[Ads-l] background of a quote

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Thanks very much for the correction, Mark.
Let me reiterate, please double-check all the citations and excerpts I
post before using them. I am trying to work quickly and errors will
occur. Of course, "quick" for me is slow for Barry Popik.

On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 1:02 PM Mark Mandel <markamandel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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