Uncle Remus films: The song "Uncle Remus" was included on Frank Zappa's album "Apostrophe (')" (1974). The song co-written by Zappa and keyboardist/vocalist George Duke, tackled the subject of racial relations in America, and is something of a spiritual successor to "Trouble Every Day", a track on "Freak Out!" (1966) addressing similar issues. "Uncle Remus" is also mentioned as a character in "The Land of Make Believe" by Chuck Mangione (1973). Uncle Remus Uncle Remus is the fictional title character and narrator of a collection of African-American folktales adapted and compiled by Joel Chandler Harris, published in book form in 1881. A
The Tale of Mr. Tod in the stories of Uncle Remus. There, both rabbits and foxes contend, but unlike the fox in Uncle Remus, the Potter fox is not particularly wily and the rabbits win, not by outsmarting the fox, but only because they enjoy a stroke of luck. The badger is not a typical animal in Uncle Remus, but in Potter he is the clever one. The finale reunites the rabbits, but the wily animals win nothing. "Mr. Tod" and the Uncle Remus stories are only similar in depicting the powerless triumphing over the powerful. "Mr. Tod" was adapted to animation and telecast as