Noah in rabbinic literature Noah in rabbinic literature Allusions in rabbinic literature to the Biblical character Noah, who saved his family and representatives of all the animals from a great flood by constructing an ark, contain various expansions, elaborations and inferences beyond what is presented in the text of the Bible itself. According to Midrash Agadah on Genesis v. 29, Noah obtained his name, which means "rest," only after he had invented implements for tilling the ground, which, owing to the lack of such implements, had yielded only thorns and thistles (comp. Genesis 3:18). In this manner Noah really brought rest to mankind and
Captain Noah and His Magical Ark Sunday morning leading out of ABC Sunday-morning cartoons and into the "Al Alberts Show". The show also featured four cartoon shorts per day during the week. These included Gumby, Popeye (the made for TV cartoons from the 1960s only), Porky Pig (pre-1940 and post-1947 episodes), and Bugs Bunny (post-1948 episodes). In 1975, when ABC began their morning show "Good Morning America", WPVI-TV opted to preempt that in favor of "Captain Noah and His Magical Ark." Starting in September 1976, WPVI began running the 7:00 a.m. hour of "Good Morning America" and scaled "Captain Noah" back to the 8:00 a.m. to