Who's Old Enough to Remember Shmoos?

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08-19-2010, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by renee765

I was born in 1950 and have never heard of Shmoos. But I lived in Iowa in my early years, and our television (yes, tv's HAD been invented by then) only had two channels and a test pattern, so it's entirely possible I missed out on the fad.

Shmoos are from the newspaper comic strip Lil' Abner, not from TV.

08-19-2010, 05:52 AM

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What is a Schmoo? What did it (he?) do?

08-19-2010, 07:21 AM

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I can vaguely remember them. I didn't til I saw the picture.

08-19-2010, 09:14 AM

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I remember them from the Sunday funny papers. Weren't they all-purpose friends that even tasted like ham? I remember that they were blobby, white, a,d always happy.