Thursday, August 26, 2010

Equipment for the Job

4 comments:

  1. perfect equiptment for this job-or is it?--charlie

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  2. Bombazine = the little black kid who co-starred in the original version of POGO in ANIMAL COMICS in the 40s! Is Kelly kidding his past here?

    Chris

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  3. Chris--I know what you're saying, but Albert refers to a bombazine, and the little kid was known as Bumbazine, with a 'u'.

    Bombazine is an old time synonym for an umbrella or parasol.

    Ya gotta wonder what Kelly was thinking as he wrote that. Was he thinking of his character from 20 years before, and did he name the character that because 'bombazine fabric' was invariably black in Victorian times?

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  4. Tom,

    Ah, I didn't realize that "bombazine" meant anything in particular. Figured it must have been a misspelling or something.

    Chris

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