August, 1933: More cultural references to decipher.
Did I miss some modern artifact (radio in 1933, or a refrigerator)?
There was a rather turbulent mayoral election in New York in 1933: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_New_York_City_mayoral_election
It took a while to find a candidate who would fly with the voters.
Euphemism?
Is Mooney someone we would have known?
Chemgal sends this in, as does billr as well.
Some might say making a joke this obscure really isn’t cricket.
Mark H. notes: If you study the cartoon carefully, you’ll notice that it is impossible in a clinch like that for the glasses to be in that position on Edda’s nose. The bend of the temples would be up, not down.
Unless the clinch was significantly more complex than we were shown…
There are many Reynolds movies I haven’t seen. Is this a reference to a scene in one of them?
Maggiethecartoonist sent this in.
Per Wikipedia, “Kombucha is a fermented, lightly effervescent, sweetened black tea drink commonly consumed for its purported health benefits. Sometimes the beverage is called kombucha tea to distinguish it from the culture of bacteria and yeast. Juice, spices, fruit or other flavorings are often added.”
Who’s on the other side of this war? Is this one of those Culture Wars that’s been in the news so much lately?
Jack Applin sends in this one. “I understand the initial gag about ‘coloring’ books. The rest stumps me. We thought he was on an isolated island, but, really, the island was quite close to shore. AND … ?”
Boise Ed sends this one in. Prescription?
Unca $crooge sends this one in, noting “This seems like two different conversations but maybe there is a connection that I don’t get.”
The Dinette Set is in reruns, so this could refer to some current event we’ve forgotten, although this comic didn’t tend to refer to current events.
These appeared in July, 1973. How many cultural references from that particular time can you recognize?
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