Word: capps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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During the past five years a host of prominent men and women in widely-diversified fields have come to Cambridge for a common purpose: the free discussion and debate of important, timely subjects. Harold Laski, Al Capp, Norman Thomas, Faye Emerson, James T. Farrell, Bill Mauldin, a colorful and varied array of personalities, have all been brought to the University scene by the Law School Forum...
Pogo's universal appeal lies in the double nature of the strips. To those who follow Kelly, a satirical view of the world greater than Jonathan Swift's and Al Capp's is presented. To those who don't go that deep, Kelly's corn and his play on words both receive a new treatment with results that reach the peak in adult humor...
...sunny aplomb of Faye Emerson. Feverishly sponsored by Pepsi-Cola with animated cartoons, bubbling glasses, jingles and urgent testimonials, the new show intends each week to salute a different U.S. city. The opening program was dedicated to Boston. On hand, presumably to hail their native city, were Cartoonist Al Capp, born in New Haven, Conn.; Singer Georgia Gibbs, born in Worcester, Mass.; Cinemactor Jeffrey Lynn, born in Auburn, Mass.; Comic Ezra Stone, born in New Bedford, Mass., and Composer (Syncopated Clock) Leroy Anderson, born across the Charles River in Cambridge. The talk between Faye, born in Elizabeth...
...last week's Sunday strip, Cartoonist Al Capp left Li'l Abner in Venice, innocently but enthusiastically helping the last of the Borgias bottle the last of the Borgia poison. With typical Capp satire, Li'l Abner named the concoction "Peppi-Borgia," and Mammy Yokum had a wonderful idea: "We'll give it a rootin', tootin', go-gettin' American ad-vertisin' campaign...
...Capp is the creator of the "L'il Abner" cartoon strip, and is a frequent lecturer here...