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Old 08-19-2007, 06:47 PM
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Default The ORIGINAL Laugh-Out-Loud Cats

I'm only part way though the other thread, I hope this isn't duplication.

The Laugh-Out-Loud Cats - a photoset on Flickr

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Not many people know this, but my great grandfather Aloysius "Gorilla" Koford, was also a cartoonist (see the video evidence here). From 1912-1913 he produced a comic strip which was featured in 17 newspapers, including the Philadephia Star-Democrat, the Tampa Telegraph, and the Santa Fe Good-Newser. The strip was entitled "the Laugh-Out-Loud Cats" and featured the exploits of one Meowlin Q. Kitteh (a sort of cat hobo-raconteur) and his young hapless kitten friend, Pip. The strip did not last long due to a run-in my great-grandfather had with none other than William Randolph Hearst.

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Those are teh funneh.
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I flipped through some of those a while back. I think the funniest part is the random internet memes and expressions in the background (i.e. the Wash Tub Facilities sign).

Does anyone know what the 'H' with the starburst-ish lines coming out of it that's hidden in a lot of the panels means? You can see it in the 'Suds OH' box in the panel in the OP.
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I'm guessing Ape Man's name starts with H?
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I posted one in the lolcat thread two months ago :hmph:
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The H means "The Hour has Come - It's time to overthrow the government of the United States".

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I'm guessing Ape Man's name starts with H?
That could be it. I wasn't thinking signature a since the panels are all signed, but I didn't make the connection that they're signed as the fictitious grandfather. Well...presumably the grandfather wasn't actually fictitious. Unless there was time travel involved and Ape Man is his own grandfather, of course. There's a lot of that going around these days.
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What am I, chopped livah?
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Yes! Specifically, the chopped livah that posted while I was typing that. :tmgrin:
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