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Jerry J. Fosdick - Fosdick's evil twin con-man brother; after he finds out about Prudence Pimpleton's 17-year engagement (+ steak dinners) to Fosdick, Jerry J. Fosdick switches clothing with Fosdick and takes his place so he can "marry" (i.e. steal her money) Prudence Pimpleton; Fosdick "stops" the "wedding" at the last minute! (August 24, 1975)
Fearless Fosdick was a comic strip-within-the-strip parody of Chester Gould's plainclothes detective, Dick Tracy. It first appeared in 1942 and ran intermittently in Li'l Abner over the next 35 years. Gould was also personally parodied in the series as cartoonist Lester Gooch — the small and occasionally deranged creator of Fearless Fosdick.
In the 1950s, Al Capp's comic strip hero Fearless Fosdick (a spoof of Dick Tracy) endorsed Wildroot Cream-Oil in a popular series of print advertisements, presented in comic strip form. [16] In the ads, Fosdick battled his nemesis Anyface, a murderous scoundrel who could mold his pliable face into any form of disguise.
Li'l Abner is a 1959 musical comedy film based on the comic strip of the same name created by Al Capp and the successful Broadway musical of the same name that opened in 1956. The film was produced by Norman Panama and directed by Melvin Frank [2] (co-writers of the Broadway production).
Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878–1969), American clergyman Nicoll Fosdick (1785–1868), American merchant and politician W. W. Fosdick (1825–1862), American lawyer, poet, writer and song lyricist
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Gould, his characters, and improbable plots were satirized in Al Capp's comic strip Li'l Abner with the Fearless Fosdick sequences (supposedly drawn by "Lester Gooch"); [17] a notable villain was Bomb Face, a gangster whose head was a bomb. [18] Gould retired in 1977, with his last Dick Tracy strip appearing in print on Christmas Day, December 25.
Creator/s First appearance Blowtop Jones 1950 Chester Gould Dick Tracy 03-27 T.V. Wiggles 1950 Chester Gould Dick Tracy 07-13 Dr. Plain 1950 Chester Gould Dick Tracy 12-03 M.T. "Empty" Williams 1951 Chester Gould Dick Tracy 02-08 Crewy Lou and Sphinx 1951 Chester Gould Dick Tracy 05-16 "The King" 1951 Chester Gould Dick Tracy 07-05 Spinner Record