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Joe Palooka

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Joe Palooka is an American comic strip about a heavyweight boxing champion, created by cartoonist Ham Fisher in 1921. [1]

78 relations: Alan Reed, Billiard room, Bing Crosby, Blacksmith, Board game, Boxing, Broadcast syndication, Bruce Willis, Burt Reynolds, CBS, Citizens band radio, Collier's, Comic book, Comic strip, Dave Strickler, Don Markstein's Toonopedia, Elyse Knox, Fleischer Studios, Frank Readick, Fred M. Vinson, Gentleman Joe Palooka, Ham Fisher, Harry von Zell, IDW Publishing, Jerry Reed, Jimmy Durante, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Joe Louis, Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad, Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance, Joe Palooka in the Big Fight, Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch, Joe Palooka in the Knockout, Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle, Joe Palooka in Triple Cross, Joe Palooka in Winner Take All, Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey, Joe Palooka, Champ, John Travolta, Karl Swenson, Ken Kesey, Lank Leonard, Leon Errol, Lloyd French, Lupe Vélez, Marjorie Rambeau, Mary Jane Higby, Maxie Rosenbloom, McNaught Syndicate, Mixed martial arts, ..., Monogram Pictures, Morris Weiss, Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, Omar Bradley, On the Waterfront, Oolitic, Indiana, Ozark Ike, Palooka (film), Pennsylvania, Pete Latzo, Polack, Popeye, Popeye the Sailor (film), Pulp Fiction, Rex Morgan, M.D., Sammy Lerner, Shemp Howard, Short film, Smokey and the Bandit, Sometimes a Great Notion, Stuart Erwin, Tom C. Clark, Tony DiPreta, Vitaphone, War hammer, Warner Bros., Wheaties, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Expand index (28 more) »

Alan Reed

Alan Reed (born Herbert Theodore Bergman; August 20, 1907 – June 14, 1977) was an American actor and voice actor, best known as the original voice of Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones and various spinoff series.

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Billiard room

A billiard room (also billiards room, or more specifically pool room, snooker room) is a recreation room, such as in a house or recreation center, with a billiards, pool or snooker table.

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Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977)Giddins 2001, pp.

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Blacksmith

A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. whitesmith).

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Board game

A board game is a tabletop game that involves counters or moved or placed on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules.

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Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined set of time in a boxing ring.

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Broadcast syndication

Broadcasting syndication is the license to broadcast television programs and radio programs by multiple television stations and radio stations, without going through a broadcast network.

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Bruce Willis

Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor, producer, and singer.

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Burt Reynolds

Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (born February 11, 1936) is an American actor, director, and producer.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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Citizens band radio

Citizens band radio (also known as CB radio) is, in many countries, a system of short-distance radio communications between individuals typically on a selection of 40 channels within the 27 MHz (11 m) band.

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Collier's

Collier's was an American magazine, founded in 1888 by Peter Fenelon Collier.

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Comic book

A comic book or comicbook, also called comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comic art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes.

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Comic strip

A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions.

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Dave Strickler

Dave Strickler (born 1944) is a reference librarian noted for his compilation of Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924–1995: The Complete Index, regarded as a major reference work by researchers and historians of newspaper comic strips.

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Don Markstein's Toonopedia

Don Markstein's Toonopedia (subtitled A Vast Repository of Toonological Knowledge) is a web encyclopedia of print cartoons, comic strips and animation, initiated February 13, 2001.

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Elyse Knox

Elyse Knox (born Elsie Lillian Kornbrath: December 14, 1917 – February 16, 2012) was an American actress, model, and fashion designer.

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Fleischer Studios

Fleischer Studios was an American corporation which originated as an animation studio located at 1600 Broadway, New York City, New York.

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Frank Readick

Frank Marvin Readick Jr. (November 6, 1896, Seattle, Washington — 1965) was an American radio and film actor.

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Fred M. Vinson

Frederick "Fred" Moore Vinson (January 22, 1890 – September 8, 1953) was an American Democratic politician who served the United States in all three branches of government.

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Gentleman Joe Palooka

Gentleman Joe Palooka is a 1946 film directed by Cy Endfield.

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Ham Fisher

Hammond Edward Fisher (September 24, 1900 (some sources indicate 1901) – December 27, 1955) was an American comic strip writer and cartoonist who signed his work Ham Fisher.

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Harry von Zell

Harry von Zell (July 11, 1906 – November 21, 1981) was an American announcer of radio programs and an actor in films and television shows.

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IDW Publishing

IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections.

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Jerry Reed

Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008), known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, guitarist, and songwriter, as well as an actor who appeared in more than a dozen films.

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Jimmy Durante

James Francis Durante (February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American singer, pianist, comedian, and actor.

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Joe Kirkwood Jr.

Reginald Thomas Kirkwood (May 30, 1920 – September 7, 2006), better known as Joe Kirkwood Jr., was a professional golfer on the PGA Tour and a motion picture actor.

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Joe Louis

Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981), best known as Joe Louis and nicknamed the "Brown Bomber", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951.

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Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad

Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad is a 1947 American film directed by Reginald Le Borg.

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Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance

Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance is a 1950 American film directed by Jean Yarbrough.

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Joe Palooka in the Big Fight

Joe Palooka in the Big Fight is a 1949 comedy film directed by Cy Endfield, based on the comic strip by Ham Fisher.

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Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch

Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch is a 1949 American film directed by Reginald Le Borg.

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Joe Palooka in the Knockout

Joe Palooka in the Knockout is a 1947 American film.

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Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle

Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle is a 1950 American film in the Joe Palooka series.

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Joe Palooka in Triple Cross

Joe Palooka in Triple Cross is a 1951 American film.

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Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All is a 1947 American film in the Joe Palooka series.

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Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey

Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey is a 1950 film in the Joe Palooka series.

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Joe Palooka, Champ

Joe Palooka, Champ is a 1946 American film featuring the popular comic-strip boxer Joe Palooka.

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John Travolta

John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor, film producer, dancer and singer.

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Karl Swenson

Karl Swenson (July 23, 1908 – October 8, 1978) was an American theatre, radio, film, and television actor.

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Ken Kesey

Kenneth Elton Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist, and countercultural figure.

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Lank Leonard

Frank E. Leonard (January 2, 1896 – August 1, 1970), better known as Lank Leonard, was an American cartoonist artist who created the long-running comic strip Mickey Finn, which he drew for more than three decades.

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Leon Errol

Leon Errol (born Leonce Errol Sims, July 3, 1881 - October 12, 1951), was an Australian-born American comedian and actor, popular in the first half of the 20th century for his appearances in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in films.

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Lloyd French

Lloyd French (January 11, 1900 – May 24, 1950) was an American director of short films, most of them comedies.

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Lupe Vélez

María Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez, known professionally as Lupe Vélez (July 18, 1908 – December 14, 1944), was a Mexican-born stage and screen actress, comedian, singer, dancer, and vedette.

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Marjorie Rambeau

Marjorie Burnet Rambeau (July 15, 1889 – July 6, 1970) was an American film and stage actress.

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Mary Jane Higby

Mary Jane Higby (May 29, 1909 - February 1, 1986)DeLong, Thomas A. (1996).

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Maxie Rosenbloom

Max Everitt Rosenbloom (November 1, 1907 – March 6, 1976) was an American boxer, actor, and television personality.

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McNaught Syndicate

The McNaught Syndicate (1922–1989) was an American newspaper syndicate founded in 1922.

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Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport that allows striking and grappling, both standing and on the ground, using techniques from other combat sports and martial arts.

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Monogram Pictures

Monogram Pictures Corporation is a Hollywood studio that produced and released films, mostly on low budgets, between 1931 and 1953, when the firm completed a transition to the name Allied Artists Pictures Corporation.

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Morris Weiss

Morris S. Weiss (August 11, 1915 – May 18, 2014) was an American comic book and comic strip artist and writer.

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Mountain Top, Pennsylvania

Mountain Top is a census-designated place (CDP) in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Omar Bradley

General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley (February 12, 1893 – April 8, 1981), nicknamed Brad, was a senior officer of the United States Army during and after World War II.

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On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront is a 1954 American crime drama film directed by Elia Kazan, and written by Budd Schulberg.

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Oolitic, Indiana

Oolitic is a town in Indian Creek and Shawswick townships, Lawrence County, Indiana, United States.

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Ozark Ike

Ozark Ike was a newspaper comic strip about dumb but likable Ozark Ike McBatt, a youth from a rural area in the mountains.

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Palooka (film)

Palooka is a 1934 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Benjamin Stoloff starring Jimmy Durante and based on the comic strip by Ham Fisher.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Pete Latzo

Pete Latzo (August 1, 1902 – July 7, 1968) was the boxing World Welterweight Champion from 1926 to 1927.

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Polack

In the contemporary English language, the nouns Polack (and) or Polak are ethnic slurs and derogatory references to a person of Polish descent.

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Popeye

Popeye the Sailor is a cartoon fictional character created by Elzie Crisler Segar.

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Popeye the Sailor (film)

Popeye the Sailor is a 1933 animated short produced by Fleischer Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, based on a story by Tarantino and Roger Avary,See, e.g., King (2002), pp.

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Rex Morgan, M.D.

Rex Morgan, M.D. is an American soap opera comic strip, created in 1948 by psychiatrist Dr.

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Sammy Lerner

Samuel Lerner (January 28, 1903 - December 13, 1989) was a Romanian-born songwriter for American and British musical theatre and film.

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Shemp Howard

Samuel Horwitz (March 11, 1895 – November 22, 1955), known professionally as Shemp Howard, was an American actor and comedian.

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Short film

A short film is any motion picture not long enough to be considered a feature film.

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Smokey and the Bandit

Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams and Mike Henry.

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Sometimes a Great Notion

Sometimes a Great Notion is Ken Kesey's second novel, published in 1964.

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Stuart Erwin

Stuart Erwin (February 14, 1903 – December 21, 1967) was an American actor of stage, film, and television.

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Tom C. Clark

Thomas Campbell Clark (September 23, 1899June 13, 1977), who preferred Tom C. Clark, was a Texas lawyer who served as the 59th United States Attorney General from 1945 to 1949.

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Tony DiPreta

Anthony Louis "Tony" DiPreta (July 9, 1921 – June 2, 2010) was an American comic book and comic strip artist active from the 1940s Golden Age of comic books.

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Vitaphone

Vitaphone was a sound film system used for feature films and nearly 1,000 short subjects made by Warner Bros. and its sister studio First National from 1926 to 1931.

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War hammer

A war hammer is a late medieval weapon of war intended for close combat action, whose design resembles the hammer.

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Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

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Wheaties

Wheaties is a brand of General Mills breakfast cereal.

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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Luzerne County.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Palooka

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