Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas a deliberate farce. The real Captain Smith, who arrived in present-day Virginia in 1607, was totally unconnected with the "Mayflower", which disembarked at Massachusetts Bay in 1620. No actual romance ever existed between him and Pocahontas, who married John Rolfe. Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas is a cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series directed by Tex Avery and written by Rich Hogan, and released by Warner Bros. on October 22, 1938. It stars Elmer Fudd's prototype Egghead as Johnny Smith, a caricature of the colonist Captain John Smith, who arrives on the "Mayflower" to be met by
Country changes in figure skating a better chance of becoming national champion, being sent to Worlds, and qualifying for a spot in the Olympics. Historically, countries with deep fields have more World-class skaters than slots to the World Figure Skating Championships. Some skaters who are always left off the podium at their National Championships may start looking around for other countries to represent. For skaters from the old Soviet Union, the fall of the USSR gave them many options. They could claim citizenship of a former Soviet republic and represent that country, and it is normal to see skaters from the SSRs who formerly skated