An Uncle Sam is mentioned as early as 1775, in the original " Yankee Doodle " lyrics of the Revolutionary War.

John became a painter and illustrator ; Richard was an actor in films such as Yankee Doodle Dandy and later an Emmy-nominated television director of such shows as The Beverly Hillbillies.

He is also well known for his song " Yankee Doodle Dixie ", in which he played " Yankee Doodle " and " Dixie " simultaneously, on the same guitar.

Eccentricity, defined as taking characteristics such as dress and appearance to extremes, began to be applied generally to human behavior in the 1770s ; similarly, the word dandy first appears in the late 18th century: In the years immediately preceding the American Revolution, the first verse and chorus of " Yankee Doodle " derided the alleged poverty and rough manners of American-born colonists, suggesting that whereas a fine horse and gold-braided clothing ("

Notable American films from the war years include the anti-Nazi Watch on the Rhine ( 1943 ), scripted by Dashiell Hammett ; Shadow of a Doubt ( 1943 ), Hitchcock's direction of a script by Thornton Wilder ; the George M. Cohan biopic, Yankee Doodle Dandy ( 1942 ), starring James Cagney, and the immensely popular Casablanca, with Humphrey Bogart.

" However, Warners, perhaps searching for another Yankee Doodle Dandy, assigned Cagney a musical for his next picture, 1950's The West Point Story with Doris Day, an actress he admired.

During World War II, to raise money for war bonds, Cagney took part in racing exhibitions at the Roosevelt Raceway and sold seats for the premiere of Yankee Doodle Dandy.

Cagney's Oscar-winning role in Yankee Doodle Dandy ( 1942 ) allowed him to sing and dance, and he considered it to be one of his finest moments.

In 1985, the film Yankee Doodle Dandy became the first black-and-white movie redistributed in color after computer coloring.

After the success of Yankee Doodle Dandy at the box office, Cagney again questioned if the studio would meet his salary demand and again quit to form his own film production and distribution company with his brother Bill.

Among the films the studio made during the war were Casablanca, Now, Voyager, Yankee Doodle Dandy ( all 1942 ), This Is the Army, and Mission to Moscow ( both 1943 ), the latter became controversial a few years afterwards.

At the premieres of Yankee Doodle Dandy ( in Los Angeles, New York, and London ), audiences purchased $ 15. 6 million in war bonds for the governments of England and the United States.

", The Big Sleep directed by Howard Hawks ( 1946 ), The Lady Eve directed by Preston Sturges ( 1941 ), The Shop Around the Corner directed by Ernst Lubitsch ( 1940 ), White Heat directed by Raoul Walsh ( 1949 ), Yankee Doodle Dandy directed by Michael Curtiz ( 1942 ), and Notorious directed by Alfred Hitchcock, ( 1946 ).

* November 5 – George M. Cohan, American songwriter and entertainer ( Yankee Doodle Dandy ) ( b. 1878 )

Perhaps the most pervasive influence on the use of the term throughout the years has been the song " Yankee Doodle ", which was popular during the American Revolutionary War ( 1775 – 1783 ) as, following the battles of Lexington and Concord, it was broadly adopted by American rebels.

Today, " Yankee Doodle " is the official " state song " of Connecticut.

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A. Leo " The American Origins of Yankee Doodle ", William and Mary Quarterly 33 ( Jan 1976 ) 435 – 64 in JSTOR

* Sonneck, Oscar G. Report on " the Star-Spangled Banner " " Hail Columbia " " America " " Yankee Doodle " ( 1909 ) pp 83ff online

Illustrations for booklets, catalogs, posters ( particularly movie promotions ), sheet music, stamps, playing cards, and murals ( including " Yankee Doodle Dandy " and " God Bless the Hills ", which was completed in 1936 for the Nassau Inn in Princeton, New Jersey ) rounded out Rockwell's œuvre as an illustrator.

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The musical is prominently featured in the 1942 Cohan biopic Yankee Doodle Dandy, where it serves as a narrative bookend.

Yankee Doodle Dandy is a 1942 American biographical musical film about George M. Cohan, known as " The Man Who Owns Broadway ".

The song " The Yankee Doodle Boy " ( a. k. a. " Yankee Doodle Dandy ") was Cohan's trademark piece, a patriotic pastiche drawing from the lyrics and melody of the old Revolutionary War number, " Yankee Doodle ".

In Yankee Doodle Dandy, Eddie Foy, Jr. played the role of his own father.

In 1993, Yankee Doodle Dandy was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being " culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant ".

In 1986, Yankee Doodle Dandy was the first computer-colorized film released by entrepreneur Ted Turner.

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Seeing the slanting hand, Kate knew uneasily that it was from the Yankee colonel.

and the incisive style with which Charlotte Rae delivers the top-drawer Hart lyrics of `` I Blush '', a song that was cut from `` A Connecticut Yankee ''.

The line entered the pop-consciousness with Game Two of the 1977 World Series, when a fire broke out near Yankee Stadium as the team was playing the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Smith was born January 13, 1893 in Long Valley, California, of English and Yankee parentage.

It came after the umpire allegedly told Hank that he was ready to call the game due to darkness, because the ump — former Yankee pitching star of the 1920s Murderers Row team, George Pipgras, supposedly said " Sorry Hank, but I'm gonna have to call the game.

He was also the featured singer at the Concert of Hope immediately preceding Pope Benedict XVI's Mass at Yankee Stadium in April 2008.

The word " Moonie " was first used by the American news media in the 1970s when Sun Myung Moon moved to the United States and came into public notice through a series of public speeches he gave, including at Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1974 and Yankee Stadium and the grounds of the Washington Monument in 1976.

Webster was born in West Hartford, Connecticut, to an established Yankee family.

The first no-hitter in postseason history was New York Yankee pitcher Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series.

Outside of a potentially game-changing but barely foul ' home run ' off Whitey Ford in Game Six, Clemente was generally kept off balance by Yankee hurlers.

A seventh inning lead-off double by Seattle's Al Martin was all that prevented Clemens from throwing just the second no-hitter in postseason history ( Yankee Don Larsen threw a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series ).

Following what was becoming familiar annual speculation, Clemens unexpectedly appeared in the owner's box at Yankee Stadium on May 6,, during the seventh-inning stretch in a game against the Seattle Mariners, and made a brief statement: " Thank y'all.

Clemens would also find himself the point of minor controversy when it was revealed in the book The Yankee Years by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci that Clemens ' bizarre pre-game ritual included soaking in extremely hot water then having the hottest possible muscle liniment applied to his genitals during his rub-down.

The first major time travel novel was Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

Lincecum was selected to the 2008 MLB All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium but was unable to pitch due to being hospitalized with flu-like symptoms.

Gossage, a former New York Yankee, said the San Diego crowd at Game 3 was " the loudest crowd I've ever heard anywhere.

One of the few bright spots of the series for the Padres was a home run by Tony Gwynn, in Game 1 that hit the facing of the right-field upper deck at Yankee Stadium and put the Padres ahead briefly, 5 – 2.

Williams said that " just about everybody was rooting for me " to hit. 400 in the season, including Yankee fans, who gave pitcher Lefty Gomez a " hell of a boo " after walking Williams with the bases loaded after Williams had gotten three straight hits one game in September.

Heckart was married to John Harrison Yankee, Jr. from 1942 until his death in 1997.

In 1758, British General James Wolfe made the earliest recorded use of the word Yankee to refer to people from what was to become the US, referring to the New England soldiers under his command as Yankees: " I can afford you two companies of Yankees, and the more because they are better for ranging and scouting than either work or vigilance.

" Later British use of the word often was derogatory, as in a cartoon of 1775 ridiculing " Yankee " soldiers.

An early use of the term outside the United States was in the creation of Sam Slick, the " Yankee Clockmaker ", in a column in a newspaper in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1835.

In an old joke, a Southerner alleges, " I was twenty-one years old before I learned that ' damn ' and ' Yankee ' were separate words.