An Old Child
Small thrills for an old child
Peeking out early morning
For the newspaper boy’s clang
Disturbing the gate’s slumber
Thwack! lands paper on verandah
Ah! awesome sweet pungency
Of fresh print on paper,
But first the pullouts and fliers
Dennis still thrills, Peanuts, B.C
Hagar and Wizard, Archie and Bailey
New antics and wisdom
Crossword, sudoku and Jumble
Cogs, matters grey rumble
Feels like yesterday once again.
Peeking out early morning
For the newspaper boy’s clang
Disturbing the gate’s slumber
Thwack! lands paper on verandah
Ah! awesome sweet pungency
Of fresh print on paper,
But first the pullouts and fliers
Dennis still thrills, Peanuts, B.C
Hagar and Wizard, Archie and Bailey
New antics and wisdom
Crossword, sudoku and Jumble
Cogs, matters grey rumble
Feels like yesterday once again.
The sun has climbed an angle
The news sections, oft repeated spiels
Nature’s fury amid a losing battle
Lost onomastics and amphiscians
Stories of the challengers and heroes
Villainous and those slain
Gore at home, rage on road
Chicanery at workplace,
Strident religion, unequal commerce,
Skulduggery, offence and defence,rms and the man, no end
The small print slowly a blur
Ever too soon bifocal upgrades
Feels like it’s tomorrow too soon.
The news sections, oft repeated spiels
Nature’s fury amid a losing battle
Lost onomastics and amphiscians
Stories of the challengers and heroes
Villainous and those slain
Gore at home, rage on road
Chicanery at workplace,
Strident religion, unequal commerce,
Skulduggery, offence and defence,rms and the man, no end
The small print slowly a blur
Ever too soon bifocal upgrades
Feels like it’s tomorrow too soon.
Pulp magazine magnates Maurice Coyne, Louis Silberkleit, and John L. Goldwater founded MLJ Magazines in 1939, inspired by the success of Superman. In 1940 they began "Pep Comics," which mainly featured superheroes, but editor Harry Shorten began to switch the emphasis to humor. Goldwater "thought of Superman as an abnormal individual and concluded that the antithesis, a normal person, could be just as popular," and in association with artist Bob Montana and writer Vic Bloom, in 1941 he developed a comics counterpart to the popular Andy hardy movies starring Mickey Rooney. Archie Andrews debuted in issue 22 (December 1941) and soon became the magazine's most popular character. By #49 (March 1945), the cover was bannered "Starring Archie Andrews" and he became the lead story from then on. The company's 1st superhero, the Shield (who had appeared 13 months before a rival company introduced Captain America) made his last cover appearance on #50 (September 1944), and Archie was featured on every cover until the end of the series in 1987. By #56 (March 1946) the cover sported the legend "An Archie magazine," and the company changed its name from MLJ to Archie Comics Publications Inc. beginning in the next issue. In 1942 "Archie Comics" was introduced as a separate series, and most of his other associates also acquired their own comics over the decades, including their pre-teen selves in "little Archie" beginning in 1956. In 1947 Montana began drawing the "Archie" newspaper strip. In 1943 "Archie Andrews" began as a radio show that lasted until 1953, and in 168 "The Archie Show" began on TV as an animated series. In 1968 Jeff Barry and Don Kirshner put together a group of sessions musicians who recorded as The Archies; their song "Sugar, Sugar" (written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim) sold over 6 million copies and was the #1 selling song in 1969.
ReplyDeleteSugar, ah honey honey
You are my candy girl
And you got me wanting you
Honey, ah sugar sugar
You are my candy girl
And you've got me wanting you
I just can't believe the loveliness of loving you
(I just can't believe it's true)
I just can't believe the one to love this feeling to
(I just can't believe it's true)
Ah sugar, ah honey honey
You are my candy girl
When I kissed you, girl, I knew how sweet a kiss could be
(I know how sweet a kiss can be)
Like the summer sunshine pour your sweetness over me
(Pour your sweetness over me)
Oh sugar, pour a little sugar on it honey
Pour a little sugar on it baby
I'm gonna make your life so sweet, yeah yeah yeah
Pour a little sugar on it oh yeah
Pour a little sugar on it honey
Pour a little sugar on it baby
I'm gonna make your life so sweet, yeah yeah yeah
Pour a little sugar on it honey
Ah sugar, ah honey honey
You are my candy girl
And you've got me wanting you
Oh honey, honey, sugar sugar
(Honey, honey, sugar sugar)
You are my candy girl