who remembers?
May 1, 2020 12:14:07 #
May 1, 2020 12:59:50 #
JFCoupe
Loc: Kent, Washington
Bridges wrote:
I remember Joe and seeing the bicycle strip but do not remember anything about it. The other I don't remember at all. Here in this part of PA we have East Stroudsburg University. It is common to see kids wearing sweatshirts with a big ESU on the front. Each time I see that I'm reminded of a cartoon where this huge football player named Tank McNamara is the main character. He always was wearing an ESU sweatshirt but in that case it stood for Enormous State University.
I haven't thought about Tank M. in a long time. It's fun to recall things we used to see everyday or every Sunday.
May 1, 2020 13:00:36 #
Great memories. Always enjoyed Joe Palooka, single digits back then, as well.
I always feel an affinity for Pennsylvanians. I never know the cartoonist was from Wilkes-Barre. Good to know.
I always feel an affinity for Pennsylvanians. I never know the cartoonist was from Wilkes-Barre. Good to know.
May 1, 2020 13:22:49 #
Joe Palooka appeared in comic strips contained in each wrapped piece of Bazooka Bubble Gum. It was always a hard choice for me to buy Bazooka for Joe's strip or Double Bubble which blew better bubbles and the taste lasted longer. Oh, the price of bubble gum? A penny a piece. 
May 1, 2020 14:17:35 #
bull drink water wrote:
who remembers the comic strip OZARK IKE?
or JOE PALOOKA? his managers mane? or the guy with the bicycle powered house trailer
I said remembered, not googled it.
or JOE PALOOKA? his managers mane? or the guy with the bicycle powered house trailer
I said remembered, not googled it.
I remember Joe Palooka and his bubble gum, but not Ozark Ike.
May 1, 2020 15:03:12 #
May 1, 2020 15:39:32 #
If I recall correctly, Joe Palooka and Bazooka Joe were not the same cartoon character.
I think Tank McNamara was great! I still remember the woman who led the cheerleader squad. She was drawn with 15-year-old's body and a 60-year-old woman's head.
I think Tank McNamara was great! I still remember the woman who led the cheerleader squad. She was drawn with 15-year-old's body and a 60-year-old woman's head.
May 1, 2020 20:19:35 #
I remember Joe Palooka, but not much about him other than it was a comic strip.
May 1, 2020 22:54:53 #
rbsheridan wrote:
Wasn't Joe's manager's name Knobby Walsh?
RBSheridan
RBSheridan
Correct!
May 2, 2020 00:31:29 #
hookedupin2005
Loc: Northwestern New Mexico
StanMac wrote:
I thought I was old! You guys are absolutely ancient!
Stan
Stan
And I'm getting ancient-er in 11 days!
May 6, 2020 15:14:17 #
Reuss Griffiths
Loc: Ravenna, Ohio
I remember the house trailer but can't recall the name of the driver. Seems to me he looked like Wimpy from Popeye. Most of those older comic strips disappeared from the comic pages in the 50's in the northern states but hung around till the 70's in the south. One of the pleasures of vacationing in the south was reading the Sunday funnies.
May 6, 2020 15:15:44 #
Reuss Griffiths
Loc: Ravenna, Ohio
I remember the house trailer but can't recall the name of the driver. Seems to me he looked like Wimpy from Popeye. Most of those older comic strips disappeared from the comic pages in the 50's in the northern states but hung around till the 70's in the south. One of the pleasures of vacationing in the south was reading the Sunday funnies. They still had Joe Palooka, Steve Canyon, Andy Capp and the Katzenjammer Kids. Sigh
May 6, 2020 16:23:53 #
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
I remember Joe Palooka, but not much about him other than it was a comic strip.
He was a boxer - but it had little boxing content.
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