Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for January 05, 2020

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    Dirty Dragon  almost 5 years ago

    Walter Weatherby Wallet… born circa 1900.

    Long may he wave.

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    pschearer Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    Many Happy Returns!

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    bmckee  almost 5 years ago

    A photo of Digger O’Dell, “The Friendly Undertaker”! He was one of the supporting characters in the radio series “The Life of Riley”. Played by John Brown, the character appeared in the first TV version of the series which starred Jackie Gleason as Riley. However, Brown was blacklisted by the studios in the early 1950s, so that when the second “Life of Riley” TV series was made (this time starring the actor who played the character on radio, William Bendix) neither Brown nor the character that he played was part of the show. John Brown died in 1957 at age 53.

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    Zepher  almost 5 years ago

    Golly, it IS good to see Walt, and see that he hasn’t lost his sense of humor. Thanks, Jim!

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    cocavan11  almost 5 years ago

    The allusion to Dorian Gray was inspired and inspiring.

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    Darryl Heine  almost 5 years ago

    Is next year or the year after slated to be the 100th. anniversary of the debut of Skeezix?

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    TracyFan 65  almost 5 years ago

    “My mind keeps writing checks my body can’t cash.” Love it. One of Walt’s best lines!

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    blairleroys Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    A 2000 strip says that Walt was born in 1899. Does anyone know how many Ballew sisters there are?

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    pony21 Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    Maybe we can stay on track for a celebration of the 101st anniversary. Last year’s arc got hijacked with all those irrelevant characters who added nothing – but detracted much – from the joys of GA (in my humble opinion).

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    LukeJavan8 Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    anybody ever wonder what happened to others in the strip like Gabe, Nina Clock, et. al.?

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    Jan C  almost 5 years ago

    There is a Wiki article that lists the old characters and their fate. I believe Gabe died “off screen”. Nina is Skeezix’s wife and is seen regularly in the strip. She was last seen as one of the carolers in the Christmas day strip. (She’s standing directly above Joel from our point of view.)

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    BlitzMcD  almost 5 years ago

    If it wasn’t for the spelling of her last name, I’d wonder if she was related to country music legend Carl Belew…..

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