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The Unicorn In The Garden
"The Unicorn in the Garden" is a short story written by James Thurber. One of the most famous of Thurber's humorous modern fables, it first appeared in ''The New Yorker'' on October 21, 1939; and was first collected in his book ''Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated'' (Harper and Brothers, 1940). The fable has since been reprinted in ''The Thurber Carnival'' (Harper and Brothers, 1945), ''James Thurber: Writings and Drawings'' (The Library of America, 1996, ), ''The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales'', and other publications. It is taught in literature and rhetoric courses. Plot summary A husband sees a unicorn in the family garden and tells his wife about it. She ridicules him, telling him "the unicorn is a mythical beast" and calls him a "booby". When he persists, she threatens to send him to the "booby hatch" (the mental institution). He persists, and she summons the authorities. However, after she tells them what her husband saw and they note her own somewhat loony- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Productions Of America
United Productions of America, better known as UPA, was an American animation studio active from the 1940s through the 1970s. Beginning with industrial and World War II training films, UPA eventually produced theatrical shorts for Columbia Pictures such as the Mr. Magoo series. In 1956, UPA produced a television series for CBS, ''The Boing-Boing Show,'' hosted by Gerald McBoing Boing. In the 1960s, UPA produced syndicated Mr. Magoo and ''Dick Tracy'' television series and other series and specials, including ''Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol''. UPA also produced two animated features, ''1001 Arabian Nights (1959 film), 1001 Arabian Nights'' and ''Gay Purr-ee'', and distributed Japanese films from Toho Studios in the 1970s and 1980s. The UPA library was later purchased by Universal Pictures, after their successful acquisition of DreamWorks Animation. History Origins UPA was founded in the wake of the Disney animators' strike of 1941, which resulted in the exodus of a number of l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melville Shavelson
Melville Shavelson (April 1, 1917 – August 8, 2007) was an Americans, American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. He was President of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAw) from 1969 to 1971, 1979 to 1981, and 1985 to 1987. Biography Shavelson was born to a American Jews, Jewish family in Brooklyn and graduated from Cornell University in 1937. worked as a writer on comedian Bob Hope's radio show, ''The Pepsodent Show Starring Bob Hope''. Shavelson came to Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood in 1938 as one of Hope's joke writers, a job he held for the next five years. He was responsible for the screenplays of such Hope films as ''The Princess and the Pirate'' (1944), ''Where There's Life'' (1947), ''The Great Lover (1949 film), The Great Lover'' (1949), and ''Sorrowful Jones'' (1949), which also starred Lucille Ball. Shavelson was nominated twice for Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay—first for 1955's ''The Seven Little Foys'', starring Hope in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Gerritsen
Lisa Gerritsen (born Lisa Orszag, December 21, 1957) is an American former child actress. She is most famous for her role as Bess, the independent-minded daughter of Phyllis Lindstrom on the 1970s television series ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' and its spin-off ''Phyllis.'' Early life Lisa Gerritsen was born Lisa Orszag in Los Angeles and is the granddaughter of child actor and screenwriter True Eames Boardman, and the great-granddaughter of silent film actors True Boardman and Virginia True Boardman. Her acting career began when she was eight years old. Encouraged by her mother and grandfather, she landed her first professional role in an episode of ''The Doris Day Show'' in 1968. Career After ''The Doris Day Show'', Gerritsen had guest-star or cameo appearances in several television shows including '' The Odd Couple,'' '' Bonanza'', ''The Courtship of Eddie's Father'', '' The Virginian'' and ''Family Affair''. She was also cast in several episodes of '' Gunsmoke'', one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Windom (actor)
William Windom (September 28, 1923 – August 16, 2012) was an American actor. He was known as a character actor of the stage and screen. He is best known for his recurring role as Dr. Seth Hazlitt alongside Angela Lansbury in the CBS mystery series '' Murder, She Wrote'' (1984–1996). Windom made his television debut in 1949 in the NBC anthology series ''The Philco Television Playhouse''. He continued acting in shows such as '' Studio One'', '' Masterpiece Playhouse'', '' Omnibus'', and '' Kraft Television Theatre''. During this time he also appeared on ''The Twilight Zone'', '' Gunsmoke'', '' Mission: Impossible'', and '' Star Trek''. He then gained acclaim in his television career for his portrayal of cartoonist John Monroe in the short-lived NBC sitcom ''My World and Welcome to It'' (1969–1970) winning him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. He then guest starred in various programs including '' Columbo'', ''Night Gallery'', '' M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My World And Welcome To It
''My World ... and Welcome to It'' is an American half-hour television sitcom based on the humor and cartoons of James Thurber.Tim Brooks & Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946 - Present'', pages 430-431, Ballantine, 1979 It starred William Windom as John Monroe, a Thurber-like writer and cartoonist who works for a magazine closely resembling ''The New Yorker'' called ''The Manhattanite''. Wry, fanciful and curmudgeonly, Monroe observes and comments on life, to the bemusement of his wife Ellen (Joan Hotchkis) and daughter Lydia (Lisa Gerritsen). Monroe's frequent daydreams and fantasies are usually based on Thurber material. The series, which ran for one season during the 1969–70 season on NBC, was created by Mel Shavelson, who wrote and directed the pilot episode and was one of its principal writers. Sheldon Leonard was executive producer. The show's producer, Danny Arnold, co-wrote or directed numerous episodes, and appeared as Santa Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Turgeon
Boyd Higginson Turgeon (December 25, 1919 – October 6, 2000) was an American film, television and theatre actor. He was perhaps best known for playing the caustic and interfering passenger Marcus Rathbone in the 1970 film ''Airport''. Life and career Turgeon was born in Hinsdale, Illinois. He began his career in 1940, appearing in a touring production titled ''Life With Father''. He then served in the United States Army Air Corps, returning to acting in 1946. Turgeon appeared in stage plays including '' Call Me Mister'', ''Brigadoon'', ''The Beggar's Opera'', ''A Thurber Carnival'' and ''Send Me No Flowers''. In 1954 to 1955 he was an assistant stage manager for the Broadway play '' The Tender Trap''. On screen Turgeon played Jack Peterson in seven episodes of the television sitcom ''Mister Peepers'', starring Wally Cox. He also appeared in the television soap operas ''Dark Shadows'', ''The Edge of Night'' and '' General Hospital''. Turgeon guest-starred in television prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McGiver
John Irwin McGiver (November 5, 1913 – September 9, 1975) was an American character actor who made more than a hundred appearances in television and motion pictures over a two-decade span from 1955 to 1975. The owl-faced, portly character actor with his mid-Atlantic accent and precise diction, was often cast as pompous Englishmen and other stuffy, aristocratic and bureaucratic types. He was known for his performances in such films as '' Breakfast at Tiffany's'' (1961); ''The Manchurian Candidate'' (1962), ''Who's Minding the Store?'' (1963) and ''Man's Favorite Sport?'' (1964). He appeared on many television shows and commercials during the 1960s and early 1970s, including the first of a long running popular series of commercials for the American Express charge card ("Do you know me?"). Early life McGiver was born in Manhattan, New York City, the son of Irish immigrants. He graduated from the Jesuit-run Regis High School in Manhattan in 1932. He earned a B.A. in English fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Ghostley
Alice Margaret Ghostley (August 14, 1923 – September 21, 2007) was a Tony Award-winning American actress and singer on stage, film and television. She was best known for her roles as bumbling witch Esmeralda (1969–70; 1972) on '' Bewitched'', as Cousin Alice (1970–71) on ''Mayberry R.F.D.'', and as Bernice Clifton (1986–93) on ''Designing Women'', for which she received an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1992. She was a regular on ''Nichols'' (1971–72) and ''The Julie Andrews Hour'' (1972–73). Early life Ghostley was born in Eve, Missouri, in 1923 to Edna Muriel (née Rooney) and Harry Francis Ghostley, who worked as a telegraph operator. She grew up in Henryetta, Oklahoma. She attended the University of Oklahoma, but dropped out to pursue a career in theater. Career Stage Ghostley first came to Broadway in Leonard Sillman's ''New Faces of 1952'' and in the film version released in 1954. She appeared in the 1960 revue ''A Thurb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Ford
Paul Ford Weaver (November 2, 1901 – April 12, 1976) was an American character actor who came to specialize in authority figures whose ineptitude and pompous demeanor were played for comic effect, notably as Mayor Shinn in ''The Music Man (1962 film), The Music Man'' (1962) and as Colonel John T. Hall in ''The Phil Silvers Show''. Early years Ford was born Paul Ford Weaver in Baltimore, Maryland. His father was described as "a well-to-do businessman" who lost his fortune when his investment in a soft-drink company failed. At an early age, he showed an adept talent for performance, but was discouraged when directors thought he was Tone Deaf, tone-deaf. After attending Dartmouth College for one year, Ford was a salesman before he became an entertainer. He took his middle birth name, which was his mother's maiden name, as his stage last name. The change occurred after he failed an audition as Paul Weaver, but was successful when he auditioned again as Paul Ford. Career In l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Thurber Carnival
''A Thurber Carnival'' is a revue by James Thurber, adapted by the author from his stories, cartoons and casuals (humorous short pieces), nearly all of which originally appeared in ''The New Yorker''. It was directed by Burgess Meredith. Following a six city tryout, during which Thurber continued to rewrite the show, it premiered on Broadway on February 26, 1960, and ran for 223 performances, with a break from June 25 to September 5. It closed on November 26, 1960. The title is similar to that of ''The Thurber Carnival'' (1945), Thurber's most successful collection of stories and drawings. Cast and format The nine member cast played roles generically designated as First Man, First Woman, etc., as listed in the published script. Each of these roles included portrayals of numerous characters within the revue's 16 sketches. The opening night cast was as follows: These were supported by the jazz music of the Don Elliott Quartet (Jack Six, Jimmy Raney, Ronnie Bedford and Don Ell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
