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Gunga Din

Gunga Din (1892) is one of Rudyard Kipling's most famous poems, perhaps best known for its often-quoted last line, "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!"^[1] The poem is a rhyming narrative from the point of view of a British soldier, about a native water-bearer who saves his life. Like several other Kipling poems, it celebrates the virtues of a non-European while portraying a colonial infantryman's view of such people as being of a "lower order". Image File history File links Wikisource-logo. ... The original Wikisource logo. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the British author. ... Poetry (ancient Greek: poieo = create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ...

Film

Main article: Gunga Din (film)

The poem inspired a 1939 adventure film from RKO Radio Pictures starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Fontaine, and Sam Jaffe in the title role. Gunga Din is a 1939 RKO swashbuckler film, based on the 1892 poem by Rudyard Kipling, about three British sergeants and their native water bearer who fight the Thuggee, a religious cult of ritualistic stranglers in colonial India. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The quintessential adventure film. ... The classic logo of RKO Radio Pictures. ... Archibald Alec Leach (January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986), better known by his screen name, Cary Grant, was a British born, American film actor. ... Victor Andrew de Bier McLaglen (December 10, 1886[1] - November 7, 1959) was a British-born boxer and Academy Award winning actor, who later became a naturalized American citizen. ... Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ... Joan Fontaine (born October 22, 1917) is an Academy Award-winning Japanese-born British actress, who became an American citizen in April 1943. ... Sam Jaffe (1891-1984) Sam Jaffe (March 8, 1891 – March 24, 1984) was an American actor, teacher and engineer. ...

A much shorter animated version of the poem and film was made as an episode of The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo, with the beloved ultra-myopic character in the title role. He was voiced, as always, by Jim Backus. Mr. ... Mr. ... James Gilmore Backus (February 25, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio - July 3, 1989 In Los Angeles, California) was a radio, television, film actor, character actor, and voice actor. ...

Influence

The name "Gunga Din" is sometimes used in the musical instrument world; brass instruments, particularly bugles, of low or questionable quality produced in India are often called "Gunga Din" horns, as well as "junkers", or more appropriately, "wall-hangers".^{[citation needed]}

A novelty record called The Last Blasted of the Blasted Bugler was recorded by Sonny Gianotta.[1]

"The Ballad of Gunga Din" was recorded by Jim Croce in 1966. The song appears on the albums Facets (1966) and The Faces I've Been (1975). James Joseph Croce (January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973), popularly known as Jimmy C. (pronounced JHIM-ee SEE), was an American singer-songwriter. ...

"Gunga Din" is also the title of a 1969 song by The Byrds written by Gene Parsons. For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... The Byrds (formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964) were an American rock band. ... Gene Parsons is an american drummer, best known for his work with The Byrds from 1968 to 1972, although officially still a member until the groups dissolution in 1973, he had not performed with them after 1972, as Roger McGuinn was on a reunion tour with the other original members. ...

The band UFO on their album Flying (1971) taped backwards the last lines of the poem at the end of the title track. UFO can mean: Unidentified flying object United Future Organization, a Japanese-Brazilian electronic jazz band UFO, the rock band that previously featured Michael Schenker UFO, the Gerry Anderson TV series United Farmers of Ontario, a political party that formed the government in Ontario from 1919 to 1923 U.F.O...

The Gunga Din Highway is also a novel by Frank Chin, the polemical Chinese American playwright and fiction writer who deals with themes of "authentic" Asian American identity. A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ... Frank Chin (趙健秀; pinyin: Zhào Jiànxiù) (born February 25, 1940) is a Chinese-American author and playwright. ... Look up Polemic on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Polemic is the art or practice of inciting disputation or causing controversy, for example in religious, philosophical, or political matters. ...

The famous last line is also used in a song titled "Gunga Din" on the 1998 solo album Dreamcatcher by Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan. This article is about the rock band. ... Ian Gillan (born 19 August 1945 in Hounslow, London), is an English rock music vocalist best known as the lead singer for Deep Purple. ...

The movie was also referenced in a song by Bob Dylan called You Ain't Goin' Nowhere^[2]. Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ...

The alternative rock band Bloodhound Gang's 1995 song "Legend in My Spare Time" included the lines, "When I'm feelin' Oriental, I gotta rub my chin, I'm gonna hold my water in like I'm Gunga Din." Alternative rock (also called alternative music or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... The Bloodhound Gang is an American alternative band with a post-punk-influenced sound. ...

A 2003–2004 presidential campaign song ended in, "Your a better man than he is, Howard Dean."^{[citation needed]}

The song "That's The Way Love Is'", written and performed by popular vocalist Bobby Darin (recorded 1958), features the lyrics, "If you come up with the answer / You're a better man, sir, / Than I, Gunga Din." Bobby Darin (May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) (born Walden Robert Cassotto) was one of the most popular American big band performers and rock and roll teen idols of the late 1950s. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

American radio host Howard Stern had an intern in charge of bringing him water and broccoli, Steve Grillo, whom Howard often referred to as Gunga Din. This article is a biography of Howard Stern as an individual; for information regarding his radio show see The Howard Stern Show. ...

The Gunga Dins, a Springfield, Illinois, alternative/punk band, takes its name from the poem's title. : Home of President Abraham Lincoln United States Illinois Sangamon 60. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ...

In the HBO drama The Sopranos, Livia Soprano complains about her neighbor in the retirement community using too much water, saying, "I'm living next door to Gunga Din!"

The poem is parodied as "Gunga Dot" on an episode of Animaniacs. Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs, usually referred to as the shorter title Animaniacs, is an American animated television series, distributed by Warner Bros. ...

The 2006 movie The Contract made frequent reference to Gunga Din. The Contract is a film expected to be released in 2006. ...

In the soulful revamped version of "Wizard of Oz", called "The Wiz", the Witch enslaves the cowardly lion and makes him carry the dreaded water from her palace. When Dorothy find him, he says "I feel like Gunga Din!"

References

1. ^ http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/rudyard_kipling/poems/14458
2. ^ http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1290848