Al Capp

[Wilson Gray]

On Nov 9, 2004, at 3:59 PM, J. Eulenberg wrote:

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> What was the Kick-a-Poo Joy Juice for?
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> Julia Niebuhr Eulenberg <eulenbrg at u.washington.edu>
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Now that I think about it, I'm not sure that anybody ever did anything
with it. The skonk works simply provided Big Barnsmell and Lonesome
Polecat with jobs and accounted for their stunning B.O. The "joy" in
the name implied that drinking it would "take you higher." But I can't
recall with certainty whether anyone ever drank it.

-Wilson Gray



> On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>> Subject:      Al  Capp
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>> Thanks, guys! Anybody recall the name of the punch, based on her
>> innate
>> goodness, that allowed Mammy Yokum to defeat Evil-Eye's "Double
>> Whammy"? Was it the "Good Night, Irene!"?
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>> A little more on topic, was it Capp who invented or popularized the
>> word "whammy" or does it predate him?
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>> -Wilson
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