"pickle-puss"

[Sam Clements]

Interestingly, the second hit on Proquest is a story from Oct, 1936.  A
story which says that Fred Allen refers to himself as "picklepuss."  I'd
suggest that he may have originated it.

Hey!  I'm just trying to recover from Doug's scoop here.  I was looking out
for Ben, but forgot about Doug.  Curses!

Sam Clements

----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas G. Wilson" <douglas at NB.NET>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: "pickle-puss"


> "Picklepuss" (no hyphen) appears in the Zanesvlle (OH) _Times Recorder_ of
> 15 May 1936, p. 8, at N'archive.
>
> Also as a jocular surname in the _Washington Post_ of 10 March 1935, p.
> 18,
> at ProQuest.
>
> -- Doug Wilson
>