Annie by Jay Maeder and Alan Kupperberg for May 05, 2009

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    margueritem  over 15 years ago

    Things are looking mighty dire…

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    HankF  over 15 years ago

    Could it be? After all these years…no more Annie?

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    wndrwrthg  over 15 years ago

    Water, water everywhere Annie doesn’t want a drink She’s been given quite a scare Things are looking bad, don’t you think?

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    sandystrainer  over 15 years ago

    This is where Sandy’s trainer tells the authorities that Annie is in a car at the bottom of the river.

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    rmax4131  over 15 years ago

    They can rename the strip “Little Orphan Sandy”

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    linsonl  over 15 years ago

    Boy! We REALLY need Punjab and/or The Asp now. Hmmmm….Little Orphan Sandy….That’s good.

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    IGoPogo2  over 15 years ago

    Yesterday the question was asked: Which came first, LOA the comic or LOA the radio show.

    According to the Radio Hall of Fame (www.radiohof.org) :

    LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE Based on Harold Gray’s famous comic strip, Little Orphan Annie was one of radio’s first juvenile serial dramas, aimed at a young audience and starring an equally young protagonist.

    The show debuted on WGN/Chicago in 1930 and became a national sensation when it moved to NBC’s Blue Network in 1931. In the tradition of the comic strip, Annie, her dog Sandy and her pal Joe Corntassel often traveled to exotic locations, battling gangsters, pirates and smugglers, receiving occasional assistance from business magnate Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks and his sidekick Punjab. When they weren’t traveling the globe, Annie, Sandy and Joe lived in the fictional town of Simmons Corners with the rustic Mr. and Mrs. Silo.

    As the show’s longtime sponsor, Ovaltine cultivated Annie’s fan base by offering special premiums, including secret decoders, shake-up mugs for drinking Ovaltine and rings for members of the Little Orphan Annie secret society. Announcer Pierre Andre’s exuberant pitches for Ovaltine and the many premiums were an integral part of the show.

    Little Orphan Annie aired until 1942. For most of the show’s run, Chicago actress Shirley Bell played Annie.

    Little Orphan Annie was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1990.

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    Lyons Group, Inc.  over 15 years ago

    Let’s hope the 911 emergency responders are NOT like the iraqi-born ones in “Dick Tracy”. Call them in any story arc and they never show up!

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    Durak Premium Member over 15 years ago

    IgoPogo! Thanks! I had an idea thats the way it would turn out. I’d go Pogo too, if they offered it here. Pogo probably be full of some pretty old jokes that’d be hard for most of us to understand these days. — Maybe Punjab taught Annie the slow breathing fakir’s trick. Things do seem dire indeed.

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    mrprongs  over 15 years ago

    Annie’s Blubs are as annoying as Sandy’s Arfs

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    Darrell Francis Premium Member over 15 years ago

    Lets hope the two FBI agents show up on the scene and the two concerned citizens hear the truck driver and tell 911 to call a dive team and Annie gets a good air bubble to last.

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    bigmitchperez  over 15 years ago

    i started reading LOA when they started reprinting the original strip in the 70’s or 80’s. does anyone remember Mister Am?very mysterious and had god-like powers?it’s been a long time,but when annie was REALLY in trouble,somehow Mr.Am would save the day!

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    davidf42  over 6 years ago

    Morning, Anniephans!

    How’s she gonna get out of this one?

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