Among other relatives of Fred include: Giggles Flintstone, a rich, eccentric practical joker whose jokes drive Fred into a mad rage ; Uncle Tex, Fred's rich Texan uncle ; Tumbleweed ( who, strangely enough, resembles Uncle Tex ) and Mary Lou Jim, Fred's rich Texan cousins ; and Rocky Flintstone, Fred's grandfather, who was a veteran of Stone World War One.

* Uncle Karl: Fred's uncle who runs a cheese shop near Lake Michigan in Wisconsin.

Eventually, Maxine moves in with Ashley at No4-his Uncle Fred's house.

He tried to help around the house, although occasionally he botched tasks due to his great size and strength, but is otherwise considered quite a catch by the Addamses for his skill at more personal tasks, such as waxing Uncle Fester's head and amusing the children ( to whom he was deeply devoted ).

This officer had asked Lizzie if she suspected her Uncle Morse, and she replied she didn't think he did it because he left the house before the murders and returned after them.

* Uncle John Joad – Older brother of Pa Joad ( Tom describes him as " a fella about 60 ", but the narrator later tells you he is 50 ), feels responsible for the death of his young wife years before when he ignored her pleas for a doctor because he thought she just had a stomachache, when she actually had a burst appendix.

* To generate publicity for the novel Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture by Apostolos Doxiadis, British publisher Tony Faber offered a $ 1, 000, 000 prize if a proof was submitted before April 2002.

According to Debra J. Rosenthal in an introduction to a collection of critical appraisals for the Routledge Literary Sourcebook on Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, overall reactions have been mixed with some critics praising the novel for affirming the humanity of the African American characters and for the risks Stowe assumed in taking a very public stand against slavery before abolitionism had become a socially acceptable cause, and others criticizing the very limited terms upon which those characters ' humanity was affirmed and the artistic shortcomings of political melodrama.

After Stowe's death her son and grandson claimed she and Henson had met before Uncle Tom's Cabin was written, but the chronology does not hold up to scrutiny and she probably drew material only from his published autobiography.

Lynde first appeared in episode 26 of Bewitched, " Driving is the Only Way to Fly ," as Samantha's driving instructor Harold Harold, before taking on the recurring role of Uncle Arthur, Endora's brother.

* The superhero / trickster figure of Uncle Sam in Robert Coover's The Public Burning ( 1977, New York, Grove Books ) is described in the following terms ( p. 7 ): " American Autolycus, they called him in the Gospels, referring to his cunning powers of conjuration, transmutation, and magical consumption ( he can play the shell game, not with a mere pea, but with whole tin mines, forests, oil fields, mountain ranges, and just before Thanksgiving this past year made an entire island disappear!

She was the one who encouraged Peter the most throughout the films with her words of wisdom as Uncle Ben had done before his death, in the second movie even managing to make him try to return to his Spider-Man life after losing his powers.

In the film, Captain George Stacy tells Peter and Aunt May of new evidence that suggests Carradine was only an accomplice of Flint Marko, who was Uncle Ben's real killer ; Peter then imagines Marko throwing Ben out of the car and gunning him down in cold blood while Carradine desperately tries to stop Marko before driving off.

Alongside John Dexter's Chichester staging of Saint Joan, Olivier's Uncle Vanya was first revived in Chichester in 1963 before transferring to the Old Vic as part of the nascent Royal National Theatre's inaugural season, winning rave reviews and Redgrave's second win as Best Actor in the 1963 Evening Standard Awards.

On " Uncle Freddie " ( from The Jerky Boys album ), Kissel reveals his wife's name before he begins arguing with the person who answered the phone about whether Uncle Freddie had died ( voiced by Johnny Brennan ).

“ On these occasions ,” Chamberlain noted, “ a chosen circle of friends, mostly young, were favored with the freedom of her house, the rallying point being, however, the reading before publication, of the successive chapters of her Uncle Tom ’ s Cabin, and the frank discussion of them .” In 2001 Bowdoin College purchased the house, together with a newer attached building, and was able to raise the substantial funds necessary to restore the house.

In March, the Sydney Theatre Company and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that STC's 2010 production of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya would be reprised in Washington, D. C. during the month of August In April, months of speculation finally ended when Weaving appeared on The Hobbit's New Zealand set, shortly before a production spokesman officially confirmed the actor's return as Elrond in Peter Jackson's two-film prequel to Lord of the Rings.

" The Danites was extended from a run of only a few days to one of seven straight weeks before moving to another theatre and, ultimately, was performed to such a degree that it rivaled the popularity of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Reaching more than a million and a half readers over a century and a half, Charlotte Temple was the biggest seller of the 19th century before Stowe ’ s Uncle Tom ’ s Cabin.

As before, Uncle Cleans Up ends in Uncle's capture by the Badfort Crowd before he escapes, this time with the help of his loyal friend the Old Monkey, and a great battle is fought in which the Badfort Crowd are completely defeated -- until next time.

Historian Richard J. Hofstadter called it, in his 1964 essay " The Paranoid Style in American Politics ", " robably the most widely read contemporary book in the United States before Uncle Tom ’ s Cabin.

Baker also said the victim resembles Peter Parker's Uncle Ben, who had been murdered years before then.

Although Uncle Tupelo broke up before it achieved commercial success, the band is renowned for its impact on the alternative country music scene.

In 2003, Uncle Tupelo re-issued their first three albums, which before the lawsuit had cumulatively sold over 200, 000 copies.

In " Uncle Fred Flits By ", we learn that on the previous visit, in June the year before, he dragged Pongo to the Dog Races, and was arrested within ten minutes of arriving.

In response to the abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe's bestselling Uncle Tom's Cabin, Mary Howard Schoolcraft wrote and published The Black Gauntlet: A Tale of Plantation Life in South Carolina ( 1860 ), one of many anti-Tom novels in the years before the American Civil War.

There was the day Uncle Izaak had, in an unexpected grandiose gesture, handed over the pretty sloop to Abel for keeps, on condition that he never fail to let his brother accompany him whenever younger the boy wished.

Here, Uncle Toby's obsession with the military leads to him and Trim -- who gets caught up in Toby's enthusiasm -- to begin acting out military actions.

At the end of 2002, Uncle Kracker left the band to pursue a solo career, and Detroit underground rapper Paradime replaced him.

" which earned him the nickname " Uncle Louis " in the media ( Papa Louis in Quebec ).

* Jesse L. Duke ( Denver Pyle ), referred to by just about everyone in Hazzard other than Boss Hogg as " Uncle Jesse ", is the patriarch of the Duke clan, and the father-figure to all Dukes who stayed with him on the dilapidated " Duke Farm.

Determined not to be called an Uncle Tom, he refused to deliver the principal's carefully prepared valedictory address that would not offend the white school officials and finally convinced the black administrators to let him ad a compromised version of what he had written.

The publication and favorable reception of Uncle Tom's Children improved Wright's status with the Communist party and enabled him to establish a reasonable degree of financial stability.

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

When Lincoln called Grant east in the spring of 1864 to take command of all the Union armies, Grant appointed Sherman ( by then known to his soldiers as " Uncle Billy ") to succeed him as head of the Military Division of the Mississippi, which entailed command of Union troops in the Western Theater of the war.

As Grant took overall command of the armies of the United States, Sherman wrote to him outlining his strategy to bring the war to an end concluding that " if you can whip Lee and I can march to the Atlantic I think ol ' Uncle Abe will give us twenty days leave to see the young folks.

She enslaves Uncle Andrew and orders him to fetch her a chariot, so she can set about conquering Earth.

It is now known as ' The Lefay Fragment ', and is named after Mrs Lefay, Digory's fairy godmother, who is mentioned in the final version as Uncle Andrew's godmother, a less benevolent user of magic, who bequeathed him the box of dust used to create two magic rings.

Walt Disney was impressed with Baskett's talent and hired him on the spot for the lead role of Uncle Remus.

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.

Uncle Remus replies that he's with him.

As Uncle Remus cooks, he mentions Br ' er Rabbit again and the boy, curious, asks him to tell him more.

After Uncle Remus tells a tale about Br ' er Rabbit's attempt to run away from home, Johnny takes the advice and changes his mind about leaving the plantation, letting Uncle Remus take him back to his mother.

Heartbroken because his mother won't let him keep the puppy, Johnny takes the dog to Uncle Remus and tells him of his troubles.

Ginny mentions that Uncle Remus told them a story and Sally draws a line, warning him not to spend any more time with Johnny.

Seeing Uncle Remus leaving from a distance, Johnny rushes to intercept him, taking a shortcut through the pasture, where he is attacked and seriously injured by the resident bull.

Upon review of his voice, Disney wanted to meet Baskett personally, and had him tested for the role of Uncle Remus.