FW they're W

[Wilson Gray]

1950? Given that that was 57 years ago, I shouldn't have expected that
I could fully rely upon only my memory. But, WTF? The only thing that
beats a try is a failure. Close, but no cigar.

-Wilson

On 1/31/07, Baker, John <JMB at stradley.com> wrote:
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>         According to
> http://fourrealities.blogspot.com/2006/04/ec-henry-and-his-goon-child-ku
> rtzman.html and other web pages, "Henry and His Goon Child" ran in Weird
> Fantasy in 1950, which would have been two years before Mad began
> publication in 1952.
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> John Baker
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> Gonzo - HDAS: 1977.
>
> Gonzo, by James Booker, Duke label recording, 1960.
>
> Goon-child - HDAS: no cites bet. 1943 and 1975.
>
> At some time between 1950(?) and 1955, in the original Mad Magazine,
> Tales Calculated to Drive You MAD, there appeared a story entitled
> "Goon(-)Child," in which an evil, lazy bastard of a mad scientist builds
> an anthropoid robot to handle all of his scut work. He names this robot
> "Goon(-)Child." Unfortunately, the mad scientist has built better than
> he realizes and Goon(-)Child becomes self-aware. It then takes over,
> making the mad scientist the slave and demanding that, from that moment
> on, he address it as "MISTER Goon(-)Child!"
>
> -Wilson
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