"Unidentified Flying Oddball Unidentified Flying Oddball (UK title: The Spaceman and King Arthur) is a 1979 film adaptation of Mark Twain's ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"", directed by Russ Mayberry and produced by Walt Disney Productions. Subsequently re-released in the United States under the title A Spaceman in King Arthur’s Court, the film stars Dennis Dugan as NASA employee Tom Trimble who unintentionally travels back in time with his look-alike android Hermes. After Trimble’s NASA spacecraft travels faster than the speed of light, it takes him and his android back to King Arthur’s Camelot. They then use their"
"the idea behind ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"" in December 1884 and worked on it between 1885 and 1889. The principal part of the writing was done at Twain's summer home at Elmira, New York and was completed at Hartford, Connecticut. It was first published in England by Chatto & Windus under the title ""A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur"" in December 1889. Writer and critic William Dean Howells called it Twain's best work and ""an object-lesson in democracy"". The work was met with some indignation in Great Britain as it was perceived as ""a direct"
"house, Charles L. Webster & Company, which he co-owned with Charles L. Webster, his nephew by marriage. At this time he also wrote ""The Private History of a Campaign That Failed"" for ""The Century Magazine"". This piece detailed his two-week stint in a Confederate militia during the Civil War. He next focused on ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"", written with the same historical fiction style as ""The Prince and the Pauper"". ""A Connecticut Yankee"" showed the absurdities of political and social norms by setting them in the court of King Arthur. The book was started in December 1885,"
"""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"", the protagonist, Hank Morgan, a time-travelling 19th-century resident of Hartford, Connecticut, escapes being burned at the stake by predicting a solar eclipse in early medieval England during the time of the legendary King Arthur. Bolesław Prus' historical novel, ""Pharaoh"", written in 1894–95, also uses this trope. A similar plot also features in ""The Adventures of Tintin"" comic, ""Prisoners of the Sun"", first published between 1946 and 1948. The Guatemalan writer Augusto Monterroso used a similar plot in his short novel ""El eclipse"", published in 1959 in ""Obras completas (y otros cuentos)"", but with"
"""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"" (1889), where the knights of England attack the protagonist en masse and fall to him. It is a battle between modern American technology and old English ways. The narrative of the film never explains the arrival of Bugs in this time period. He is simply there. Yet his American ways have a calamitous effect, as did those of Hank Morgan in the original novel. Giving this short a dark side. The film also evokes images of the post-war era. For example, the pavilion of Bugs is a military surplus tent with the markings"
"In 1899 Chekov's play ""Uncle Vanya"" was staged. Mark Twain published ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"". H.G. Wells published ""When The Sleeper Wakes"". Grant Allen died. Oscar Wilde staged his plays ""The Importance of Being Earnest"" and ""An Ideal Husband"" one year before his death in 1900. When the 19th century ended the genres of horror, ghost stories, westerns, children's literature, crime fiction, science fiction, historical novels and fantasy had all been established. See also: List of years in literature: 1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s -"
"Tyler; or, The King and the Apprentice"" which appeared in weekly parts in ""The Young Englishman's Journal"" in 1867, and appears as a main character in William Harrison Ainsworth's ""Merry England; or, Nobles and Serfs"" (1874). Wat Tyler is also mentioned in ""Redburn"" by Herman Melville and in ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"" by Mark Twain. John Gower commented on him in Vox Clamantis: ""The jay's voice is wild and he has only learnt the art of speaking from the classes with whom the Latin poet is identified."" . Wat Tyler is the principal character in the historical"
"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (album) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a studio album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby and other stars of the Paramount movie ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"" featuring songs from the film. All of the songs were written by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke. Billboard liked it saying: The album reached the No. 5 position in Billboard's album charts. These newly issued songs were featured in a 3-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album A-699. <nowiki>*</nowiki>This song was cut from the film after its world premiere at"
"a brave man before the Civil War to confess he had read the ""Age of Reason""...I read it first when I was a cub pilot, read it with fear and hesitation, but marveling at its fearlessness and wonderful power."" Paine's criticisms of the church, the monarchy, and the aristocracy appear most clearly in Twain's ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"" (1889). Paine's text is still published today, one of the few eighteenth-century religious texts to be widely available. Its message still resonates, evidenced by Christopher Hitchens's statement that ""if the rights of man are to be upheld in a"
"through time by unknown means for a period of time. Time-slip is also popular in children's literature. Time-slip stories were popularized at the end of the 19th century by Mark Twain's historical novel ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"", which has had considerable influence on later writers. In this novel an accident triggers the main character's slip in time and this has been a staple plot device of time-slip stories since, another being the time machine. In some time-slip stories, what caused and comes from the time-slip is highly significant. In others, the protagonist has no control and no"
"her fiancé Sir Lancelot takes exception, and when he meddles in the politics of the kingdom, trouble ensues. Filmed from October to December 1947, ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"" was released on April 22, 1949 and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was a popular success and became one of the highlight films of 1949. Hank Martin (Bing Crosby), an American mechanic, is knocked out and wakes up in the land of King Arthur. Here he finds romance with Alisande la Carteloise (Rhonda Fleming) and friendship with Sir Sagramore (William Bendix). Unfortunately, the heroic Hank also incurs the"
"utilized by a number of science fiction and fantasy writers popularized at the end of the 19th century by Mark Twain's ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"", having considerable influence on later writers. This is one of the main plot devices of time travel stories, the other being a time machine. The difference is that in time slip stories, the protagonist typically has no control and no understanding of the process (which is often never explained at all) and is either left marooned in a past time and must make the best of it, or is eventually returned by"
"Additionally, she has become an archetype serving as a source of tropes for many characters in other modern works, some of them borrowing her name in the form Morgana. As in the case of other modern Arthuriana, ""Le Morte d'Arthur"" is the dominant source today. Prior to her 20th-century resurgence, however, Morgan had been largely absent from modern Arthuriana. The relatively few exceptions of an actual Morgan character include William Morris's epic poem ""The Earthly Paradise"" (1870), retelling the story of Morgan and Ogier the Dane. In his popular and often-adapted satirical novel ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"""
"Susan had a study built apart from the main house so that Twain would have a quiet place in which to write. Also, he smoked cigars constantly, and Susan did not want him to do so in her house. Twain wrote many of his classic novels during his 17 years in Hartford (1874–1891) and over 20 summers at Quarry Farm. They include ""The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"" (1876), ""The Prince and the Pauper"" (1881), ""Life on the Mississippi"" (1883), ""Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"" (1885), and ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"" (1889). The couple's marriage lasted 34 years until"
"He goes on to coin the term ""Sir Walter Scott disease"", which he blames for the South's lack of advancement. Twain also targeted Scott in ""Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"", where he names a sinking boat the ""Walter Scott"" (1884); and, in ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"" (1889), the main character repeatedly utters ""great Scott"" as an oath; by the end of the book, however, he has become absorbed in the world of knights in armor, reflecting Twain's ambivalence on the topic. The idyllic Cape Cod retreat of suffragists Verena Tarrant and Olive Chancellor in Henry James' ""The Bostonians"""
"school day. His most unusual role may have been in the first talking version of Mark Twain's novel ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"". His popularity soared to new heights with films including ""Young As You Feel"", ""Judge Priest"", and ""Life Begins at 40"", with Richard Cromwell and Rochelle Hudson. Rogers demonstrated multiple skills, and was an indefatigable worker. He toured the lecture circuit. ""The New York Times"" syndicated his weekly newspaper column from 1922 to 1935. Going daily in 1926, his short column ""Will Rogers Says"" reached forty million newspaper readers. He also wrote frequently for the mass-circulation"
"has also inspired many variations and parodies, such as the 1979 Bugs Bunny special ""A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court"". ""A Knight for a Day"" is a 1946 Disney short film starring Goofy loosely is loosely inspired by the novel ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"". In 1995, Walt Disney Studios adapted the book into the feature film ""A Kid in King Arthur's Court"". ""Army of Darkness"" drew many inspirations from the novel. A 1992 cartoon series, ""King Arthur & the Knights of Justice"", could also be seen as deriving inspiration from the novel. In 1998 Disney made"
"original series but not featuring the main character Conrad: The Conrad Stargard books belong to the subgenre started by Mark Twain's classic ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"", in which a modern person goes back in time and anachronistically introduces various modern technical innovations and social institutions centuries sooner than happened in our history. The Stargard books differ significantly from Twain's concept in having a diametrically opposite role for the Catholic Church. The staunchly freethinking Twain assigned to the Medieval Church the role of strongly opposing his protagonist's innovations and doing all in its power to undo them; on"
"Radio City Music Hall, New York. Decca included all the Crosby songs on Decca DL 4261 in 1962 for the LP set Bing’s Hollywood. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (album) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a studio album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby and other stars of the Paramount movie ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"" featuring songs from the film. All of the songs were written by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke. Billboard liked it saying: The album reached the No. 5 position in Billboard's album charts. These newly issued songs"
"relevant, helpful, reassuring, and compelling. Periodicals: Tale Collections and Novels: Tale Collections and Gift Books edited by Arthur: Non-fiction: State Histories edited by Arthur and W. H. Carpenter: Timothy Shay Arthur Timothy Shay Arthur (June 6, 1809 – March 6, 1885) — known as T. S. Arthur — was a popular 19th-century American author. He is most famous for his temperance novel ""Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There"" (1854), which helped demonize alcohol in the eyes of the American public. He was also the author of dozens of stories for ""Godey's Lady's Book"", the most popular"
"on July 2, 1881, leaving a large estate. Although his health had been declining, he worked until the day before his death. After an official state funeral in Saint Andrew's Cathedral on July 5, he was buried in Oahu Cemetery. Although often remembered outside of Hawaii by Twain's satiric attacks, at his death Harris was honored even by former political opponents such as William Richards Castle, Alfred S. Hartwell, and Albert Francis Judd. Some historians speculate that Harris was a model for the character from New England who becomes active in a medieval kingdom in Twain's novel ""A Connecticut Yankee"
"Olivia's death in 1904. All of the Clemens family are buried in Elmira's Woodlawn Cemetery. Twain was fascinated with science and scientific inquiry. He developed a close and lasting friendship with Nikola Tesla, and the two spent much time together in Tesla's laboratory. Twain patented three inventions, including an ""Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments"" (to replace suspenders) and a history trivia game. Most commercially successful was a self-pasting scrapbook; a dried adhesive on the pages needed only to be moistened before use. Over 25,000 were sold. Twain's novel ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"" (1889) features"
"that he, like Twain's protagonist Henry Morgan, is transported back to the time of King Arthur (Charles Clary), where he must use modern know-how to outwit the king's foes Morgan le Fay (Rosemary Theby) and Merlin (William V. Mong). The screenplay modernizes the novel with many contemporary references, including mentions of Ford Model Ts, the Volstead Act, and the Battle of the Argonne Forest. The film was popular, and its success likely encouraged Fox to produce the later sound film adaptation of the novel, ""A Connecticut Yankee"". According to author Barbara Leaming, the film's hanging scene inspired Tom Hepburn, brother"
"the novel to """"that tattered son of fortune and the nursling of many a dark and stormy hour, this book is affectionately dedicated by the AUTHOR"""" Johnny Reb & Billy Yank Johnny Reb & Billy Yank is a novel first published in 1905 by Alexander Hunter, a soldier who served in Confederate General Robert E. Lee Army from 1861 to 1865. The novel is noted for encapsulating most of the major events of the American Civil War, due to Hunter's obvious involvement in them. The ""novel"" is actually pulled from Hunter's own diaries during the war. He explains his reasons"
"him. Written in 1889, ""A Connecticut Yankee"" seems to predict the events of World War I, when Europe's old ideas of chivalry in warfare were shattered by new weapons and tactics. American author L. Frank Baum's series of 14 books (1900–1920) based in his outlandish Land of Oz setting, contained depictions of strange weapons (Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, Glinda of Oz), mechanical men (Tik-Tok of Oz) and a bevy of not-yet-realized technological inventions and devices including perhaps the first literary appearance of handheld wireless communicators (Tik-Tok of Oz). Jack London wrote several science fiction stories, including ""The Red"
"Timothy Shay Arthur Timothy Shay Arthur (June 6, 1809 – March 6, 1885) — known as T. S. Arthur — was a popular 19th-century American author. He is most famous for his temperance novel ""Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There"" (1854), which helped demonize alcohol in the eyes of the American public. He was also the author of dozens of stories for ""Godey's Lady's Book"", the most popular American monthly magazine in the antebellum era, and he published and edited his own ""Arthur's Home Magazine"", a periodical in the ""Godey's"" model, for many years. Virtually forgotten"
"and absurdities in others' writings. Some, like Asimov, felt de Camp's conscientiousness about facts limited the scope of his stories: de Camp was reluctant to use technological or scientific concepts (e.g., hyperspace or faster-than-light travel) if he did not think them possible. Thus, his response to Mark Twain's ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"" was to write a similar time travel novel (""Lest Darkness Fall"") in which the method of time travel was rationalized and the hero's technical expertise both set at a believable level and constrained by the technological limitations of the age. In like fashion, he reimagined"
"The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1976) is John Steinbeck's retelling of the Arthurian legend, based on the Winchester Manuscript text of Sir Thomas Malory's ""Le Morte d'Arthur"". He began his adaptation in November 1956. Steinbeck had long been a lover of the Arthurian legends. The introduction to his translation contains an anecdote about him reading them as a young boy. His enthusiasm for Arthur and his affinity for Anglo-Saxon language are apparent in the work. The book was left unfinished at his death, and ends with the"
"Washington Harris (1966, 1967, 1987), the Oxford World Classics edition of Mark Twain’s ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court"" (1997), and with Ed Piacentino, ""Southern Frontier Humor: An Anthology"" (2010). Some of his numerous essays on American humor have been collected in his books ""Comics as Culture"" (1990), ""The Frontier Humorists: Critical Views"" (1975), and ""Perspectives on American Culture: Essays on Humor, Literature, and the Popular Arts"" (1994). The M. Thomas Inge Papers (in the Comic Arts Collection at Virginia Commonwealth University) includes magazines, catalogs, fanzines, programs and humor publications. This collection is composed of materials collected by Dr."
"also includes fan-written, but professionally edited, collaborative material which are published in bi-monthly magazine titled ""The Grantville Gazettes"" and some collaborative short fictions. In terms of the history of Time Travel literature, the ""1632"" series can be considered an extension and modification of the basic idea dating back to Mark Twain's ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"", in which a 19th-century American engineer, finding himself in 5th-century England, is able - all by himself - to introduce into the past society the full range of his time's technologies. In Flint's version, a whole modern community is transplanted into the"
"handful of appearances in feature films, including Buster Keaton's ""Battling Butler"" (1926), and as a soldier in the Cecil B. De Mille's 1927 epic, ""The King of Kings"". With the advent of the talking picture, Fine began to work steadily in feature films. He would have small roles in many notable films, such as: the first talking version of Mark Twain's ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"", 1931's ""A Connecticut Yankee"", starring Will Rogers; ""Les Misérables"" in 1935, starring Fredric March and Charles Laughton; ""Anything Goes"" (1936), starring Bing Crosby and Ethel Merman; William Dieterle's 1939 version of ""The"
"was re-released in 1936. It is unrelated to the 1927 musical also titled ""A Connecticut Yankee"". The hero's name was changed from Hank Morgan to Hank Martin, possibly because the original name sounded too similar to that of actor Frank Morgan. A trailer for the film exists at the Library of Congress. Radio salesmen Hank Martin (Will Rogers), travels back in time to Camelot where he is welcomed by King Arthur (William Farnum) and must use his modern knowledge to stop Morgana Le Fay (Myrna Loy) and Merlin (Brandon Hurst) from taking over. A Connecticut Yankee (film) A Connecticut Yankee"
"Joseph Arthur (playwright) Joseph Arthur (1848 – February 20, 1906) was an American playwright best known for his popular (though not critically acclaimed) melodramatic plays of the 1880s and 1890s, including ""The Still Alarm"" (1887) and ""Blue Jeans"" (1890). Arthur was born to John C. and Margaret Hill Smith in Centerville, Indiana in 1848 as Arthur Hill Smith. Most of his life was spent in New York City, where he arrived by the 1870s, but many of his plays took Indiana as their setting. His first successful play was ""The Still Alarm"", which opened in New York City in August"