The Gottfredson Quote Quiz

[David A Gerstein]

	Dear Folks,

	Well, Friday's come and went and I only ever got TWO people to
enter my Gottfredson quote quiz:  Harry Fluks and Per Starback.  But
since I officially gave Friday as the deadline, I assume no others
plan to enter.  Was it the short deadline?  I'm SURE it was.  I should
never have offered a quiz when I was about to leave for another E-Mail
address and become unable to efficiently end it unless I did it almost
immediately.

	So when I next give a quiz (watch for it... it'll be coming
from my dad's E-Mail address, Larry.J.Gerstein at Dartmouth.edu, because
I'll be at home for the summer) in a few weeks, I'll give at least two
weeks, not one, for answers to come in.

	But let's see who won this one, shall we:

1. "Boy!  A box!  Another minute and that cannibal tom cat would be
picking me out of his teeth!"
	Only Harry tried this one, wondering if it was the early '30s
story "MM, Boxing Champion."  Unfortunately, it isn't, the quote being
from "MM, Circus Roustabout" (only a few months later, though).
Mickey is diving into a packing crate to get away from a tiger he's
accidentally set free.  Note:  "MM, Boxing Champion" hasn't been
reprinted in this country.  I mentioned that the stories I was using
had all been printed in this country since 1986 (with the exception of
one, from Abbeville).  This one was in WDC&S 585, just last month.  I
assumed it would be fresh in people's minds.  I didn't think of
INTERNATIONAL MAIL slowing down Harry's and Per's receipt of the
issue, however.

2. "Alas, pore Nell, I knowed her well-ll...."
	No one tried this.  It's Goofy, attempting to lure Pete out of
his desert hideout with a love song which he thinks will melt the
hearts of villains.  It's from "MM at the Bar-None Ranch," which
Gladstone printed in MM Giant Album #3.

3. "At last a faint light begins to flicker through the cracks in my
dome!"
	This is Mickey getting an edge on a candid camera scheme in
"MM Outwits the Phantom Blot."  That was printed both in Gladstone's
MM in Color book, and Disney's Album #4 (which was a censored version,
but that scene was left intact).  Again, no one tried this.

4. "Wait till Lindy sees this airship!  HeUll be so jealous -- he'll
*resign* from the army!"
	This one both of you got!  I guess most hardcore Disney fans
bought Gladstone's MM 244, the sixtieth anniversary edition, in which
the first week of the MM strip was reprinted.  This is 1/14/30, as
Mickey builds himself an airplane that's soon to be grounded.
	A half point for each of you.
	
5. "It tells der whole story in a shelled nut!"
	Good going, Harry.  You recognized this one as being Dr.
Einmug from "Island in the Sky," and you're right!  A point in your
general direction.  Sorry, Per, but you didn't try this one.  The
story was reprinted right at the beginning of this year in WDC&S
582-83.  This was the first completely uncut reprint of the story, 
by the way.  It was COMPLETELY banned to Gladstone, but the ban 
was eventually lifted with no changes required in the story.

6. "What a peculiar language these natives speak!"
	Harry suspected it was one of the African stories, but didn't
make a guess.  You're right about the type of story:  it's "MM in the
Foreign Legion" which IS set in Africa.  This is also the only
pre-Gladstone quote in the quiz, since between Abbeville's publication
and Gladstone's planned/bumped publication (would have been MM 240, I
believe), the story was banned by Disney.  Despite this, however, the
quote is not regarding Africans, but MICKEY, who's disguised himself
with a stubble 'beard' of black paint and races across the streets
shouting "Whoopee!  Hotcha!  Hot Diggetty Dog!  Yeowie!"
	Sorry, though, Harry, I couldn't count your guess as being
right, since it wasn't specific.

7. "Too many dynamitoruses... and not enuff rabbits!"
	You missed this one, too, Harry, but Per got it.  It's Goofy,
commenting on the local wildlife in "The Land of Long Ago" (which
Gladstone had in MM 247-49), from 1941.  A point for you, Per.  Each
of you has 1-1/2 points now.

8. "I'll turn on this gas and end it once and for all!  ...Goodbye,
Minnie!  Goodbye, cruel world!"
	Both of you got this one, the story quoted being "MM vs. Mr.
Slicker and the Egg Robbers" (1930).  This story has never been
reprinted in full in America, but Gladstone printed a sample strip in
MM in Color, which seems to be where both of you saw it.  Good going!
(And who says Mickey has no emotions?  Mickey's trying to commit
suicide when he thinks Minnie has left him... Donald never did that!)
	A point for each of you, and the score's tied at 2-1/2.

9. "I t'ink zat we shall throw zem for a loop, eh?"
	Harry, you guessed "MM in the Foreign Legion" here, but you
vere thrown for a loop yourzelf.  In fact, it was "Monarch of
Medioka" (1937), as Mickey heads for King Michael's palace and
prepares to assume power as a substitute king.  This is my personal
favorite MM story and I'll recommend it to EVERYONE, and you can find
it in Gladstone's MM Giant Album #7.  You didn't try, Per.

10. "Tell 'im de rest, Shyster!  He won't live t' tell nobody!"
	Harry, you also tried this one, and here you got it.  It's
Pete relishing an apparent capture, in "MM the Mail Pilot" (1933),
which was in MM in Color from Gladstone.  Another one of the really
superb stories, and one where Mickey boldly goes out and gets involved
in the adventure completely through his own personality.  (I'm just
letting you Duck fans know...)
	Per:  2-1/2.  Harry:  3-1/2.

11. "Crazy inventors!  Machines that won't work!  I can feel a
headache starting already!"
	Harry, you guessed "Blaggard Castle" on this one, but in fact
it's "MM and the 'Lectro Box" which Disney printed in WDC&S 568-72.
(This strip was in #569, by the way).  Upon refusing a patent to
Mickey's invention, a stuffed-shirt official is sent ceilingward -- in
his DESK -- by a stray electron beam!  The story's from 1943.

12. "Excuse my glove!"
	I threw in another quote from "Circus Roustabout," assuming
you had it freshly in mind.  Oh, well.  I knew this was an unusual
quote for Mickey, but he's actually got ANOTHER glove on -- a baseball
glove -- over his REGULAR one, so a strong-man's bravuro handshake
won't leave him in tatters.  Neither of you tried it.  Again, here's a
great one that's available NOW, folks, in WDC&S 585.  It's from 1931.

13. "Just because I'm a *girl*, that's no sign I'm a *coward!*"
	Well, Harry, you guessed "In Search of Jungle Treasure," but
again, there's one that is banned over here and which hasn't been
reprinted since 1941.  So it wasn't eligible.  However, I've got it in
German myself with only the last chapter in English (WDC&S 5), so
maybe she DOES say this.  I dunno.
	But Per, you *got* it, the quote being Minnie's firm resolve
to fly through a lightning storm regardless of the consequences, in
1934's "The Captive Castaways."


	So the contest's a tie, with Per and Harry each getting 3-1/2
points.  I see I need to give everyone not only time to GET TO my
contests, but wait longer so that people can actually look through ALL
their issues.  Both my entrants were pressed for time, which
undoubtedly hurt them.

	However, if the quotes got you reading Gottfredson again, my
dirty plot is revealed.  :-)  To quote Magica de Spell:  "Hee, hee,
hee!"

	But in all due seriousness, folks, I'm going home on Tuesday
and will have a new address, my dad's office E-mail.  That's:

	Larry.J.Gerstein at Dartmouth.edu

	Thanks, Harry and Per, for entering my contest!  "I'll be back
like a bad penny... or a ghost!"

	Your friend,


	David Gerstein! (Esq.)

	"GHOST?  Merciful goodness!  What have I DONE?" *SLAM!*