Krazy Kat Quotations

[Shapiro, Fred]

Since I am now working on the second edition of the Yale Book of Quotations, let me ask, were there any particularly memorable catchphrases or one-off quotations from the Krazy Kat strip?

Fred Shapiro


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Subject: Re: feline

Krazy, being androgynous, may not be a good illustration.


John Baker


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Krazy and Ignatz.

JL


On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 4/22/2014 08:24 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> >"(of women) sexually seductive."
> >
> >Not in OED, but must be at least forty years old in my memory.
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> The following all from Wikipedia:
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> The role of "Catwoman" goes back in print to "The Cat" of Batman #1,
> Spring 1940.  (It also notes a "hiatus" from 1954 through 1966 "due
> to the newly developing Comics Code Authority in 1954.")   And she
> appeared in the live-action television series in 1966.
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> Bob Kane allegedly said in 1989 "I felt that women were feline
> creatures and men were more like dogs "  Batman and Me. Foestfille,
> California: Eclipse Books. ISBN 978-1-56060-016-9.  Page 107.
>
> And there's always archy and mehitabel.
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> Joel
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>
> >Current ex. from IMDB:
> >
> >"Quickly pigeonholed as a stripper, chorus girl or brazen, gold-digger
> >type, her feline roles actually belied her off-camera personality as a
> shy,
> >intelligent and chic lady."
> >
> >JL
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