Leapin' Lizards!

Sam Clements SClements at NEO.RR.COM
Mon Jun 14 03:51:18 UTC 2010


And, a little more.  The question might become "what is the earliest
appearance of "Leapin' Lizards" in connection with Little Orphan Annie,
rather than the earliest appearance in the strip.

19 August 1926, _Chicago Tribune_

Story about an outing in in Lincoln Park, "the 22nd annual frolic of the
Orphans Automobile Outing association."

In the article, it says "It only remained for The Tribune cartoonist, Harold
Gray, to tack up his make shift easel and to smear vivid crayons onto the
big sheet with flying fingers until there materialized before their
delighted eye their own pal and playmate, Little Orphan Annie, to fill the
cup of joy to overflowing.  "Leapin' lizards!" commented Annie as she was
carried from one side of the platform to the other and got a good look out
over the crowd."

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Clements" <SClements at NEO.RR.COM>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 22:28
Subject: Re: Leapin' Lizards!


>A quick find--
>
> Newspaperarchive
>
> 28 October 1926.  _Salt Lake Tribune_ (Utah)
>
> In the header of the strip.
>
> "Aw, Leapin' Lizards."
>
> Sam Clements
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shapiro, Fred" <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 21:55
> Subject: Leapin' Lizards!
>
>
>> Thanks to Garson O'Toole, John Baker, Bill Mullins, and others for their
>> excellent responses to my queries about Margaret Thatcher quotations.
>> Here's another challenge:  Can anyone find any information as to what was
>> the exact date of the first appearance of the exclamation "Leapin'
>> Lizards!" in the Little Orphan Annie comic strip?
>>
>> Fred Shapiro
>>
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