Saturday, August 08, 2009
The Stripper's Guide Super-Quiz: Week 2 Answers
Monday, Day 6:
1. Betty Boop and Felix.
2. Penny Singleton (sigh) who played Blondie in a long series of films.
3. According to insider lore, Rube Goldberg's editorial cartoons were ghosted by his assistant.
4. They offered to pay him a little extra to produce Wash Tubbs as a Sunday topper strip to Out Our Way.
5. The founders were V.V. McNitt and Charlie McAdam. Get it?
Tuesday, Day 7:
1. The original title was Mitzi McCoy, then it was Kevin the Bold.
2. Ernie, now known as Piranha Club.
3. Les Turner's Captain Easy.
4. Puffy the Pig. Don Flowers drew it first, the last to take it on was Mel Graff.
5. The Importance of Mr. Peewee. Demerits if you said Mutt & Jeff or A. Piker Clerk.
Wednesday, Day 8:
1. Eek and Meek.
2. In order -- You Know Me Al, Ace Drummond, Hap Hopper, Phyllis and Fang, Scroogie.
3. The writer was Frank Martinek and the strip was Don Winslow.
4. Funnyman, and the character stopped appearing in his own strip.
5. Red Rose Studios has several features, all locally oriented -- Texas Lore, Pennsylvania Profiles and Flashbacks would all count. Royal Features was Mike Roy's syndicate to distribute Hoss Laffs. Corinthian Features was Jim Childress' syndicate name for his Conchy strip.
Thursday, Day 9:
1. In order, The Katzenjammer Kids, Gasoline Alley, Reg'lar Fellers, Little Jimmy, Radio Patrol.
2. Mutt and Jeff.
3. King News by Moses Koenigsberg.
4. The strip was Cosmic Cow and the show Too Close For Comfort.
5. Clare Briggs - the brand was Briggs, and the motto on each can "When a Feller Needs a Friend".
Friday, Day 10:
1. In order, Wally Falk, Mell Lazarus, Martin Branner, Stan Lynde, Ed Dodd.
2. The Heart of Juliet Jones.
3. The Chicago Inter-Ocean, the New York Recorder, and Charles Saalburg. By the way, the high-speed caveat is because newspapers prior to this sometimes inserted slick color pages into their papers for song sheets and such. These inserts were not produced on the newspaper presses, though, and the print job might take a week or more to run on a low-speed press.
4. The Boston Herald.
5. Comrade Kitty (and I swear I am not making this up).
1. Betty Boop and Felix.
2. Penny Singleton (sigh) who played Blondie in a long series of films.
3. According to insider lore, Rube Goldberg's editorial cartoons were ghosted by his assistant.
4. They offered to pay him a little extra to produce Wash Tubbs as a Sunday topper strip to Out Our Way.
5. The founders were V.V. McNitt and Charlie McAdam. Get it?
Tuesday, Day 7:
1. The original title was Mitzi McCoy, then it was Kevin the Bold.
2. Ernie, now known as Piranha Club.
3. Les Turner's Captain Easy.
4. Puffy the Pig. Don Flowers drew it first, the last to take it on was Mel Graff.
5. The Importance of Mr. Peewee. Demerits if you said Mutt & Jeff or A. Piker Clerk.
Wednesday, Day 8:
1. Eek and Meek.
2. In order -- You Know Me Al, Ace Drummond, Hap Hopper, Phyllis and Fang, Scroogie.
3. The writer was Frank Martinek and the strip was Don Winslow.
4. Funnyman, and the character stopped appearing in his own strip.
5. Red Rose Studios has several features, all locally oriented -- Texas Lore, Pennsylvania Profiles and Flashbacks would all count. Royal Features was Mike Roy's syndicate to distribute Hoss Laffs. Corinthian Features was Jim Childress' syndicate name for his Conchy strip.
Thursday, Day 9:
1. In order, The Katzenjammer Kids, Gasoline Alley, Reg'lar Fellers, Little Jimmy, Radio Patrol.
2. Mutt and Jeff.
3. King News by Moses Koenigsberg.
4. The strip was Cosmic Cow and the show Too Close For Comfort.
5. Clare Briggs - the brand was Briggs, and the motto on each can "When a Feller Needs a Friend".
Friday, Day 10:
1. In order, Wally Falk, Mell Lazarus, Martin Branner, Stan Lynde, Ed Dodd.
2. The Heart of Juliet Jones.
3. The Chicago Inter-Ocean, the New York Recorder, and Charles Saalburg. By the way, the high-speed caveat is because newspapers prior to this sometimes inserted slick color pages into their papers for song sheets and such. These inserts were not produced on the newspaper presses, though, and the print job might take a week or more to run on a low-speed press.
4. The Boston Herald.
5. Comrade Kitty (and I swear I am not making this up).
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Comments:
What are the fabrications in Koenigsberg's book?
A question I've wondered about for a long time: I read years ago about a member of the Hollywood Ten who found work after he was blacklisted by scripting a comic strip. I've never been able to find out who this was and the name of the strip.
Bhob @ Potrzebie
A question I've wondered about for a long time: I read years ago about a member of the Hollywood Ten who found work after he was blacklisted by scripting a comic strip. I've never been able to find out who this was and the name of the strip.
Bhob @ Potrzebie
5. The founders were V.V. McNitt and Charlie McAdam. Get it?
No I don't get it. The only thing that seems apparent is that both surnames and the company name all begin with Mc. Could someone explain?
No I don't get it. The only thing that seems apparent is that both surnames and the company name all begin with Mc. Could someone explain?
# posted by 
: 8/08/2009 6:20 PM
: 8/08/2009 6:20 PM
I agree with Double Naught, there is no 'in joke' to get.
McAdam, who at one time worked for McClure, eventually joined McNitt to form McNaught.
McNitt, McNaught, McKnight, McNutt - all variations of the same surname. V.V.McNitt even wrote a book about it:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/8049/saga/
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McAdam, who at one time worked for McClure, eventually joined McNitt to form McNaught.
McNitt, McNaught, McKnight, McNutt - all variations of the same surname. V.V.McNitt even wrote a book about it:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/8049/saga/
