In a message dated 7/25/01 3:02:51 AM, bpremack@WAVETECH.NET writes: << I vaguely recalled that Al Capp's newspaper comic strip L'il Abner had some loveable creatures that were called Schmoos. They resembled an overstuffed pillow (sort of like 3 huge marshmellows), with a flexible body about 2' to 3' tall. Their personality was in accord with their appearance, devoid of any distinguishing characteristics, but blandly mellow. >> Budd, I was once an ardent reader of L'il Abner; with a regularly featured character like Daisy Mae, what pubescent boy wasn't?! (For those unfortunate enough, i.e., too young, to have missed this daily dose of titillation, Daisy Mae was a terminally nubile hillbilly girl who overflowed her skimpy, tattered, clinging blouse and painted-on short shorts) I have a peripheral recollection of the Schmoo, but I would not call them lovable. Repellent is more like it. With all deference to Dr. Hunter S. Thompson who coined the phrase, they resembled Sausage Creatures. Inexplicably, if I am not mistaken, they only had eyes and no mouths, ears nor appendages. Al Capp was an unrepented fa-a-a-a-r right winger, but I can't remember if his politics ever wafted into his "art". Rich |
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