Hatlo was Lighter lid

[Jonathan Lighter]

I could've said "the Lighter skypiece," but I like alliterating.

JL

Wilson Gray <wilson.gray at RCN.COM> wrote:
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On Apr 10, 2005, at 2:29 PM, Mullins, Bill wrote:

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> Getting OT here, but Gene Hazelton, who was an assistant to Jimmy
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> on They'll Do It Every Time, just passed away.
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>>> No, just an arcane reference to the late Jimmy Hatlo, creator of the
>>> comics "L'il Iodine" and "They'll Do it Every Time!," who used to
>>> acknowledge ideas with "A tip o' the Hatlo hat to...."
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>>> JL
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But, even though that's not the way that you meant it, Jon, you have to
admit that "Lighter lid" all but demands a reference to Zippo!

-Wilson


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