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Why don't Uncle Sam mind his own fucken business??
`` Uncle Sam '' was, indeed, a rich uncle to Prokofieff, in those opulent, post-war victory years of peace and prosperity, bold speculations and extravaganzas, enjoyment and pleasure: `` The Golden Twenties ''.
in the spacious hunting grounds of `` Uncle Sam '' ; ;
Into its chanceries each day pour reports from ministries around the earth and an endless stream of home-office instructions on how to handle Uncle Sam in an infinite variety of contingencies.
Uncle Sam would then accuse them of creating a monopoly by `` unfair competition ''.
An Uncle Sam is mentioned as early as 1775, in the original " Yankee Doodle " lyrics of the Revolutionary War.
With the American Revolutionary War came " Brother Jonathan " as another personification and finally after the War of 1812 Uncle Sam appeared.
Costumes may serve to portray various other characters during secular holidays, such as an Uncle Sam costume worn on the Independence day for example.
The production stirred deep controversy by featuring nude performers in Mickey Mouse masks dancing on the ruins of the World Trade Center and a female singer with a painted on Hitler toothbrush moustache performing a straight arm Nazi salute, along with sinister portrayals of American soldiers, Uncle Sam, and Elvis Presley impersonators.
American recruiting poster depicting Uncle Sam
* 1766 – Samuel Wilson, American meat-packer, namesake of Uncle Sam ( d. 1854 )
Originally co-creator Sam Rolfe wanted to leave the meaning of UNCLE ambiguous so it could be viewed as either referring to " Uncle Sam " or the United Nations.
Contrary to popular belief, Nast did not create Uncle Sam ( the male personification of the American people ), Columbia ( the female personification of American values ), or the Democratic donkey, though he did popularize these symbols through his art.
His nickname became " Sam " among army colleagues at the academy, since the initials " U. S ." stood for " Uncle Sam ".
* July 31 – Samuel Wilson, American thought to be the real-life basis for Uncle Sam ( b. 1766 )
Editorial cartoon: Uncle Sam directs U. S. Senators and Representatives implicated in the Crédit Mobilier scheme to commit Hari-Kari.
Political cartoon from 1860 depicting Stephen A. Douglas receiving a traditional " over-the-knee " spanking from Historical Columbia | Columbia as Uncle Sam looks on approvingly.
Democratic cartoon from 1833 showing Jackson destroying the bank, to the approval of the Uncle Sam like figure to the right, and annoyance of the bank's president, shown as the Devil himself
** The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam: Part Two-Haboush Company, Goldstone Films-Robert Mitchell and Dale Case
He wrote " If you wanted to sum up the relative position of Britain and America in this century – the ebbing away of the pink areas of the map, the fading of national self-confidence as Uncle Sam proceeded to colonise the globe with fizzy drinks and Hollywood – you could do it like this: they had Star Trek, we had Blake's 7 ... No ' boldly going ' here: instead, we got the boot stamping on a human face which George Orwell offered as a vision of humanity's future in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
* Uncle Sam ( October 30-December 1911 ) ( Broadway )
Illustration of Sam from the 1888 " New Edition " of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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She confirms her suspicions when she sees that the initials engraved inside the emerald ring Uncle Charlie gave her match those of one of the recent victims.
The barrels, being government property, were branded with the initials " U. S .", but the teamsters and soldiers would joke that the initials referred to " Uncle Sam ", who supplied the product.

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Bo and Luke had previously been sentenced to probation for illegal transportation of moonshine ; their Uncle Jesse made a plea deal with the U. S. Government to stop brewing moonshine in exchange.
However, in the Don Rosa story " His Majesty, McDuck " ( Uncle Scrooge Adventures # 14, Gladstone Aug. 1989 ) Scrooge gains a short-lived independence from the United States for Killmotor Hill, thus placing Duckburg within the U. S.
In a period where ideas for cartoons had run dry ( comedy was heavily scrutinized for violence, and everything else seemed to copy the popular Scooby-Doo format ), Filmation's strong point was its adaptations of popular TV shows, movies and other works, although at least one show, " M * U * S * H " ( the third animated segment on Uncle Croc's Block ), while not a direct adaptation was inspired by the film ( and later TV series ) M * A * S * H.
* Uncle Croc's Block ( 1975 ABC ) ( featuring Fraidy Cat, Wacky and Packy, and M * U * S * H )
It showed Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer ( inspired by a British recruitment poster showing Lord Kitchener in a similar pose ) with the caption " I Want YOU for U. S. Army ".
Hula performance at a ceremony turning over U. S. Navy control over the island of Kahoolawe to the state performed by Uncle Frank Kawaikapuokalani Hewett
* " South of the Border ( Part 2 )", the 11th episode in the comedic My Name Is Earl TV sitcom, has Catalina's Uncle ( a south-American " bandito " obsessed with 1980s-vintage U. S. pop culture, who was briefly redeemed from his villainous ways by the titular character during his Latin American trip ) yell " Wolverineeeees!
His later films include Pretty Baby ( 1978 ), Atlantic City ( 1981 ), My Dinner with Andre ( 1981 ), Crackers ( 1984 ), Alamo Bay ( 1985 ), Damage ( 1992 ) and Vanya on 42nd Street ( 1994, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's play Uncle Vanya ) in English ; Au revoir, les enfants ( 1987 ) and Milou en Mai ( May Fools in the U. S., 1990 ) in French.
The colorful " Uncle Earl " ( so-named because of his relatives, including nephew and U. S. Senator Russell Long ) once joked that one day the people of Louisiana would elect " good government, and they won't like it!
Though it has been re-released to U. S. theatres several times, and the Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah and Tar Baby segments have been shown on television, Song of the South has never been released on VHS or an authorized DVD in the U. S., due to the company's unease over the portrayal of Uncle Remus, a key black character in the film.
Editorial cartoon: Uncle Sam directs U. S. Senators ( and Representatives?
A stereotypical black icon was fairly common for U. S. commercial brands at the time of the cereal's creation ; for other examples, see Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben.
It was a part of the dress of Uncle Sam and used as a symbol of U. S. monopoly power.
Skinner's Raisin Bran was the first brand on the market, introduced in the United States in 1926 by U. S. Mills, best known for the similar Uncle Sam Cereal.
' by Latuff shows Adolf Hitler with Uncle Sam's top-hat ( representing U. S. A .) and a Nazi swastika atop it
Punch and Judy settled with Agatha in Beetlesburg, where Agatha attended Transylvania Polygnostic University ( T. P. U. ) under the direct supervision of the Spark Professor Beetle, who had been briefed on her by her Uncle, but who had his own ulterior motives.
Master Payne's Circus of Adventure gains a new fortune-teller as Agatha learns more about this new wider world outside of the quiet walls of Beetleburg and T. P. U. She becomes " zumil " ( daughter-like student ) to the Circus's resident swordswoman, Zeetha, Daughter of Chump — the Amazonian lost princess of a civilization about which Agatha's Uncle Barry had told her stories.
* Uncle Samthe U. S. A. in general or specifically the government
* Roy Chiao as "( Uncle ) Henry Lo " ( U. S. version only )
* Uncle Guiliano in The Man from U. N. C. L. E.

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