Word: mutt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Syndication of the strips in 1915 launched the period of what Author Waugh rhapsodically calls the "old masters"-strips that expressed some real, if limited, human situation: Mutt, lean, mean and grubby, abusing Jeff, "symbol of the little man, kicked, downtrodden, and yet eternally coming back for more"; Barney Google in love with his shy, awkward horse, Spark Plug; Maggie scrambling up the social ladder while Jiggs pathetically tries to escape to the simple joys of corned beef & cabbage at Dinty Moore's place...
Back in form after a midseason slump, Dunster continued its winning ways yesterday afternoon with a 51 to 30 decision over Adams, thus replacing Dudley in the third place slot. Dunster's "Mutt and Jeff" combination proved invincible, six-foot-four-inch John Brunsman caging 15 points while diminutive George Okamura stole the ball time and time again in the Gold Coasters' back court and contributed four baskets on fast breaks. Wheelright aided a losing cause with his 17-point effort...
...Grease Paint. Like millions of boys who wanted to be cartoonists when they'grew up, Milt Caniff never missed a day of Mutt & Jeff or Polly and Her Pals. But the Chicago Tribune's prize old political crosshatcher, John T. McCutcheon, was his ideal. Milt's, father took him west in 1916 and nine-year-old Milton worked for a short time as a child extra in two-reel movies. At twelve he created (for family circulation) his first cartoon, something known as Si Plug...
...George Sanders filches ladies' garters and coffers of jewels between kisses to become one of the first men in history to put love on a paying basis. Beginning with their escape from prison when they are enlisted to pose for a fresco of St. George and the Dragon, the Mutt and Jeff team adroitly carries the plot through the various sequences to its culmination in an cerie death struggle over money...
This week's column is dedicated to antiquity. In line with this it should be mentioned that a number of new and improved records have been cut by the revitalized Kid Ory Band with Omer Simcon and Papa Mutt Carey still effectively holding back father time...