Talk:Mutt and Jeff (comic strip)

Info
Well to get started Mutt and Jeff were performers back in the 1800's the Exact year they got started is unclear at this presant time. But I do know they were performing during the 1840's. On that note the guy in charge of the team was Ernest Latimore. I have many many pictures of Mutt and Jeff, and those are actualy there screen names there real names are for the tall one,Jeff McBride and Harry Potts which is the little one. Mutt and Jeff were musical comedians. Send me and email if you would like to see the actual pictues. enthusiasm@arczip.com

I removed this statement:


 * "the original character A. Mutt was killed off, but was later brought back as Augustus P. Mutt."

I don't find any documentation for this in my sources. If the statement is restored, please document it. In particular, is "killed off" meant literally? Ortolan88 16:12, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)

who drew it when?
It would be very helpful if someone could chronicle the relationship of Bud Fisher to his assitants in the period prior to 1932. Anybody know this info? BTfromLA 18:19, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Spanish version ?
I have seen a suggestion that the Spanish version was called Eneas and Beletin (recently mentioned by Shakira in one of her songs. Is this correct ?

-- Beardo 04:17, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
 * It's called "Benitín y Eneas", actually. A question: in which Shakira song does she talk about this? It sounds downright odd =P. --User:Revoish 10:36, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
 * She mentions them in "Día de enero". The lyric is: Y ahora que andamos por el mundo/Como Eneas y Benitin/Ya te encontre varios rasguños/Que te hicieron por ahí. I found a translation of that: "And now that we're walking around the world/Like Mutt and Jeff/I've already noticed the many cuts/That they inflicted on you along the way." --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:48, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Long on biographical data, short on discussion of the strip
The entry is fine as far as it goes, but has almost nothing to say about the nature of Mutt & Jeff. Besides its longevity and intriguing copyright history, M&J is representative of an earlier, more adventurous period in American newspaper cartooning--well before the present age of blandness. Somebody should expand the entry discussing the strip's themes and its place vis-a-vis early 20th century slapstick and subversive humor typified by the Marx Brothers: its anarchical brilliance, the rich social satire, and depiction of underdog rabble-rousers disrupting everything around them.

Character info?
I'm curious what sorts of characters Mutt and Jeff actually are, beyond that Mutt works at a racetrack and Jeff is insane.

Occidental or Tanforan?
In a 1940 guide to the city, an article mentions in passing that Mutt and Jeff were inspired by habitués of Tanforan racetrack. This article says a couple of guys from Occidental, California, without a reference. Hmmm. Here's the Tanforan bit:
 * http://www.archive.org/stream/sanfranciscobaya00writrich#page/153/mode/1up

Binksternet (talk) 16:39, 10 July 2009 (UTC)