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[hoveringsombrero]

this amuses the heck outta me, what IS it?


it is a person called Shoo's livejournal pic
but really what is it?

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[markw.livejournal.com]

Wull, that there would be a Shmoo, little lady. A-yup. From the ol' Lil Abner comics, and if'n I recall right they had their very own Saturday morning t and v show back in the 1980s.

Off to the cat mill. Y'all take care now.

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[eris.livejournal.com]

did they dance like that in the 'toon?
i wiggle my head with it when i look at it
and the feet remind me of walking my Mog around

strange the things that facinate eris

Do the Schmoo!

[markw.livejournal.com]

I seem to remember them waddling a lot, if not dancing quite that way.

Weirdly, the schmoo in the Lil Abner strips were a metaphor for communism. They were lovable little critters that multiplied voraciously and were completely edible. If you fried one it tasted like ham, if you baked one it tasted like chocolate cake, on and on. Everyone's needs were provided for and no one in Dogpatch had to work anymore. Someone came along and screwed it up, of course, but I can't remember how.

Their edibility wasn't mentioned in the tv show.

mark
wanting a schmoo pizza

[talashandy.livejournal.com]

OMG!!!!!! It's SHMOO!!! I can do a perfect imitation of him!!!! Wooohooooo!!