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RIP Little Orphan Annie

#1 Post by silverscreenselect » Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:03 am

Not that many people will notice, but today is the last day that the Little Orphan Annie comic strip will appear in the handful of newspapers that still carry it.

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#2 Post by littlebeast13 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:04 am

It was in the newspaper comics section I read back in the 80's..... but not one I read because I only read the ones that were actually funny....

Is Prince Valiant dead yet? That was a waste of space in the Sunday comics.....

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Re: RIP Little Orphan Annie

#3 Post by minimetoo26 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:06 am

Leapin' Lizards! She was that old?

Gee whiskers........
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#4 Post by littlebeast13 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:07 am

minimetoo26 wrote:Leapin' Lizards! She was that old?

Gee whiskers........

And despite her passing..... the sun will come out tomorrow.....

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Re: RIP Little Orphan Annie

#5 Post by minimetoo26 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:41 am

littlebeast13 wrote:It was in the newspaper comics section I read back in the 80's..... but not one I read because I only read the ones that were actually funny....

Is Prince Valiant dead yet? That was a waste of space in the Sunday comics.....

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He's still wasting 1/3 page in my Sunday comic section. I skip him and Rex Morgan, MD.

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Re: RIP Little Orphan Annie

#6 Post by jaybee » Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:42 am

If she had eyeballs she would have seen this coming.
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#7 Post by AnnieCamaro » Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:46 am

The Annie who is ripped is not me. I am not an orphan. I got adopted.

I didn't want anybody to be confused.

I feel bad for Miss Annie's friends, though.

/ :( \
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#8 Post by littlebeast13 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:52 am

minimetoo26 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:It was in the newspaper comics section I read back in the 80's..... but not one I read because I only read the ones that were actually funny....

Is Prince Valiant dead yet? That was a waste of space in the Sunday comics.....

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He's still wasting 1/3 page in my Sunday comic section. I skip him and Rex Morgan, MD.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.................................

At least wintergreen still has Mark Trail to look forward to every day.....

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Re: RIP Little Orphan Annie

#9 Post by dodgersteve182 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 9:26 am

All things, good/bad/irrelevent must end. :roll:

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#10 Post by ulysses5019 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 9:31 am

jaybee wrote:If she had eyeballs she would have seen this coming.


She needs a seeing-eye squirrel.
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#11 Post by MissDenise » Sun Jun 13, 2010 9:37 am

AnnieCamaro wrote:The Annie who is ripped is not me. I am not an orphan. I got adopted.

I didn't want anybody to be confused.

I feel bad for Miss Annie's friends, though.

/ :( \
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I knew it wasn't you.

That Annie is the person of a dog named Sandy. And you have never mentioned a Sandy.

If Orphan Annie was the person of a Lizbit, then I would have worried something awful.

Now, I wish My Boonie and My Pretty Lady would stop singing. They are hurting my ears.

And My Pretty Lady is dancing with a mop, singing something about hard knock life. I am afraid she is going to hit me by accident. She is a good dancer but not a good mop handler.

And of course the sun will come out tomorrow. They are very silly persons.

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#12 Post by MarleysGh0st » Sun Jun 13, 2010 9:38 am

AnnieCamaro wrote:The Annie who is ripped is not me. I am not an orphan. I got adopted.

I didn't want anybody to be confused.

I feel bad for Miss Annie's friends, though.

/ :( \
Don't worry, Annie. And it's not like she had a Very Bad Day.

She's just not blogging about her life, anymore, is all.

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#13 Post by dodgersteve182 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 9:48 am

When you have to wear Huggies before you pose for your next strip, it's time to quit! :twisted:

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Re: RIP Little Orphan Annie

#14 Post by SportsFan68 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:18 am

Our newspaper never carried Annie, so I was never attached to it.

It's still carrying Prince Valiant, and I still faithfully read it. It's been updated quite a bit over the past decade or so. Maybe updated isn't the right word, maybe "modernized" is better, and I use the term loosely, because the modernization seems to follow the fantasy sense of a book first published in 1954, Lord of the Rings. It's now long on fantasy and short on "the Chronicles" of history.

Anyway, Valiant survives, and Annie is headed off to the jungles of Central America. For now.
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#15 Post by Evil Squirrel » Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:22 am

SportsFan68 wrote:Our newspaper never carried Annie, so I was never attached to it.

It's still carrying Prince Valiant, and I still faithfully read it. It's been updated quite a bit over the past decade or so. Maybe updated isn't the right word, maybe "modernized" is better, and I use the term loosely, because the modernization seems to follow the fantasy sense of a book first published in 1954, Lord of the Rings. It's now long on fantasy and short on "the Chronicles" of history.

Anyway, Valiant survives, and Annie is headed off to the jungles of Central America. For now.

Your Prince has come!!!!!
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#16 Post by minimetoo26 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:22 am

SportsFan68 wrote:Our newspaper never carried Annie, so I was never attached to it.

It's still carrying Prince Valiant, and I still faithfully read it. It's been updated quite a bit over the past decade or so. Maybe updated isn't the right word, maybe "modernized" is better, and I use the term loosely, because the modernization seems to follow the fantasy sense of a book first published in 1954, Lord of the Rings. It's now long on fantasy and short on "the Chronicles" of history.

Anyway, Valiant survives, and Annie is headed off to the jungles of Central America. For now.

Have they given Val a decent haircut, at least?

I wish they'd drop the Peanuts repeats and give us something I haven't already read 758 times... :roll:
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#17 Post by SportsFan68 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:22 am

Evil Squirrel wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:Our newspaper never carried Annie, so I was never attached to it.

It's still carrying Prince Valiant, and I still faithfully read it. It's been updated quite a bit over the past decade or so. Maybe updated isn't the right word, maybe "modernized" is better, and I use the term loosely, because the modernization seems to follow the fantasy sense of a book first published in 1954, Lord of the Rings. It's now long on fantasy and short on "the Chronicles" of history.

Anyway, Valiant survives, and Annie is headed off to the jungles of Central America. For now.

Your Prince has come!!!!!
Just in time for the latest H-bomb test!
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#18 Post by minimetoo26 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:30 am

Evil Squirrel wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:Our newspaper never carried Annie, so I was never attached to it.

It's still carrying Prince Valiant, and I still faithfully read it. It's been updated quite a bit over the past decade or so. Maybe updated isn't the right word, maybe "modernized" is better, and I use the term loosely, because the modernization seems to follow the fantasy sense of a book first published in 1954, Lord of the Rings. It's now long on fantasy and short on "the Chronicles" of history.

Anyway, Valiant survives, and Annie is headed off to the jungles of Central America. For now.

Your Prince has come!!!!!
You're not dressed for battle:

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#19 Post by littlebeast13 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:32 am

SportsFan68 wrote:
Evil Squirrel wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:Our newspaper never carried Annie, so I was never attached to it.

It's still carrying Prince Valiant, and I still faithfully read it. It's been updated quite a bit over the past decade or so. Maybe updated isn't the right word, maybe "modernized" is better, and I use the term loosely, because the modernization seems to follow the fantasy sense of a book first published in 1954, Lord of the Rings. It's now long on fantasy and short on "the Chronicles" of history.

Anyway, Valiant survives, and Annie is headed off to the jungles of Central America. For now.

Your Prince has come!!!!!
Just in time for the latest H-bomb test!

Bring it on!

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#20 Post by SportsFan68 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:34 am

littlebeast13 wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:
Evil Squirrel wrote:

Your Prince has come!!!!!
Just in time for the latest H-bomb test!

Bring it on!

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No no no!

They're putting the mangy rodent at ground zero!

Good grief.
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#21 Post by littlebeast13 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:35 am

SportsFan68 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:
Just in time for the latest H-bomb test!

Bring it on!

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No no no!

They're putting the mangy rodent at ground zero!

Good grief.

Need ES to give you a lesson on Duck and Cover?

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#22 Post by SportsFan68 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:36 am

littlebeast13 wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:

Bring it on!

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No no no!

They're putting the mangy rodent at ground zero!

Good grief.

Need ES to give you a lesson on Duck and Cover?

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Good grief.
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#23 Post by littlebeast13 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:39 am

SportsFan68 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:
No no no!

They're putting the mangy rodent at ground zero!

Good grief.

Need ES to give you a lesson on Duck and Cover?

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I do not need anything from ES and will never need anything from ES.

Good grief.

ES needs scritches from you.....

You needs some squorrel therapy to ease your stress....

See how things work out so nicely...... :D

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#24 Post by SportsFan68 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:41 am

littlebeast13 wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:

Need ES to give you a lesson on Duck and Cover?

lb13
I do not need anything from ES and will never need anything from ES.

Good grief.

ES needs scritches from you.....

You needs some squorrel therapy to ease your stress....

See how things work out so nicely...... :D

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