ey Grubbs you stirred memories that were long
dormant in my non-tapered cranium. Albert Gator and Bun
Rab and Pogo himself . . . I remember when my local
newspaper used to run reruns of the strip. I became a fan
right away. Of course they don't do that anymore. Heck,
they don't even run Zippy. There ain't no justice!

peaking of driving around seeing the sights there's this web site that tells you
all the speedtraps around the country. It's  www.speedtrap.com. Are we in our
vehicles yet?

o answer your question"Who is Albert
Alligator?"<br>he's a creation of Walt Kelly in the Pogo comic strip.
A dim-witted ceegar-smoking alligator who lives
somewhere in the Okefenokee Swamp. One of my favorite
characters in the strip.

hat was a typo.  I should have said Interstate 180.  Looks like my train of
thought was still waiting at the station.

nterstate 80 didn't go through Arizona. They should put up a tribute to Zippy
too.

ccording the the Sunday L.A. Times there is a
trailer park just outside Tusayan, AZ whose owners have
erected a 24 foot high model of Fred Flintstone. Why? To
give their place a more "friendly" image and attract
more families.<br>Do they need a manager? Claude
Funston could go apply.<br><br>Wanna see this for
yourself? Okay, the next time you are motoring through
Arizona go North on Interstate 80 and you'll roll right
by the place.<br>Kaibab State Forest is just a few
miles further up the road.

hank you redundantly.  I will make a pilgrimage to that site every day now.

have been reading the "Zippy Quarterly" when I
am lucky enough to find it. Griffy has managed to
incorporate everything into his strips, but what has become
of mover-and-shaker wannabe Shelf Life? I coud
really identify with him and no he has dropped out of
sight. yow!

appy St. Patrick's Day everybody and may the
Guinness flow freely. They say an Irishman's not drunk as
long as he can hold onto a blade of grass and still
keep from spinning off the face of the earth.

remember that movie "Day of the Triffids" where
the plants would suddenly spew out this poison gas.
That was a classic.<br>Also I concur with your
assessment of the earlier Zippy and Griffy. They were really
out there in the ozone and quite a bit more
hard-edged. I think the later Zippy strips are a lot more
subdued, but no less relavent.

asy for you to say.

fallacy resulting from a simple conversation of
a universally affirmative proposition or from the
transposition of a condition and its consequence isn't out of
the question. Groovy I guess?<br> <br> TR3SS<br>
(unknown since ~1997~)

y name comes from the walking poisonous plants
in the 1963 movie DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS. I had wanted
to use the name of the comic book character "Brother
Power, The Geek" (National Comics, 1968) but someone was
already using that.<br> I was recently re-reading my old
YOW! comics.<br>Well, more studying the artwork than
actually reading. I noticed that Griffy and Zippy had a
much harder edge then. Griffy looked downright scary
with his manic stare and constantly gnashing teeth.
The Zippy of stories like "A Dope In High Places" and
"Reality, Perception, and Donuts" was less lovable than the
Zippy we know now. I guess time and audience acceptance
softened both characters somewhat.

can't type too good so I got a speech wreck ignition program. So far so good.
Who is Albert Alligator?

ou forgot to include Hulk Hogan.

lbert Alligator,Zippy the Pinhead and Homer Simpson hold a round robin
philosophical
discussion......................................................................\
.........it could happen.

elcome TriffidusCelestus and Platoe99.
TriffidusCelestus my latin is more than rusty... Glad that you have
an appreciation for the venerable Zipmeister.
Platoe99, sounds like you've been around for awhile and
also have a reverent appreciation for the Zipmeister.
This is encouraging.

ust when my faith in humanity was waning along
comes Zippy the Pinhead. Life never ceases to amaze me
and I've been around for awhile. I think we are on
track towards salvation as a species.If Zippy could've
first appeared in my time he would've stood history on
it's head and perhaps saved us a lotta grief in the
process. Better late than never,Zip.

ello fellow Zipsters! I am a new member. How
new, well like as of 1:00 PM today; that new! I hope
to get to know you all gradually and I hope we can
all hang out and have fun in a healthy Zippy style
way.<br><br> Triffidus Celestus

ell said, Yasamori. Spoken like one of the anointed. Break out the Hostess
Twinkies, the Cool Whip and Pop Tarts there's work to be done!!!

i there, fellow cybersnoid. It's been your great
fortune to happen upon the most relevant, happening club
in this neighborhood of the Net: that of Zippy the
Pinhead. <br>Truly the Zipmeister is a hero for our time.
The ridiculous antics of our politicians, the bizarre
and rapacious practices of our business leaders, and
the mindless commercialism lying at the heart of what
passes for late 20th century American culture-- all
these factors combine to make Zippy the central icon of
our era. From Hollywood to Capitol Hill, from Waco to
Somalia, from Wall Street to Sarajevo, from Jonestown to
Disney World, the message stays the same: Move over,
Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, Ghandi, and the rest of you.
The time is now. Zippy is ready to assume his
rightful place in the pantheon of our civilization.

ou wanna hear something that will really make
your day? It did mine. Go to my website:
<a href=http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/System/9403
target=new>http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/System/9403</a> and click
on the link that says "Go ahead, make
your day".

f you're like me and you get a lot of junk mail
don't throw it away. Recycle it. Whenever you get one
of those "no postage necessary if mailed in the
United States" envelopes stuff it full of that mailbox
clutter with a note saying "Thanks for sharing your junk
mail with me. Thought you might like some of mine".

got some junk mail from an insurance company
with one of those "no postage necessary if mailed in
the United States" envelopes. I ran off a copy of
Zippy's latest cortoon strip, folded it up and sent it
back to them. Whoever opens it up may experience a
cosmic awakening or will at the very least get a little
levity injected into their daily routine.

OW!

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