Leapin' Lizards!

Sam Clements SClements at NEO.RR.COM
Mon Jun 14 02:28:52 UTC 2010


A quick find--

Newspaperarchive

28 October 1926.  _Salt Lake Tribune_ (Utah)

In the header of the strip.

"Aw, Leapin' Lizards."

Sam Clements
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shapiro, Fred" <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
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Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 21:55
Subject: Leapin' Lizards!


> Thanks to Garson O'Toole, John Baker, Bill Mullins, and others for their
> excellent responses to my queries about Margaret Thatcher quotations.
> Here's another challenge:  Can anyone find any information as to what was
> the exact date of the first appearance of the exclamation "Leapin'
> Lizards!" in the Little Orphan Annie comic strip?
>
> Fred Shapiro
>
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