HARDY HAR HAR

[George Thompson]

> HARDY HAR HAR
>
> HARDY HAR HAR--9.590 Google hits, 10,200 Google Groups hits
> HARDEE HAR HAR--710 Google hits, 1,300 Google Groups hits
>
>   I couldn't find this one before the cartoon character, although
> "har har" is much older.
>
>
> (WWW.NEWSPAPERARCHIVE.COM)
> Valley Independent - 3/16/1968
> ...in their eyes, "Mother ran a tight HARDY HAR HAR. My husband
> would have a fit because..
> Monessen, Pennsylvania   Saturday, March 16, 1968  690 k
>
> Coshocton Tribune - 9/8/1968
> ...to Abilene, Kansas. Ike said HARDY-HAR-HAR and called for a
> shootin' Western. By..
> Coshocton, Ohio   Sunday, September 08, 1968  776 k
>
>
> (PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
> To Change the Subject:; Looney Language
> By John C. Waugh. Christian Science Monitor (1908-Current file).
> Boston, Mass.: Jul 12, 1962. p. 9 (1 page):
>   Thus, we get Millicent the Monstrous Monster, Louie the Loan
> Shark, Hopalong Wong,the Illegal Eagle, Hardy Har Har Hardhead,
> the Dreaded Three-Headed Threep, and High Fly Cy the Hi Fi Fly.
>

Was this not the sound that Ralph Kramden used to make when laughing scornfully at sensible advice from Alice?

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George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African
Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998.