Al Capp's way with names

[Peter A. McGraw]

And don't forget the Little Orphan Annie sendup Sweet Fanny Goony, a comic
strip-within-a-comic-strip that alternated with Fearless Fosdick, in the
days before Capp became a rabid right-winger.  I'll never forget the
"quote" in the title panel of one episode:

Whether you're rich
Or whether you're poor
It's always nice to have money.
(Old proverb)

Peter Mc.


--On Tuesday, November 9, 2004 4:12 PM -0600 "Cohen, Gerald Leonard"
<gcohen at UMR.EDU> wrote:

> Yes, he did. And not to forget: the student group whose name was the
> acronym SWINE (Students Wildly Indignant About Nearly Everything). And
> then there was "Joanie Phonie"--which could only have referred to
> folk-singer Joan Baez. Ms. Baez was so sure the reference was to her that
> she went to court to obtain a cease-and-desist order (or something to
> that effect). But the judge ruled that free speech works both ways and
> refused to tell Al Capp to stop.
>
> Gerald Cohen
>
>> ----------
>> From:         American Dialect Society on behalf of Dennis R. Preston
>> Sent:         Tuesday, November 9, 2004 2:24 PM
>> Subject:           Re: snuffy smith's home identified by regional dialect
>>
>         <snip. Capp had a way with names. <snip>
>
>> dInIs
>>



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Peter A. McGraw       Linfield College        McMinnville, Oregon
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