Saturday, December 08, 2007
Herriman Saturday
The run-up to the O'Brien-Burns heavyweight championship bout has Herriman giving them the nudge in these cartoons of November 21 - 23 1906. Jim Jeffries was cartoon-worthy as well since he was to referee the big fight (and apparently weathered a tornado along the way).Labels: Herriman's LA Examiner Cartoons
Comments:
Can anybody explain to me the significance of 'Beany' and 'goat' (central figures of third cartoon). Bud Fisher lampooned a prosecutor named 'Beany' a couple of years later and a goat was involved, in fact Fisher ran with the idea of getting peoples' goats for a number of weeks, as in these two consecutive headers (circa feb '08, from the Hyperion first year of A. Mutt):
"Where in the world is Beany’s goat?"
"Prosecution wrought up over goat question. Fear other goats may follow."
"Where in the world is Beany’s goat?"
"Prosecution wrought up over goat question. Fear other goats may follow."
Eddie,
Beanie Walker was a friend of Herriman's from the Roach Studio. I wonder if there is an in-joke somewhere...
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Beanie Walker was a friend of Herriman's from the Roach Studio. I wonder if there is an in-joke somewhere...
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: 12/09/2007 10:46 PM
: 12/09/2007 10:46 PM 