In substance they lie somewhere between the Southern dialect animal stories of Joel Chandler Harris ( Uncle Remus ) and the polished, witty fables of James Thurber.

Joel Chandler Harris's ' Br ' er Rabbit ' of the Uncle Remus stories is said to be patterned after High John the Conqueror.

The Brer Rabbit stories of Joel Chandler Harris had been family favourites and she later studied his Uncle Remus stories and illustrated them.

* July 9 – James Baskett, American actor ( Uncle Remus in Disney's Song of the South ) ( d. 1948 ) ( b. 1904 )

** James Baskett, African-American actor ( Uncle Remus in Disney's Song of the South ) ( d. 1948 )

Variations of the tale appeared in Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings in 1881.

The story also made an appearance in Nights with Uncle Remus in 1883, both by Joel Chandler Harris, in which the pigs were replaced by Brer Rabbit.

* Uncle Remus ( disambiguation )

James Baskett ( February 16, 1904 – July 9, 1948 ) was an American actor known for his portrayal of Uncle Remus, singing the song " Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah " in the 1946 Disney feature film Song of the South.

Uncle Remus as portrayed by James Baskett in Song of the South

In 1945, he auditioned for a bit part voicing one of the animals in the new Disney feature film Song of the South ( 1946 ), based on the Uncle Remus stories by Joel Chandler Harris.

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

On March 20, 1948, Baskett received an Honorary Academy Award for his performance as Uncle Remus.

The film is based on the Uncle Remus stories by Joel Chandler Harris.

The live actors provide a sentimental frame story, in which Uncle Remus relates the folk tales of the adventures of Br ' er Rabbit and his friends.

Harris ' original Uncle Remus stories were all set after the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery ( Harris himself, born in 1845, was a racial reconciliation activist writer and journalist of the Reconstruction era ).

The film makes several indirect references to the Reconstruction era: clothing is in the newer late-Victorian style ; Uncle Remus is free to leave the plantation at will ; black field hands are sharecroppers, etc.

As Johnny sneaks away from the plantation, he is attracted by the voice of Uncle Remus ( the main character of the film ), telling tales " in his old-timey way " of a character named Br ' er Rabbit.

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.

Uncle Les discovers the " corpses " and blackmails his nephew into giving up his inheritance in return for his silence.

There, she discovers that her Uncle Mycroft has created the Prose Portal, which allows people to enter works of fiction.

" discovers " Kitty Wu and Uncle Victor gives him 1492 books, like the year of the discovery of " The New World " by Columbus ).

In addition, while freezframing the video Lisa discovers that a recruiting poster featuring Uncle Sam was included in the video for a split second.

* In Uncle and the Treacle Trouble ( 1967 ), a children's book by J. P. Martin, the main character ( an elephant named " Uncle ") discovers the true meaning of a cryptic sign which reads " Treac Levat "; the characters soon discover that it relates to a vast hidden treacle vat.

He soon discovers however that somebody had been up before him — Uncle Billy had awaken, stolen their mules and horses, and ditched the party.

The book does not appear to be set in the standard DC Universe ( though a picture of Superman can be seen when Uncle Sam discovers the shop in the middle of nowhere ), and depicts Uncle Sam as a ragged old man who is tormented by visions of historical episodes and modern aspects of the United States at its worst.

When her parents move in with her Uncle Aloysius she discovers she can do magic.

Bobby Joe and two or three of the other boys declared they had never been possum-hunting, and Uncle Bill Farnworth ( from Mama Albright's side of the family ) said he would just get up from there and take them, right then.

He directed two episodes of The Twilight Zone, " The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross " and " Uncle Simon ".

Éamon was taken to Ireland by his Uncle Ned at the age of two

However, while both Boss Hogg and Uncle Jesse would scowl at the mention of the other's name, the two enjoyed a lifelong " friendship " of sorts, with one helping the other when in desperate need.

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.

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.

However, Ginny's two older brothers, Joe and Jake — who are meant to resemble Br ' er Fox and Br ' er Bear " a big Bubba " from Uncle Remus's stories, for one is slick and fast-talking, while the other is big and a little slow — are not friendly at all ; they constantly bully Ginny and Johnny.

Even though he and his wife Emily Shelby believe that they have a benevolent relationship with their slaves, Shelby decides to raise the needed funds by selling two of them — Uncle Tom, a middle-aged man with a wife and children, and Harry, the son of Emily Shelby ’ s maid Eliza — to a slave trader.

Among these novels are two books titled Uncle Tom's Cabin As It Is ( one by W. L.

A studio cast recording of the film's songs was released by Decca soon after the film, with Danny Kaye, Jane Wyman, and a backup chorus singing the songs from the film, also including two Sylvia Fine originals made specifically for the album, " Uncle Pockets " and " There's a Hole at the Bottom of the Sea ", and Danny Kaye's narration of two Tubby the Tuba stories by Paul Tripp.

Only two stories feature him and Flintheart both, though: ' Zio Paperone e il bisbilione ' (' Uncle Scrooge earns a billion ') and Whatever Happened to Scrooge McDuck?

Howard was created by Don Rosa and used in two stories-" The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck: Raider of the Copper Hill " ( Uncle Scrooge # 288 ) and " Of Ducks and Dimes and Destinies " ( Uncle Scrooge # 297 ).

Her Uncle, Math ap Mathonwy, is the King of Gwynedd, and during the course of the story, Arianrhod gives birth to her two sons ; Dylan ail Don and Lleu Llaw Gyffes through magical means.

This time, only two comics did not get cancelled-Walt Disney's Comics and Stories and Uncle Scrooge-both of which converted to prestige format.

* The Don Rosa Library of Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color # s 5-8 featured all the Uncle Scrooge stories that Don Rosa did during his first two years as a Disney Comics Artist.

He then moved to ITV to front two more game shows, Bob's Your Uncle and the $ 64, 000 Dollar Question, neither of which were popular successes.

* Anthony Kissel – Frank Kissel's son ; appeared on two tracks to date (" Uncle Freddie " from The Jerky Boys < nowiki >'</ nowiki > album, and " Laundromat " from the The Jerky Boys 4 album ).

* A scene in which two bikie gang members extort some money while Keung's Uncle Bill is showing his supermarket to Elaine, and then steal some items from beside the cash register.

In Baldwin's 1949 essay " Everybody's Protest Novel ", however, Baldwin indicated that Native Son, like Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, lacked credible characters and psychological complexity, and the two authors ' friendship ended.

He heard two of them, " Uncle Wallace " and " Aunt Minerva " Willis, singing religious songs that they had apparently composed.

He also produced a series of stories based on the Our Gang film series, provided covers for Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, illustrated the aforementioned adaptations of two Disney animated features, drew stories featuring Raggedy Ann and Andy and Uncle Wiggily, wrote and drew a lengthy series of comic books promoting a bread company and featuring a character called " Peter Wheat ", and did a series of pantomime ( i. e. without dialogue ) two-page stories featuring Roald Dahl's Gremlins for Walt Disney's Comics and Stories # 34 – 41.