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SubTitle: Sunday Funnies...Answers
Posted by: DAN BLAINE (100.53680@germanynet.de) on 12/22/1997@03:07hrs:
1. The caveman with no visible ears who rode a dinosaur named Dinny and had a wife named Oona (?) was named Alley Oop. His name was taken from the french expression "Allez Hop" that the french soldiers used when jumping out of the trenches during WWI. Due to the french silent "h", our doughboys started saying "Alley Oop". The expression also migrated thru the Alsace and into Germany and is said today as "Alle Hopp". An interesting anecdote:
I worked with a guy from the Alsace. During WWI his grandfather was drafted by the french army. During WWII his father was drafted by the german army!
2. The aviator was Smilin' Jack. His friend with the beer belly and the little chicken that followed him was a Hawaiian named Fat Stuff. The other pilot with only one side to his face was called Downwind Jackson. I am suprised that none of the Navy Airdales got this one... but then again, did the News and Mirror get to the South shore?
3. Terry was a quasi-military pilot who flew freight and contraband over the hump, in and around China and South East Asia. The Dragon Lady was his nemesis. I can visualize some of the other "pirates" but cannot name a one.
4. The Teenie-Weenies were a hard-working bunch of elves who were always building things like boats out of walnut shells. They never said anything, but the one panel drawing was self-explanatory, and when one got old enough to read the text below, one could learn how to make some of their projects.
5. The Shmoos were the little critters in Dog Patch that generated
all kinds of food stuff and goodies when they were kicked...usually
by L'il Abner. His mother Mammy Yokum and the pig lady Moonbean
McSwine shared a love of smoking pipes. I don't remember L'il Abner's
wife, Daisy Mae smoking one. In those days everyone touted "Pogo" as
being THE political satire funny, I never realized (and I think most
kids didn't) that Al Capp was doing political satire with L'il Abner.
I thought Pogo was (and still is) boring...DAN