"What? Me Worry?"

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:12:48 -0400, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:

>One of the links provided on Metafilter is to a button sold on Ebay
>depicting a proto-Neuman with the text "Me Worry? Superior - 1941":
>
>http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/scoop_article.asp?ai=4264&si=123

There's also a ton of pre-_Mad_ postcards, buttons, etc. with "Me Worry?"
or "What - Me Worry?" offered on this site:

http://www.collectmad.com/collectibles/list1.htm

Unfortunately, none of these collectibles are dated, though some are
clearly WWII-era.


--Ben Zimmer