Mighty Mo; Harper's Weekly

[A. Vine]

Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
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> MIGHTY MO
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>    Frank Rich wrote about a sandwich at the old Hot Shoppes restaurants called the "Mighty Mo" (New York Times, 6 October 1999, section F, pg. 1, col. 2).  Rich said that the name was probably inspired by Superman and Mighty Mouse.
>    A letter to the editor published 13 October 1999, pg. 9, col. 1, noted that "Mighty Mo" was the nickname of the famous battleship U.S.S. Missouri that saw action during World War II.
>    They didn't ask me, of course, but the name "Mighty Mo" comes from a description of the Missouri River.  Dickson Hall's recording FOLK SONGS AND LEGENDS OF GREAT AMERICAN RIVERS (1960) includes the song "Down the Mighty Mo."
>    Not to be confused with Big Mo(mentum).
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Or Five Guys Named Mo (Big Mo, Little Mo, Eenie Meenie Minie Mo, No Mo, E-Mo ??
I think)

Andrea