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Post number 16126

todd — Fri, 05 Apr 2002 12:15:14 -0800

Lyrics in the Swamp, a nice tribute to the Pogo comic strip.

By: kokogiak

kokogiak — Fri, 05 Apr 2002 17:07:50 -0800

Great post, thanks todd. I've been a lifelong fan of Pogo (thanks to my Dad, who passed that down to me). I am too young to have enjoyed any of the daily strips, and admittedly some of the contemporary political references elude me, but I've read through a half-dozen or so collections - this looks like a great addition. (Incidentally, this article is dated April 25th - does the NYRoB always come out online 20+ days out?)

By: todd

todd — Fri, 05 Apr 2002 19:38:53 -0800

I don't know much about nybooks.com, but I often enjoy their lighter fare, like this article about Dashiell Hammett by Margaret Atwood.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Fri, 05 Apr 2002 21:02:16 -0800

A little late, but: Deck us all with Boston Charlie, Walla walla, Wash., an' Kalamazoo! Nora's freezin' on the trolley, Swaller dollar cauliflower alley'garoo! Don't we know archaic barrel, Lullaby lilla boy, Louisville Lou? Trolley Molly don't love Harold, Boola boola Pensacoola hullabaloo! Bark us all bow-wows of folly, Polly welly cracker n' too-da-loo! Donkey Bonny brays a carol, Antelope Cantaloup, 'lope with you! Hunky Dory's pop is lolly gaggin' on the wagon, Willy, folly go through! Chollie's collie barks at Barrow, Harum scarum five alarum bung-a-loo! Duck us all in bowls of barley, Ninky dinky dink an' polly voo! Chilly Filly's name is Chollie, Chollie Filly's jolly chilly view halloo! Bark us all bow-wows of folly, Double-bubble, toyland trouble! Woof, Woof, Woof! Tizzy seas on melon collie! Dibble-dabble, scribble-scrabble! Goof, Goof, Goof!

By: dhartung

dhartung — Fri, 05 Apr 2002 21:51:29 -0800

Oh my god! It's the THINKING CONTEST! Before I even knew what was in the article, I was going to say here that was my favorite sequence, ever. And there's something about the collections -- not so much the daily strips, but watching some of his Sunday strips unfold one by one, as they were never meant to be enjoyed, but all of a sequence. Poetry of nonsensical nothingness.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Sun, 07 Apr 2002 11:39:55 -0800

Gary Farber took one of the strips quoted in the article and made it a commentary on blogging. Good show.