1947 citing in Archie Comic of "butthole." What did it mean?

[Jonathan Lighter]

For the sake of utter, obsessive completeness, I'll note that neither
"dullville" nor "dullsville" appears anywhere in this book.

JL

On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Nope. The April 1, 1948, strip involves exploding cigars. April 1, 1946,
> has pranksters trying to slip Archie a Mickey in his soda.
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> Nothing remarkable in sight.
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> It may be noteworthy that the April 1, 1947, strip has *nothing* to do with
> April Fools' Day. Then, on the next day....
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> JL
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> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 12:09 AM, Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net>
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> > On 5/12/2012 8:33 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > > _Archie_ has arrived. I've just finished reading "More than 800
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> > > Comic Strips from the Very Beginning!" ....
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> > I wonder whether anything odd appeared around 1 April 1948.
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