<P> Prior to 1951 when Walt Disney released an animated adaptation of the story (see below), there were few post-Alice allusions to the character . Martin Gardner, author of The Annotated Alice, wondered if T.S. Eliot had the Cheshire Cat in mind when writing Morning at the Window, but notes no other significant allusions in the pre-war period . </P> <P> Images of and references to the Cheshire Cat cropped up with increasing frequency in the 1960s and 1970s, along with more frequent references to Carroll's works in general . (See generally the lyrics to White Rabbit by the rock group Jefferson Airplane). The Cheshire Cat appeared on LSD blotters, as well as in song lyrics and popular fiction . </P> <P> In the 1951 Disney animated film, Alice in Wonderland, the Cheshire Cat is depicted as an intelligent and mischievous character that sometimes helps Alice and sometimes gets her into trouble . He frequently sings the first verse of the Jabberwocky poem . The animated character was voiced by Sterling Holloway (Alice in Wonderland) and Jim Cummings (2004--present). </P> <P> In the 1985 television adaptation of Carroll's books, the Cheshire Cat is voiced by Telly Savalas . He sings a morose song called "There's No Way Home," which simply drives Alice to try and find a way home even more . </P>

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