The Hunting of the Snark "The Hunting of the Snark" with the illness of Carroll's cousin and godson, the twenty-two-year-old Charlie Wilcox. On 17 July 1874, Carroll travelled to Guildford, Surrey, to care for him for six weeks, while the young man struggled with tuberculosis. The next day, while taking a walk in the morning after only a few hours of sleep, Carroll thought of the poem's final line: "For the Snark "was" a Boojum, you see." Fuller Torrey and Judy Miller suggest that the event that inspired the poem was the sudden death of Carroll's beloved uncle, Robert Wilfred Skeffington Lutwidge, caused by a
The Diahann Carroll Show positive where Carroll's performance was concerned, but the limited production values (due to the show's small budget) and scripting were less well received. At the time, Carroll told "Jet" magazine that "Considering the facts that we filmed four one-hour shows in only five days, I must say that I am very proud of what we have ... It was hard work, but I wouldn't have missed the experience for the world and I hope that television audiences will feel as good about the shows as we do." The Diahann Carroll Show The Diahann Carroll Show is a series of four