Word: strip
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Patiently and learnedly De Camp disproves the Atlantis theories, except for the possible grain of truth behind Plato's original allegory. But the Atlanteans go marching on. Last week a comic-strip character, Alley Oop, who was born in Moo (Mu with dinosaurs), was exploring Atlantis by time machine...
...publish the song. Songsmith Sammy Stept (Don't Sit under the Apple Tree, etc.) wrote the music. Capp promised to draw the radio characters straight if they in turn would treat "Daisy Mae" and "Li'l Abner" as real people. Radio, which often lives in a comic-strip world, did not have to change pace...
Fans of the Li'l Abner comic strip last week recognized the unmistakable face of Frank Sinatra. He promised Daisy Mae Scragg that he would sing her song: Li'l Abner, Don't Marry That Girl. Objective: to prevent Abner Yokum from marrying Lena the Hyena from Lower Slobbovia. To Abner readers it was no more unusual than most of Creator Al Capp's fantasies -until Sinatra last week actually sang the song on his Wednesday night show...
...next day, big as life, Kate Smith popped up in the Abner strip. Later she too sang Don't Marry That Girl. Bob Hope, Jack Smith and Fred Waring followed. Within a week, listeners were humming Tin Pan Alley's latest...
Vincent d'lndy: Istar, Symphonic Variations (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux conducting; Victor, 3 sides). A strip tease on records. The theme of the score comes only after seven variations have been played, to indicate that the Babylonian maid, Istar, has just thrown off her final veil. Performance: lush...