For what it’s worth, there really was a Dr. Peter Steincrohn who had a newspaper column on health. I remember seeing it as a kid in the 60’s and 70’s in the Miami News.
I never knew who Pierre DeBeaumont was, or what he had to do with Mutt and Jeff, until I saw his obituary yesterday:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/business/19beaumont.html?src=busln
Fizzy must be new to the comments on gocomics. That’s all it is…trivia, silliness, and discussions that can stray quite a way from the original cartoooooooon. Learn to embrace it.
By the way, I foster puppies and kittens for a local animal shelter and almost without exception the kittens prefer the puppy food and the puppies prefer the kitten food. Taurine or no taurine.
In a Cul de Sac book I have, the sign says “Kiss and Learn”, instead of “Kiss and Ride”