Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for April 11, 2023

Salutatioms, Winged Ghouls!

Our coppers are playing catch up it would seem. Our criminal doesn’t have just one robbery under his belt, he has at least two that we know of. I may be way off, but I have the feeling the little boy in panel 2 may be our robber when he was a little game player. Remember, I called it. :D

Good morning™, everyone!

As Tarry Plaguer pointed out yesterday, you can see the Shenanighoul, outside of his usual haunted house, more clearly at about 27 minutes into the video I posted yesterday. Here it is again:

https://youtu.be/cZnozawxdl0

Shenanigans schemanigans. Real 1960s Saturday morning TV fans watched Soupy Sales.

On a sadder note, Al Jaffee passed away Like all great cartoonists, he could make you both laugh & think at the same time..

Slightly off topic, Al Jaffee, best known for creating the Mad Fold-In for Mad magazine has died at the age of 102. The first one appeared in 1964, the same year that Shenanigans appeared. It was supposed to be a one-off, but he continued to do them for 55 years, due to popular demand. Here’s an obituary:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/arts/al-jaffee-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=zggsMEtmj6-1VEGgiXBN_GmVikLW2OBRkiueDpX7LszHGBYhzW839sYocUV9Ugd02yhmEFEcF9PpWpVFhocIync1EWOL8TrZfWa75gvjdC1lyEeVLvtwSgUjc4IHkEgkPAZ14tXGUXUKA-QVUWQu5iO8OyEvTQVf7ee8eZl90zGVJ7GGVZENrbwpnJhPLG-O6WYwY1mfhaE3OX7r7nAM-kN-1snFNGxTnzoPkou43pL6Sq5fo9ksNLkcMaUzOtSX5o2ankScOZfeneCqqMvpth3smMYsat9dqupRok1llp-nQXoHF8OHT9YZqinAQi2z4piIDMLx&smid=url-share

The game show host’s body looks very disportionate, Tracy somehow lost his tie, BUT he gained an extra finger on his left hand!

What a horrendous day by Shelley!

Oh oh, I’d better watch my back! LOL!

’Afraid that was a show that never made it over the pond…….

“Gameboy” – because X-boxers was taken.

So is this another one of Mike’s reminiscing name drops?

Good morning™, nostalgic remembrances !

This one has already veered off into the super sillious. I like how dick’s sour puss shows his “here we go again” unwillingness. Might be time for Dicky to retire or go on reduced hours.

If it was in the 60s maybe it is the son of the kid performing a Bozo NoNo !

Ha. Me tolds you that a Bat-Owl. Na na na na na na na.

and one here remember Wonderama? a kids show on sundays in NYC with I think bob McCallister.

I don’t remember that from the show. But I was really little when it was on.

Nice likeness of Stubby Kaye in panel 2.

Gee, Sam has the same memory of Stubby Kaye’s kids TV game show that a poster did yesterday.

Wait a minute. Didn’t Spidey fight the Owl ?

@Avenger09 – Eagle eye, I say!

WE need NERO AND ARCHIE! Not so much sam and dick! Seriously, enjoyed them…

From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:

You can tell by Dick’s face in the final panel the withering contempt he holds this guy in. “Remember when my rogues gallery consisted of people with horrible scars or mutations, and perpetrating violence was the thing they loved most of all? Well, now I’m going up against a guy who’s into [extremely heavy sigh] classic game shows.”

1-SAM: You don’t stand a chance against Walter. DT: That reminds me…did I ever tell you about…

2- …the time I was on a kid show when I was little? SAM: ARRRRGHHHH! NOT ANOTHER ALL DAY STORY!!

DT: I had 2 chances to find the number “3” on the board. That SOB must’ve rigged the game. Anywho…

3- …Does anybody know anything about this? SAM: Ummm, (looks around the room) LEE is working it. Yeah, you should ask her about it. LIZ: But I thought… SAM: LOOKOUT! IT’S WALTER! Oh. Just a pigeon… DT: DANG IT SAM! Now I gotta change my pants!

So, the bank robbers must have watched Shenanigans when they were children. Gameboy is going to collect a harvest of publicity.

How many banks are there in Tracy land? Will they all require a stakeout?

Nooooo, no Kenny! Don’t be a sore loser!!

The Shenanighoul costume from the game show kind of looks like a 60’s kaiju called Gappa. It also kind of looks like the Mahar costumes from At the Earth’s Core, a movie starring Dough McClure and Peter Cushing.

I loved that show! Stubby Kaye was a Broadway legend. Not bad in films, either!

Save me from the old-time TV nostalgia overdose!

“Gameboy” good, TV fanboy bad….

Oh great…now I have the Shenanigans theme song stuck in my head…

Jan Murray hosting “Treasure Hunt”

Bob Clayton hosting “Make A FAce”.

On t he original LET’S MAKE A DEAL,the booby prize was once a live camel.

Did anybody ever see Allan Ludden and Bill Cullen in the same place at the same time?