tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432079904664551988.post3791545896809606901..comments2023-10-28T11:22:22.588-06:00Comments on Whirled of Kelly: Get Under Somethin'!Thomas Haller Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432079904664551988.post-51101070988409548572019-03-04T21:11:14.779-07:002019-03-04T21:11:14.779-07:00A further note on the Groun'hog family:
A str...A further note on the Groun'hog family:<br /><br />A strip from Feb. 2, 1960 has just been uploaded to the "I Go Pogo" Facebook group, showing Churchy knocking at a door labeled "Mr. + Miz Groun'hog." Miz Groun'hog comes to the door holding a pot of porridge in one hand and a child over her shoulder in the other. (Prob'ly too young to be Grundoon, and I'd guess it isn't Honey Bunny Ducky Downy etc. either.)<br /><br />After some preposterous dialog about whether Friday the 13th could ever fall on Groun'hog Day, she goes back inside, and we hear these voices through the window:<br /><br />He: Martha! Why'd you hit him with the porridge?<br /><br />She: You din't 'spect me to hit him with the child?<br /><br />So in 1960 Miz Groun'hog had:<br />(a) a first name, Martha;<br />(b) a husband known to be still around;<br />(c) prob'ly a third child; and<br />(d) an appearance that seems to me different from the way she looked in prior years, but somewhat similar to Gormley.Larry Kuenninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14917489752249913203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432079904664551988.post-40797789138119474712019-02-04T23:57:36.485-07:002019-02-04T23:57:36.485-07:00This is even more confoozin' than I thunk. Th...This is even more confoozin' than I thunk. There's a scene in <i>Beau Pogo</i>, around Groun'hog day of 1959 or maybe 1960, where Grundoon's Ma approaches Albert for help because a Man-From-Mars is tryin' to capture Grundoon. And Albert calls her "Miz Groun'<i><b>hog</b></i>." That's 2 or 3 years afore this 1962 strip, an' Grundoon's family's name seems to of changed from Groun'<i><b>chuck</b></i> to Groun'<i><b>hog</b></i>.<br /><br />I dunno how or when that's s'posed to of happened, but mebbe it means Gormley is a relative on Grundoon's Pa's side of the family after all.Larry Kuenninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14917489752249913203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432079904664551988.post-36853102129011174822019-02-03T12:38:26.160-07:002019-02-03T12:38:26.160-07:00Oops, I mean Mr. and Miz Groun'chuck as the na...Oops, I mean Mr. and Miz Groun'<i><b>chuck</b></i> as the names of Grundoon's parents. Mr. Groun'<i><b>hog</b></i> is what Miz Beaver calls Gormley along about Feb. 12. (She also uses his first name.)<br /><br />Because of the different last names, I'd guess Gormley is the brother of Miz, not of Mr., Groun'<i><b>chuck</b></i>.Larry Kuenninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14917489752249913203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432079904664551988.post-42626429765659240062019-02-02T18:27:54.301-07:002019-02-02T18:27:54.301-07:00This sequence with Gormley isn't included in D...This sequence with Gormley isn't included in <i>Deck Us All With Boston Charlie</i>, unlike all the January 1962 strips. But Gormley does get included for a strip on Feb. 12 or so, when Miz Beaver is worrying whether anyone will notice Valentine's Day.<br /><br />Is Gormley the brother of Miz Groundhog or of the seldom-or-never-seen Mr. Groundhog?Larry Kuenninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14917489752249913203noreply@blogger.com