Friday the 13th is on Friday this month! How about that! I doubt that any of you are old enough to remember the comic strip
Pogo, which was created by Walt Kelly and set in the Okefenokee Swamp. Even though I didn't understand all of the references and political satire, I enjoyed the humor, puns, and characters. Churchy LaFemme would say, "Friday the 13th is on Tuesday this month," or whatever day it fell on. I used to say that periodically, and unless people read
Pogo, they just thought I was being my usual weird self.
This is Churchill "Churchy" LaFemme. Yes, his name was based on the French phrase
Cherchez la femme. 
You might be familiar with this saying.
(A 1971 Earth Day poster written and illustrated by Walt Kelly, featuring Pogo and Porkypine, as well as the first
Many of us Pogo fans sing this one during Christmas. :-) Aren't you glad you don't live near me?
5 comments:
I remember Pogo! I was in high school when it ended.
I loved Pogo and all the characters. how neat of you to come up with this. What pricked your memory banks?
My current word play fun for the past few years when and if I buy a paper, is Frank and Ernest- loud and unapologetic.
wow this takes me back
We had a book of Pogo comic strips at our house when I was a kid. I always loved those swamp critters. But I had no idea Pogo contained any political references at all. I guess I was too young.
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Pogo was great. I haven't thought of this in ages and would like to see it back again.
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