Talk:Alley Oop

Wonmug
Perhaps this is a quibble, but it is a misconception that "Ein stein" means "one mug" in German. It actually translates as "one stone" or "a stone." I know that Americans commonly call large beer mug "steins" but this is not what native German speakers call them (Becher). Ozarkbunnyboy 14:40, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

I've updated the article's description of the main characters' names. Although it is common wisdom that Alley Oop and Ooola are named for their respective French phrases, and the Library of American Comics Essentials specifically says so, there isn't a publicly available interview immediately to be found that puts the words directly in Hamlin's mouth. Perhaps this was covered and properly sourced in the "Caveman" documentary. G. Oscar Boom, on the other hand—there's no evidence I'm aware of (or any source that even suggests that) he, an explosives expert, was named for anything other than the fact that his initials and last name are, literally, "GO BOOM". aruffo (talk) 10:24, 28 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Found one. aruffo (talk) 23:36, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Fozy is his mate?
So is Fozy his mate as in mating or his mate as in buddy? Meelar 19:44, 8 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Apparently Oop and Foozy are just good friends. I've updated the info and character spellings accordingly. Gamaliel 20:00, 8 Jun 2004 (UTC)


 * Thanks. For a non-Australian, when I read that, I thought "So he's cheating on Foozy with Oola? That bastard!" Meelar 20:04, 8 Jun 2004 (UTC)


 * Thanks too. Well, you cannot expect a Brazilian to be keen on such subtle distinctions. Oops, wait, let me rephrase that... Jorge Stolfi 22:52, 8 Jun 2004 (UTC) 8-)

Oop Ain't Dead
Alley Oop displays today's strip. What's this "was" crap, throughout the article? --Jerzy(t) 17:31, 2005 Jan 5 (UTC)

Technically not the same character, but a somewhat alike one figures in Clifford D. Simak's novel "Goblin Reservation". The literary references could be mentioned somewhere. (I have a little personal interest in the development of oopica ;), but too little time and knowledge.) --Oop 19:25, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

I would like to see a reference to Goblin Reservation added to the article. Rick Norwood 20:44, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Song lyrics
My memory of the song lyrics is that they went, "Alley Oop, Oop -- Oop Oop" (rather than five Oops as in the article). But I don't have a recording, so I can be sure. Can anyone pin this down? Rick Norwood 22:15, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Alley Oop Oop, Oop, Oop Oop. Wahkeenah 00:17, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Guzzle and Tunk
"Many a king on a first class throne If he wants to call his crown his own Must manage somehow to get through More dirty deeds than ever I do." Rick Norwood 19:46, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Alley Oop's girlfriend
Note the spelling of Alley Oop's girlfriend: Ooola (3 O's, not 2 as in the article). This is confirmed by the author in the website below: [www.unitedmedia.com/comics/alleyoop/html/contact_the_artist.html] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.69.239.104 (talk) 05:44, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Created in 1933
This external link has the creation year as 1933. Any objection to changing the wiki from 1932 to 1933? Gouveia2 (talk) 17:35, 7 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Alley Oop was created by V. T. Hamlin in 1932, and ran, for about a year, locally before it achieved national syndication, with the story restarting from the beginning, in 1933. Rick Norwood (talk) 13:23, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

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Date of the Time Machine
The Time Machine was introduced April 5, 1939. The date in the text is correct, but the caption under the picture says 1937. Is there any objection to changing the caption under the picture to 1939? See ILoveComixArchive.com. Perry Hotter (talk) 23:33, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and changed the date. The link is http://www.ilovecomixarchive.com/A/Alley-Oop/Alley-Oop-1939/11209848_CCnro#786024482_Hz5mZ which verifies the date.  And I realize I misspelled 'Sunday' in the History section.  Perry Hotter (talk) 14:29, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Sports
Why in the "Popular Culture" section is there no mention of the appropriation of the term first by American football and then by basketball? They seem to be intentional references. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.255.93.61 (talk) 22:14, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Adventures section?
What's the point of having the "Adventures" section here? Those listed are recent, and are likely to vary in their significance. I don't understand why it is there in the first place. But, if it is going to be there, why not go back to the beginning of the strip? Or the last 40 years? SlowJog (talk) 11:30, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

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Graue drafting for Bender
I added a bit about Dave Graue "drafting" the strip as well as writing it, up until his retirement; this is an inference on my part, as the only evidence I have is the strip itself. That is, up until September 3, 2001, the layouts, perspectives, backgrounds, and characters still generally resembled Graue's style—but when Graue fully retired, the layouts and characters' proportions instantly changed so drastically that it's difficult to imagine that Bender had not previously been using Graue's sketches (or at least thumbnails) as a guide. If someone feels like deleting the claim, I won't object, because I don't have any better evidence, but it's pretty difficult to think otherwise once you put the before and after side by side. aruffo (talk) 08:32, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

I just looked at the "Holloway Pages" linked to in the External Links section; his essay confirms that Graue did indeed lay out the strip while Bender was illustrating it. He doesn't offer any specific evidence for this, but I'm not sure what form such evidence would take except, again, for just looking at the strips. aruffo (talk) 17:30, 23 October 2020 (UTC)


 * I jumped the gun here by not reading the whole page there! The evidence is clear:  that page shows some of Graue's pencil sketches prior to Bender's inking.  aruffo (talk) 17:32, 23 October 2020 (UTC)