LizzieMaine
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And in the Daily News...
Barrymore clearly needs a psychiatrist. And a better press agent.
Broke the shift-lock key again, didn't you Carlisle? That's coming out of your paycheck.
Is that a regulation haircut, Captain McKinley?
Please don't go too far, Vera, you're the best part of this story.
Because rough and tough oil truck drivers always say "what in the name of heaven?"
"They're right HERE," smiles Mamma, her eyes dropping invitingly to her decolletage as Bim falls over dead from a massive stroke.
Future U.S. Senator Wilmer Bobble.
"Oh, and do I look OK? Is the ascot too much?"
Harold discovers class consciousness.
"Mushmouth", who is no relation to the Bill Cosby character of the same name, is one of the few regular black characters to be featured in a comic strip in the Era. He is, obviously, an egregious racist stereotype both visually and in his general characterization -- but, at the same time, he and Moon are often portrayed as genuine friends, if not social equals. He is also unique among the black-caricature characters of the Era in that he actually has his own point of view and often an agenda independent of that of the white characters -- he doesn't merely exist as a sidekick, but joins in the adventure of the moment for purposes of his own. He doesn't exactly shatter stereotypes, but in his own way he does peek around the sides of them to suggest the possibility of something more. Of such small steps was progress made.
Is that a regulation haircut, Captain McKinley?