[Ads-l] Request Curate's Egg joke in "Judy, or the London Serio-Comic Journal" circa 1895

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

The QI article is now available. Feedback welcome.

The Curate’s Egg: Parts of It Are Excellent
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/04/04/egg/

[Begin acknowledgement]
Thanks to discussants Laurence Horn, Bill Mullins, John Baker and Mark
Mandel who introduced QI to this topic and provided helpful citations
and insights. Many thanks to Stephen Goranson for accessing the May
22, 1895 cartoon in “Judy” and identifying the November 20, 1895
citation. Thanks also to Jeffrey Graf for checking a citation.
[End acknowledgement]

Garson O'Toole

On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 1:43 PM ADSGarson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks to Stephen G. who sent me information about two valuable
> citations in "Judy". I plan to write a QI article in the coming days.
> The one-panel comic about the curate's egg appeared in the May 22,
> 1895 issue, and on November 20, 1895 the editors of "Judy" complained
> about the plagiarism performed by "Punch". Here is the citation
> information for the one-panel comic:
>
> Date: 1895 May 22
> Periodical: Judy: The London Serio-Comic Journal
> Description: Single-panel comic showing a Bishop and Curate at a breakfast table
> Quote Page 245
> Publisher Location: London, England
> Database: Gale 19th Century UK Periodicals
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> SCENE—BISHOP’S BREAKFAST TABLE.
> Bishop (to timid Curate on a visit). DEAR ME, I'M AFRAID YOUR EGG'S NOT GOOD!
> Timid Curate. OH, YES, MY LORD, REALLY-ER-SOME PARTS OF IT ARE VERY GOOD.
> [End excerpt]
>
> Garson

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