"pickle-puss"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Thanks, Sam!

JL

P.S. (aside)  That should make the zombification complete....

Sam Clements <SClements at NEO.RR.COM> wrote:
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Jon,

Now that I've recovered, Proquest Historical Newspapers has a cite in the LA
Times from March of 1937. Chatterbox column.

But the Annie Rooney comic is from Jan. of that year.

sam

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