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missed opportunity in the 1920s

Posted by:	showtunetrivia 10:22 pm EST 11/14/14
In reply to:	Winnie Winkle - The Musical - nsguy45 07:21 pm EST 11/14/14

The twenties had so many "working girl" shows, I'm surprised nobody did WINNIE WINKLE, THE BREADWINNER. She'd have fit right in with Irene and Betsy and all the Irish lasses. And comic strips were already fodder for musicals, going back to Herbert's LITTLE NEMO (1908), Kern's (et al.) FLUFFY RUFFLES (1908), and even BUSTER BROWN in 1905 (how many of you can name his dog?), and flops in 1902 based on then hit strips, ALPHONSE AND GASTON and HAPPY HOOLIGAN. BRINGING UP FATHER (1925) had Maggie and Jiggs, so why not Winnie? And there are others, too. ANNIE, SUPERMAN, and LI'L ABNER are not alone. Laura, who spends too much time looking at old comics....

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