Jabberwocky (disambiguation)
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"Jabberwocky
" is an 1872 nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll, about an encounter between a young boy and a monster called the Jabberwock.
Jabberwocky or Jabberwock may also refer to:
Jabberwocky
"Jabberwocky" is a nonsense verse poem written by Lewis Carroll in his 1872 novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, a sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland...
" is an 1872 nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll, about an encounter between a young boy and a monster called the Jabberwock.
Jabberwocky or Jabberwock may also refer to:
Films and television
- Jabberwocky (film)Jabberwocky (film)Jabberwocky is a 1977 British fantasy black comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam. It stars Michael Palin as a young cooper who is forced through clumsy, often slapstick misfortunes to hunt a terrible dragon after the death of his father...
, directed by Terry Gilliam - Jabberwocky (1971 film)Jabberwocky (1971 film)Jabberwocky is a 1971 Czechoslovak animated short film written and directed by Jan Švankmajer, based loosely on the poem "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll. It was produced by Erna Kmínková, Marta Sichová, Jirí Vanek, and animated by Vlasta Pospísilová.-Plot:...
, directed by Jan Švankmajer - Jabberwocky (TV series)Jabberwocky (TV series)Jabberwocky was a daily children's TV show designed for 5-10 year-olds that eventually went into national syndication. The original series ran Monday through Friday for over two seasons, from 1972 to 1974, on WCVB in Boston; the nationally syndicated version ran weekly and was rerun in the wee...
- Jabberwock, 2010 television movie directed by Steven R. MonroeSteven R. MonroeSteven R. Monroe is an American film director and writer.-As Director:*Ogre *Storm Cell *Wyvern *Ice Twisters *Mongolian Death Worm *MoniKa -As Writer:*Mongolian Death Worm...
Other media and entertainment
- Jabberwock (magazine)Jabberwock (magazine)Jabberwock: a Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls was published in London by Chapman & Hall and edited by Brenda Girvin. Price 6d 1905 - 1907Vol 1 No 3 contained The Princess and the Cat by E. Nesbitt.- References :...
- Jabberwock (play)Jabberwock (play)Jabberwock is a 1972 play by American playwrights Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, a semi-biographical account of the childhood of author/cartoonist/playwright James Thurber. It focuses on his early life and his eccentric family as they live through World War I....
- Jabberwocky (album)Jabberwocky (album)Jabberwocky is a progressive rock album released in 1999 by British keyboardists Clive Nolan and Oliver Wakeman. It was the first of two albums released by the duo.-Plot:The album is based on the homonymous poem by Lewis Carroll...
, by Clive Nolan and Oliver Wakeman - "Jabberwocky", an episode of the TV series Better Off Ted
- JabbawockeezJabbaWockeeZJabbawockeez is a Bay-Area-based Urban dance group formed initially by members Kevin " KB" Brewer, Phil "Swagger Boy" Tayag, & Joe "Punkee" Larot under the name "3 Muskee". They were the winners of season 1 of the show America's Best Dance Crew...
, a dance group - Jabberwocky Graphix, media company owned by American artist Brad W. FosterBrad W. FosterBrad W. Foster is an American illustrator, cartoonist, writer and publisher. He is a fixture at the Hugo Awards, where he holds the record for most awards for "Best Fan Artist." As of 2011, since 1984 he has been nominated 23 times, and won 8...
Games
- Jabberwocky (card game)Jabberwocky (card game)Jabberwocky is a card game of the trick-taking variety, played by 3 to 5 players with a standard deck of cards and pencil and paper for scoring.Its object is to bet the number of tricks one is estimating to make and to fulfill this bet...
- Jabberwocky, a character in the 2000 computer game American McGee's AliceAmerican McGee's AliceAmerican McGee's Alice is a third-person action game released for PC on October 6, 2000. The game, developed by Rogue Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts, is set in an alternative universe of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland...
Software
- JabberwackyJabberwackyJabberwacky is a chatterbot created by British programmer Rollo Carpenter. Its stated aim is to "simulate natural human chat in an interesting, entertaining and humorous manner"...
, a chatbot created by Rollo Carpenter. Winner of the 2005 and 2006 Loebner prizes - Jabberwock, a chatbot created by Juergen PirnerJuergen PirnerJuergen Pirner is the German creator of , a chatterbot that won the 2003 Loebner prize.Pirner created Jabberwock modelling the Jabberwocky from Lewis Carroll's poem of the same name. Initially, Jabberwock would just give rude or fantasy-related answers; but over the years, Pirner has programmed...
, winner of the 2003 Loebner Prize - Jabberwocky, some Amiga Internet and communications softwareAmiga Internet and communications softwareThis article is a split of main article Amiga software and refers to any communication and internet software that run on Amiga line of computers.See also related articles Amiga productivity software, Amiga music software, Amiga programming languages, Amiga support and maintenance software for other...
See also
- "Mimsy Were the BorogovesMimsy Were the Borogoves"Mimsy Were the Borogoves" is a science fiction short story by Lewis Padgett that was originally published in the February 1943 issue of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine...
", 1943 science fiction story by Lewis Padgett