Rub-a-dub-dub (other)

	Rub-a-dub-dub (other) Rub-a-dub-dub is a nursery rhyme. Rub-a-dub-dub may also refer to: * ''Rub-a-Dub-Dub'' (TV series), a 1984 animated series * ''Rub-A-Dub-Dub'' (novel), by Robert Wringham * "Rub-A-Dub-Dub" (Hank Thompson song) * "Rub a Dub Dub", a song by The Equals See also * '' Hey Rub-a-Dub-Dub'', a collection of essays by Theodore Dreiser * ''Rub-a-Dub-Tub ''Rub-a-Dub-Tub'' was a children's television series broadcast in the United Kingdom on the breakfast television channel TV-am between 1983 and 1984. In addition to the main regular presenters, the programme also featured appearances by some of ... '', a 1983 children's television series {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rub-a-dub-dub "Rub-a-dub-dub" is an English language nursery rhyme first published at the end of the 18th century in volume two of Hook's ''Christmas Box'' under the title "Dub a dub dub" rather than "Rub a dub dub". It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 3101. Lyrics This rhyme exists in many variations. Among those current today is: Rub-a-dub-dub, Three men in a tub, And who do you think they be? The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, And all of them out to sea. Origins and meaning The earliest versions of this rhyme published differ significantly in their wording. Dating back to the 14th century,Chris RobertsLibrarian at Lambeth College, London; interviewed on NPR in 2005/ref> the original rhyme makes reference to maids in a "tub" – a fairground attraction similar to a modern peep show. The rhyme is of a type calling out otherwise respectable people for disrespectable actions, in this case, ogling naked ladies – the maids. The nonsense "rub-a-dub-dub" develops a phonetic a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rub-a-Dub-Dub (TV Series) ''Rub-A-Dub-Dub'' was a British television series animated by Peter Lang and Alan Rogers of the Cut-Out Animation Co. They were previously famous for '' Pigeon Street''. The series was produced by David Yates and Joe Wolf. The title is a reference to the nursery rhyme Rub-a-dub-dub. Rub-A-Dub-Dub was animated in a similar way, yet all the characters were anthropomorphic animals. It ran in 1984, completing 25 episodes. Episode structure The episodes usually started off with the character Mother Goose and (most often) another character stood by a polka-dot patterned bathtub, with Mother Goose saying "Rub-a-dub-dub..." announcing that there was an item in the tub, an item that will then be relevant to the episode, e.g. "Rub-a-dub-dub, there's a kettle in the tub..." The line would then usually be followed up by another. In this case, the character King Crow appears at the window and says "...And King Crow wants his tea!" The nursery rhymes themselves, performed by Madeline Bell an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rub-A-Dub-Dub (novel) ''Rub-A-Dub-Dub'' is a 2023 comic picaresque novel by Robert Wringham. The novel concerns a working-class, middleaged man who discovers self-care. It is set between October 2019 and January 2020 and takes place on a sleeper train and in a tenement flat in Portobello, Edinburgh. Summary Mister Bob (real name Robert Forrester) works as a cleaner and trolley service operator for a privatized train company, often on an all-night sleeper service between Scotland and London. Landscapes and accents change as he rides up and down the UK. He accepts the reality of his job but finds it unpleasant, and the line between his unpaid commute and the job itself is indistinct. He suffers from anxiety, alcoholism, obesity, hair loss and gingevitis. He also has nagging concerns about free will and makes gradual but noncommittal preparations for his suicide. He regularly experiences "Panic Visions": hallucinations that feel briefly real. A colleague, Tracey, appears to be attracted to Mister B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rub-A-Dub-Dub (Hank Thompson Song) "Rub-A-Dub-Dub" is a country music song written by Hank Thompson, performed by Thompson and his Brazos Valley Boys and released on the Capitol label (catalog no. 2445). It is based on the 18th century nursery rhyme, "Rub-a-dub-dub". It was Thompson's second hit record based on a nursery rhyme, following his 1948 recording of " Humpty Dumpty Heart". It debuted on ''Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertis ...'' magazine's country and western chart on May 23, 1953, spent three weeks at the No. 3 spot based on juke box plays (No. 2 based on disc jockey plays, No. 5 based on sales), and remained on the chart for 20 weeks. It was also ranked as the No. 5 record on Billboard's 1953 year-end country chart based on juke box plays (No. 13 based on retail sales). See also * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	The Equals The Equals are an English rock band. They are best remembered for their million-selling chart-topper " Baby, Come Back", though they had several other chart hits in the UK and Europe. Drummer John Hall founded the group with Eddy Grant, Pat Lloyd and brothers Derv and Lincoln Gordon, and they were noted as being "the first major interracial rock group in the UK" and "one of the few racially mixed bands of the era". History Early career The group's members met on a Hornsey Rise council estate, where Grant, Lloyd and Hall were school friends at Acland Burghley. In late 1964, Hall suggested that they form a band. John Hall (drums), Eddy Grant (lead guitar), Pat Lloyd (rhythm guitar), Derv Gordon (vocals) and Lincoln Gordon (rhythm guitar) became the Equals. The three-guitar lineup continued until 1969, when Lincoln Gordon switched from rhythm guitar to bass. At first the Equals performed in London, and gained a following "with their apparently limitless energy and a distinct s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hey Rub-a-Dub-Dub ''Hey Rub-a-Dub-Dub: A Book of the Mystery and Wonder and Terror of Life'' is a collection of twenty essays by Theodore Dreiser. Contents "Hey Rub-a-Dub-Dub" "Change" "Some Aspects of Our National Character" "The Dream" "The American Financier" "The Toil of the Laborer" "Personality" "A Counsel to Perfection" "Neurotic America and the Sex Impulse" "Secrecy-Its Value" "Ideals, Morals, and the Daily Newspaper" "Equation Inevitable" "Phantasmagoria" "Ashtoreth" "The Reformer" "Marriage and Divorce" "More Democracy or Less? An Inquiry" "The Essential Tragedy of Life" "Life, Art and America" "The Court of Progress" Literary significance and criticism Six essays and one play had already been published in newspapers prior to this collection.Keith Newlin, ''A Theodore Dreiser Encyclopedia'', Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2003, p. 18/ref> Keith Newlin has argued that ''Hey Rub-a-Dub-Dub'' follows in the wake of Dreiser's attempts at philosophy, which he had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]