[78-L] Kate Smith stamp

[David Lennick]

And there was Huggin' and Chalkin' which ALSO referred to sharing the wealth.

It hasn't gone away..the comic strip Sherman's Lagoon (closest to Pogo we've 
had in years) had a reference to endangered seafood species, in which the worst 
predator is identified and another character says "I'd have thought Kirstie Alley."

dl

Michael Biel wrote:
> Just before Kate's stardom and during the era of Vaughn DeLeath, there
> was a popular song in the 20s "She Gave Them All the Ha Ha Ha" about a
> lovable "girl about 5'4" who weighs 200 pounds or more", who when the
> singer hugged her "met another fellow coming 'round the other side". 
> Sounds like an interesting threesome!  And there now is a porn category
> BBW -- Big Beautiful Women.  So being plump can have its plus sides
> (pardon the puns).  So now let's really hear it for Kate and let's help
> her get her moon over the mountain.
> 
> Mike (really, really sorry) Biel (who is no stringbean, either)  
> mbiel at mbiel.com  
> 
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> From: Donna Halper <dlh at donnahalper.com>
> 
> At 11:44 AM 1/8/2010, you wrote:
>> It was a different time and place. She certainly didn't SEEM to mind the
>> jokes and participated in them. Humor was different then and what we
>> wouldn't/can't do was tolerated/accepted/condoned/promoted - whatever.
> 
> Well, let's be honest-- even today, people still make fat jokes, and 
> it's still considered okay, which I think is wrong. On the other 
> hand, some of the press back then did not make fun of her-- in fact 
> they admired Kate-- I have a wonderful and very favorable article 
> about her in one of the fan magazines (I think it's Radio Stars) 
> where it basically says she that yes, is a larger woman but so 
> what? She's a great singer and has a great personality and everyone 
> should let Kate be Kate.
> 
>