References to the show in popular culture began during its original broadcast when it was parodied in an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show, fittingly titled " The Man from My Uncle ", References in other televison shows have continued over the years, including a 2011 episode of Mad Men, " The Chrysanthemum and the Sword ".

At Bent's Fort he engaged " Uncle Dick " Wootton as guide, and at what is now Pueblo, Colorado, he hired the eccentric " Old Bill " Williams and moved on.

Called Aunt Fanny by Julian, Dick and Anne, she is married to Uncle Quentin, and is, through most of Blyton's Famous Five novels, the principal maternal figure in the lives of the children.

Among the artists working on the Disney comic strips were Floyd Gottfredson ( Mickey Mouse, Treasury of Classic Tales, holiday ), Roman Arambula ( Mickey Mouse ), Rick Hoover ( Mickey Mouse, Gummy Bears ), Manuel Gonzales ( Mickey Mouse ), Bill Wright ( Mickey Mouse, Uncle Remus ), Ted Thwaites ( Mickey Mouse ), Riley Thomson ( Uncle Remus ), Chuck Fuson ( Uncle Remus ), John Ushler ( Treasury of Classic Tales, Scamp, Uncle Remus, holiday ), Carson Van Osten ( Mickey Mouse ), Al Taliaferro ( Donald Duck ), Frank Grundeen ( Donald Duck ), Al Hubbard ( Donald Duck ), Kay Wright ( Donald Duck ), Ellis Eringer ( Donald Duck ), Dick Moores ( Uncle Remus ), Paul Murry ( Jose Carioca, Uncle Remus ), Daan Jippes ( Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse ), Tony Strobl ( Donald Duck, holiday ), Jim Engel ( Mickey Mouse ), Ken Hultgren ( Mickey Mouse and His Friends ), Julius Svendsen ( Mickey Mouse and His Friends, Treasury of Classic Tales ), George Wheeler ( True Life Adventures ), Jesse Marsh ( Treasury of Classic Tales ), Richard Moore ( Winnie the Pooh ) and Bob Grant ( Merry Menagerie ).

His Uncle Dick was a tap dancer in vaudeville, giving him an early window into show business, and his Uncle Frank was the Queens borough library commissioner.

Metcalf has performed in roles that range from very large to very small in many films, including Desperately Seeking Susan, Making Mr. Right, Miles from Home, Internal Affairs, Stars and Bars, Beer League, Mistress, A Dangerous Woman, Uncle Buck, Blink, The Secret Life of Houses, Treasure Planet, Toy Story, Runaway Bride, Bulworth, Meet the Robinsons, Georgia Rule, Fun with Dick and Jane, Leaving Las Vegas, Scream 2, Stop Loss, and Hop.

Brayker attempts to steal another vehicle from a small diner parking lot, but is discovered and escapes to an alley where he encounters the local drunk Uncle Willie ( Dick Miller ).

Keene, to The Adventures of Dick Boldhero in Search of his Uncle, & c. ( Darton & Co., 1842 ).

He was a well liked commander known to his troops as " Uncle Dick ".

* " Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops at the Front: or, Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche "

* Daphne and Dick: An Uncle from Canada, illustrations by Jeannetta Vise, Macdonald ( London, England ), 1952.

On-air guests have included Radio Hall of Famer Arthur Godfrey ( in 1947 ), Pete Hamill, Steve Buscemi, Tim Robbins, Graham Nash, Roger McGuinn, Suzanne Vega, Jimmy Webb, Peter, Paul & Mary, Cyndi Lauper, Sting, Bo Diddley, Judy Collins, Lou Reed, Brian Wilson, Robert Klein, Kevin Bacon, Dick Cavett, Glen Campbell, Ringo Starr, Joshua Bell, Paul Simon, Robbie Robertson, Los Lobos, Tony Bennett, The Bad Plus, Buddy Guy, Rosanne Cash, Elvis Costello, Ani DiFranco, Jackson Browne, Ben Harper, Richard Barone, The Decemberists, Moby, Uncle Tupelo, Josh Ritter, Neil Young, Mavis Staples, and Norah Jones ( in her radio debut ).

It was syndicated in the United States from 1957 to 1962, during which time it was renamed Uncle Dick.

The editors insisted that the strip become more ' genteel ', so Russell created a character, Uncle Dick ( Mrs Potts ' uncle ), that he could " sneak " into the strip, who would represent the less attractive elements that had been excised from the main characters.

Often seen as semi-autobiographical, Uncle Dick was apparently initially based on the character Sheridan Whiteside in the 1941 film, The Man Who Came to Dinner ( played by Monty Woolley, apparently based on American critic Alexander Woollcott ), although Russell later wryly admitted: " I ’ ve grown more like Uncle Dick and Uncle Dick has grown more like me.

I worked for my Uncle ( an Uncle by marriage so you will not think this has a mild undercurrent of incest ) who ran one of those antique shops in New Orleans' Vieux Carre, the old French Quarter.

The enduring interest of both Uncle Tom's Cabin and Gone with the Wind has resulted in lingering stereotypes of 19th century African American slaves.

" Uncle Joe ", as he was known, often clashed with fellow Republican Theodore Roosevelt, who Cannon remarked had " no more use for the Constitution than a tomcat has for a marriage license ".

Kid Rock has influenced such artist and groups as Uncle Kracker, Paradime, Ty Stone, Jocaine and 75 North, Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, Jason Aldean, & The Young Brothers.

" ( Aunty, your apple tart tempts Uncle ; Uncle has touched your apple tart, Aunty.

Disconcerted and confused, he and Casy meet their old neighbor, Muley Graves, who tells them that the family has gone to stay at Uncle John Joad's home nearby.

The phrase " Uncle Tom " has also become an epithet for a person who is slavish and excessively subservient to perceived authority figures, particularly a black person who behaves in a subservient manner to white people ; or any person perceived to be a participant in the oppression of their own group.

The popular negative connotation of " Uncle Tom " has largely been attributed to numerous derivative works inspired by Uncle Tom's Cabin in the decade after its release, rather than the original novel itself, whose title character is a more positive figure.

Stowe never meant Uncle Tom to be a derided name, but the term as a pejorative has developed based on how later versions of the character, stripped of his strength, were depicted on stage.

Since Led Zeppelin dissolved in 1980 with the death of Bonham, Jones has collaborated with a number of artists, including Diamanda Galás, R. E. M., Jars of Clay, Heart, Ben E. King, Peter Gabriel, Foo Fighters, Lenny Kravitz, Cinderella, The Mission, La Fura dels Baus, Brian Eno, the Butthole Surfers and Uncle Earl.

He has also branched out as a record producer, having produced such albums as The Mission's album Children, The Datsuns ' second album Outta Sight, Outta Mind ( 2004 ) and Uncle Earl's Waterloo, Tenneesee album of Old-time music, released in March, 2007 on Rounder Records.

Later that evening, George's absent-minded Uncle Billy ( Thomas Mitchell ) interrupts them to tell George that his father has had a stroke, which proves fatal.

By this time, word has gotten out that Johnny is gone and some plantation residents, who are sent out to find him, ask if Uncle Remus has seen the boy.

But Johnny calls for Uncle Remus, who has returned amidst all the commotion.

It has been suggested this name came from a term used by Vliet's Uncle Alan who had a habit of exposing himself to Don's girlfriend, Laurie Stone.

" Bad Kitty vs. Uncle Murray " has Strange Kitty turning into a made-up hero named " Fantastic Cat " ( making his friend mouse " Power Mouse, the rodent wonder ") in an attempt to " save " Kitty from Uncle Murray.

Stowe's novel lent its name to Henson's home — Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site, near Dresden, Ontario — which since the 1940s has been a museum.

Full-page illustration by Hammatt Billings for Uncle Tom's Cabin depicts Eliza telling Uncle Tom that he has been sold and she is running away to save her child.

Set just back from the top of the cliffs is a single wooden hut locally referred to as Uncle Tom's Cabin.

The cartoon plays off of the Harriet Beecher Stowe novel in that it portrays Uncle Tom as an old man, and wooden shacks and cotton fields pervade the scenery.

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.

Perhaps, with my Uncle, she found a measure of economic security that she needed ; ;

For several weeks we eyed one another almost like sparring partners, and then one day Uncle was slightly indisposed and stayed home ; ;

It was not as though she noted clearly that her nephews had not been to see her for ten years, not since their last journey eastward to witness their Uncle Izaak being lowered into the rocky soil ; ;

in the spacious hunting grounds of `` Uncle Sam '' ; ;

Once back in Detroit he became friends with Uncle Kracker after battling his brother in a freestyle rapping competition ; Uncle Kracker became Kid Rock's DJ.

His plays include The Designated Mourner, Aunt Dan and Lemon, and Grasses of a Thousand Colors ; he also co-wrote the screenplay for My Dinner with Andre with Andre Gregory, and scripted Vanya on 42nd Street, a film adaptation of Anton Chekov's play Uncle Vanya.

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.

Of the characters, only Uncle Jesse and Boss Hogg appear in every single episode ; Daisy appears in all but one, the third season's " To Catch a Duke ".

The relationship between Crawford and Fairbanks, Sr. eventually warmed ; she called him " Uncle Doug " and he called her " Billie ".

" Even though the 1852 pro-slavery novel Life at the South ; or, " Uncle Tom's Cabin " As It Is, by W. L. G.

At the time of the novel's initial publication in 1851 Uncle Tom was a rejection of the existing stereotypes of minstrel shows ; Stowe's melodramatic story humanized the suffering of slavery for White audiences by portraying Tom as a Christlike figure who is ultimately martyred, beaten to death by a cruel master because Tom refuses to betray the whereabouts of two women who escape from slavery.

: For my part, I was never an admirer of Uncle Tom, nor of his type of goodness ; but I believe that there were lots of old Negroes as foolishly good as he ; the proof of which is that they knowingly stayed and worked on the plantations that furnished sinews for the army which was fighting to keep them enslaved .”

Stowe's Uncle Tom was a muscular and virile man who refused to obey when ordered to beat other slaves ; the stock character of minstrel shows became a shuffling asexual individual with a receding hairline and graying hair.

Aslan returns Digory, Polly, and Uncle Andrew to England ; Frank and his wife, Helen ( transported from England by Aslan ) stay to rule Narnia as its first King and Queen.

In 1975 and 1976 he appeared in well-received pantomimes of Gulliver ’ s Travels ; in 1981 in Eric Idle ’ s Pass the Butler ; and in 1988 as Peter Tinniswood ’ s irascible Uncle Mort in Tales from a Long Room.