Idioms.thefreedictionary.com date accessdate 2011 12 03 ref It can also be used to acknowledge the impossibility of a situation, in the same way that pigs might fly is used. An example is if one says I may agree that if two plus two equals five, then I am a monkey s uncle This is a consequence of the principle of explosion which states that any arbitrary proposition is a logical consequence consequence of a contradiction . ref cite web author Herb Yarvina1 url http journals.cambridge.org action displayAbstract?fromPage online&aid 2409992 title Cambridge Journals Online Abstract doi 10.1017 S0034412500009392 publisher Journals.cambridge.org date 2008 10 24 accessdate 2011 12 03 clarify date December 2011 This ref as available online makes no mention of the phrase please use the quote parameter to illustrate ref I ll be a monkey s uncle has been said to date from after 1925, the date of the widely publicized Scopes Trial in the United States, where the term first appears. ref cite web url http books.google.com.au books?id MveDuTv3XF8C&pg PA83&dq 22Monkey 27s uncle 22 darwin&hl en&ei 5KPeTr xCcWsiAeSsMSZBQ&sa ... If that s a joke I m a monkey s uncle. from an Ohio newspaper on 8 February 1925. ref cite book ... I m a monkey s uncle. accessdate 2011 12 06 Available online to subscribers, and also ... book The Descent of Man . ref cite web url http h2g2.com dna h2g2 plain A3628 title A Monkey s Uncle ...&dq 22Monkey 27s uncle 22 darwin&hl en&ei EqTeTsabFqmXiAfk2MmxBQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum ... Michael Quinion notes that the phrase Monkey s uncle occurs in a parody of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ... fits . ref cite web last Quinion first MIchael title Monkey s Uncle url http www.worldwidewords.org ... more details
Infobox book name A Prefect s Uncle title orig translator image Image A Prefect s Uncle 1903.jpg 180px image caption First edition, 1903 author P. G. Wodehouse illustrator cover artist country United Kingdom language English language English series subject genre Comedy novel publisher A & C Black Adam & Charles Black first edition release date September 11, 1903 english release date media type Print Hardcover Hardback & Paperback pages isbn NA Released before ISBN system implimented oclc 5919911 preceded by followed by A Prefect s Uncle is an early novel by P.G. Wodehouse . Plot introduction The action of the novel takes place at the fictional Beckford College , a private school for boys the title alludes to the arrival at the school of a mischievous young boy called Reginald Farnie, who turns out to be the uncle of the older Bishop Gethryn, a Prefect Academic prefect , cricket er and popular figure in the school. His arrival, along with that of another youngster, Wilson, who becomes Fag personal servant fag to Gethryn, leads to much excitement and scandal in the school, and the disruption of some important cricket matches. Publishing Early First edition editions are highly prized by collectors, and first printings regularly sell for over 5,000. The novel was reprinted on June 17, 2004 by R A Kessinger Publishing . It contains approximately 128 pages and has been assigned the ISBN 1 4191 0286 9. The text was released under Project Gutenburg in 2004 in literature 2004 . External links http wodehouse.ru 02.htm The Russian Wodehouse Society s page , with photos of book covers and list of characters http www.gutenberg.org etext 6985 Free eBook of A Prefect s Uncle at Project Gutenberg The Works of P. G. Wodehouse DEFAULTSORT Prefects Uncle, A Category 1903 novels Category British children s novels Category Comedy novels Category English novels Category Novels by P. G. Wodehouse 1900s novel stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 John Uncle is a well known London based canine behaviour expert. He has been involved in professional dog training since the early 1970s. He runs the London Dog Canine Training Establishment in Muswell Hill , a district of north London . John has lectured and instructed dog trainers across United Kingdom Britain , Europe , United States America , India and Japan . Uncle was one of the first instructors to lecture for the International Earthquake and Mountain Rescue teams in Switzerland . In the Netherlands he introduced the Prevent a bite programme and instructed in silent training for agility. In 2001 he ran a two week residential course in India and lectured to over 200 Japanese dog instructors, vets and dog owners in October of the same year. He has given talks at the Royal Veterinary College and numerous training clubs and universities across Britain. His knowledge and insight into dogs has attracted much media interest and he continues to write for publications including Kennel Club Gazette and Dog Training Weekly. In 1984 Uncle helped to form the PREVENT A BITE programme, which has toured schools in Britain, teaching students and teachers about canine human interaction and showing people how to live and communicate with dogs in a safe way. Uncle has established a strong relationship with many international dog training schools. Students from the Thistle school in Tokyo have regularly visited LCTE in London for several years now, attracted by John s hands on approach and willingness to tackle the problem dogs that some instructors refuse to work with. Sources London Canine Training Establishment http www.lcte.co.uk Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Uncle, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Uncle, John Category Living people Category Dog trainers Category Year of birth missing living people ... more details
for the cartoon titled Cry Uncle List of Tom and Jerry Tales episodes Infobox film name Cry Uncle image Cry uncle.JPG caption Theatrical release poster director John G. Avildsen producer David Jay Disick writer Novel br Michael Brett br Screenplay br David Odell br Additional dialogue br Allen Garfield br John G. Avildsen starring Allen Garfield cinematography John G. Avildsen editing John G. Avildsen music Harper MacKay distributor Troma Entertainment released August 17, 1971 runtime 87 min. country United States language English awards budget Cry Uncle also American Oddballs and Superdick is a 1971 film in the Troma Entertainment Troma library. It is directed by John G. Avildsen and stars Allen Garfield . The story, based on the Michael Brett novel Lie a Little, Die a Little , follows the misadventures of a slobbish private detective who is hired by a millionaire to investigate a murder. The movie features one of Paul Sorvino s first screen performances, and an early appearance from TV star Debbie Morgan . The film features a great deal of nudity, sex, drug use, and an explicit act of necrophilia . The film was banned in Finland for the year following its release, and in Norway until 2003. Plot The story follows a detective who who takes on a murder case, complicated by a diverse group of suspects and a lot of sexual situations. Cast Lloyd Kaufman , co founder of Troma, has a cameo appearance as a hippie . Reception During an interview featured in the Special Edition of the film s DVD , Allen Garfield claims that Cry Uncle is Oliver Stone s favorite comedy. See also List of Troma films External links imdb title 0066960 http www.troma.com films cry uncle Cry Uncle at the Troma Entertainment movie database John G. Avildsen Category 1971 films Category 1970s comedy films Category American sex comedy films Category English language films Category Troma Entertainment films Category Films directed by John G. Avildsen Category Films set in New York City Category Necrophilia ... more details
Infobox manhua name Uncle Choi image Unclechoicover.jpg imagesize default 250 caption Uncle Choi zh hanzi romanized multigenre y Humor first War y author Hui Guan man illustrator publisher publisher en publisher other demographic Do not use Japanese terms magazine first 1958 last 1970s volumes chapter list related content subcat Hong Kong comics sort Uncle Choi zh Y Uncle Choi Chinese was a popular manhua in Hong Kong . It was created by Hui Guan man , and released in 1958. Publication was finally ceased in the mid 1970s in Hong Kong 1970s . Background Uncle Choi was the best selling comic in the 1950s to early 1960s. The comic is considered a creative break away from traditional lianhuanhua . The story was able to adjust with the different time periods and make changes associated with social issues. ref name Wendy Wong, Wendy Siuyi. 2002 2001 Hong Kong Comics A History of Manhua. Princeton Architectural Press. New York. ISBN 1 56898 269 0 ref It is also one of the most successful comic to come out prior to the arrival of television broadcasts. The popularity only faded when the story became over the top with laser guns, spy gadgets and non traditional weapons, which turned off some readers. Story The comic began more or less as a comedy. Eventually the story developed into a focus against the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong Japanese occupation and the plot became more serious. The character Uncle Choi became a war hero. ref name Wendy Format It is interesting to note that some of the titles read from left to right, while others read from right to left. The book was different in size at 5x7, instead of 3.6 x 5 inches. See also Old Master Q References reflist Category Comic strips started in the 1950s Category Hong Kong comics Manhua stub ... more details
Infobox Musical name Yes, Uncle subtitle image Yes,Uncle2.jpg caption Lolita, Bobby and Diablo music Nat D. Ayer lyrics Clifford Grey book Austen Hurgen br George Arthurs basis productions 1917 West End theatre West End Please do not include production specific acting, directing, etc. awards awards File YesUncle.jpg thumb right upright Sheet music cover Yes, Uncle is a musical theatre musical comedy by Austen Hurgen and George Arthurs , with music by Nat D. Ayer and lyrics by Clifford Grey who also wrote The Bing Boys are Here and the following series of highly successful reviews . The story is based on the farce Le truc du Br silien by Nicolas Nancey and Paul Armont, and the musical takes its title from the catch phrase used by Bobby Summers and Mabel Mannering, addressing Uncle Brabazon Hollybone. It was produced by George Grossmith, Jr. and Edward Laurillard and opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London on 16 December 1917 and ran for a very successful 626 performances. The piece starred Fred Leslie as G.B. Stark, Margaret Bannerman as Joan and Leslie Henson as Bobby Summers. Later, Madge Elliott and Cyril Ritchard starred in the musical. Yes, Uncle was one of a number of very successful musical hits of the London stage during World War I the others include a revue entitled The Bing Boys Are Here , the musical The Maid of the Mountains , Chu Chin Chow , a mixture of comic opera and pantomime , The Boy musical The Boy 1917 , and Theodore & Co . Audiences wanted light and uplifting entertainment during the war, and these shows delivered it. ref http www.vam.ac.uk users ... Robert Nainby Uncle Brabazon Hollybone Davy Burnaby Gapour Henri Leoni Synopsis File Yes,Uncle.jpg ... address their Uncle Brab with the catchphrase, Yes, uncle . Bobby is trying to help his friend, the artist ... for rich Uncle Brab. References Reflist External links http www.stagebeauty.net th frames.html?http ... Uncle Category 1917 musicals Category West End musicals musical theat stub ... more details
Frederick Altamont Cornwallis Twistleton, 5th Earl of Ickenham , commonly known as Uncle Fred , is a fictional character who appears in Short story short stories and novel s written by P. G. Wodehouse between 1935 and 1961. An energetic and mischievous old chap, his talent for trouble is the bane of his nephew Pongo Twistleton s life. Appearances The Uncle Fred stories comprise one short and four novels, two of which are set at Blandings Castle Uncle Fred Flits By 1935 included in the collection Young Men in Spats , 1936 Uncle Fred in the Springtime 1939 a Blandings story Uncle Dynamite 1948 Cocktail Time 1958 Service with a Smile 1961 a Blandings story Background and character Uncle Fred is a tall ... . As a child he gambolled at Mitching Hill, his Uncle Willoughby s estate just outside London, which ... bookie , and was favourite uncle to Pott s daughter Minor characters in the Blandings stories ... him a troublemaker and dreads his trips to London. Adventures In Uncle Fred Flits By , we learn ..., on broad impressionistic terms. In Uncle Fred in the Springtime , when we next meet him, he Confidence ... uncle, and permanently convinced him of his elder s lunacy. Television The short story Uncle Fred Flits By was made into an episode of Four Star Playhouse in 1955 with David Niven as Uncle Fred ... Wilfrid Hyde White as Uncle Fred. Radio The novel Uncle Dynamite was adapted as a Serial radio and television serial in six half hour episodes for BBC Radio 4 , starring Richard Briers as Uncle Fred ..., Uncle Fred Flits By . ref http www.lct.org showMain.htm?id 187 John Lithgow s Stories by Heart ref Notes references External links http www.worldofwodehouse.com new page 1.htm A page on Uncle Fred , from the worldofwodehouse.com website http www.houseofplum.com uncle fred.htm Another Uncle Fred page , at houseofplum.com imdb title id 0581956 title Uncle Fred Flits By 1955 http www.bbc.co.uk ... Comedy guide DEFAULTSORT Fred, Uncle Category P. G. Wodehouse characters Category Fictional earls ru ... more details
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