[Ads-l] background of a quote

[Mark Mandel]

Very minor correction of Garson's quote from the *East Village Other*:
P.6 of the paper (p.7 of the downloadable pdf), fifth column *(that seems
right... no, hippies are left...no, it's the rightmost column on the
page...), *third complete paragraph (adjoining the upper right corner of
the graphic that occupies the bottom of columns 2-4). Here's the full
paragraph:
>>>>>
 That's the splash panel, it has
 delightfully little to do with
 anything in the story. What
 happens, see, is that the
 Brothers have run out of money,
 prompting Frank to disburden
 himself of this gem of folk wisdom:
 ''As we all know,
 *DOPE will get you thru* times of
 no MONEY better than money
 will get you thru times of no
 DOPE ! !" And so they toke up on
 the water pipe, clanging and
 tweeting and hooping and
 FLASH - pretty fine dope you
 have there, brother!
<<<<<
Garson lost the "will" from "DOPE will get you thru", though as we all
know, he has the will and the ability to do magnificently as a source
finder.

Mark A. Mandel


On Mon, Nov 1, 2021, 12:05 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Here are two slightly earlier citations for the "dope" version of the
> quotation.

[...]

> The second citation below gives the precise title of one
> of the comics containing the quotation (although it might appear in an
> earlier comic).
>
> [...]
>
> An article in "The East Village Other" described the contents of a
> comic titled "Those Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Pull A Heist" which
> apparently included a panel with the target quotation. This instance
> used the variant spelling "thru" for "through".
>
> Date: July 30, 1969
> Periodical: The East Village Other
> Publication Location: New York, New York
> Volume 4, Number 35
> Article: Wonder Wart, Hog's Father
> https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.28035902
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> What happens, see, is that the Brothers have run out of money,
> prompting Frank to disburden himself of this gem of folk wisdom: "As
> we all know, *DOPE get you thru* times of no MONEY better than money
> will get you thru times of no DOPE!!”
> [End excerpt]
>
> [...]

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