Oh my God, this can't be more appropriate! A couple of days ago, I got out my childhood jewelry box with the spinning ballerina to see if I had forgotten any treasures, and found two: my McCarthy for president button and my Herman Hoglebogle button!
At last, the REAL truth about Herman and his alter ego, young Bob Basler, a true American hero. At this juncture in life I was in the circulation department answering calls about misdelivered papers or papers left at the end of a driveway instead of right at the front door. I'd say we did our best to keep America strong, wouldn't you? Bravo, Bob.
When I was the Deputy Editor at UPI Pictures in Washington, Jeff MacNelly, Editorial cartoonist for the Richmond, Va. News Leader (who I knew from my UPI Richmond days) asked me if he could camp in the UPI DC bureau during Reagan's 1981 inauguration to "Live cartoon" the events - which he said was a first. He left me a lovely cartoon at the end of the week, which I still have framed. MacNelly, you may recall, penned the cartoon strip "Shoe" and claimed to be the nation's only conservative editorial cartoonist. He was a great guy, God rest his soul.
I can easily believe you wrote his column. It is so you. I too did the UNICEF Trick or Treat thing for 4 or 5 years. Seems like another great conversation over a drink.
Oh my God, this can't be more appropriate! A couple of days ago, I got out my childhood jewelry box with the spinning ballerina to see if I had forgotten any treasures, and found two: my McCarthy for president button and my Herman Hoglebogle button!
At last, the REAL truth about Herman and his alter ego, young Bob Basler, a true American hero. At this juncture in life I was in the circulation department answering calls about misdelivered papers or papers left at the end of a driveway instead of right at the front door. I'd say we did our best to keep America strong, wouldn't you? Bravo, Bob.
When I was the Deputy Editor at UPI Pictures in Washington, Jeff MacNelly, Editorial cartoonist for the Richmond, Va. News Leader (who I knew from my UPI Richmond days) asked me if he could camp in the UPI DC bureau during Reagan's 1981 inauguration to "Live cartoon" the events - which he said was a first. He left me a lovely cartoon at the end of the week, which I still have framed. MacNelly, you may recall, penned the cartoon strip "Shoe" and claimed to be the nation's only conservative editorial cartoonist. He was a great guy, God rest his soul.
Bob, you've led a charmed life, and I love reading the details.
I can easily believe you wrote his column. It is so you. I too did the UNICEF Trick or Treat thing for 4 or 5 years. Seems like another great conversation over a drink.
It's a bird, it's a plane - wait, is that the Basler Air BT-69? Nope, just Bob.
So you're telling us not only do not all heroes wear capes, some wear trench coats with nothing on underneath? My idealism is is tatters.
No offense, but Herman seems to have a Hulk-like dark side.
I'm thinking working at that paper was a lot of fun -- or maybe you made it that way. But the cartoonist was definitely game.
Another good one
I think that’s a tear on the panda bear, or whatever that is. Sad to see you go, as we all are.
My early bugbear was in The Social Page writing up weddings. What the bride wore, bridesmaids, mother of the bride etc etc. Yours was much more fun.
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