1951, Pogo by Walt Kelly, Chapter IX: Every Day Has Its Dog, Start, Quote, Simon and Schuster, New York.(Verified with scans thanks to Robin Hamilton and S. The strip with the quotation was included in this early book. In 1951 Walt Kelly’s strips featuring anthropomorphic creatures residing in the Okefenokee Swamp were collected and published in book form under the title “Pogo”. So enjoy yourself: in this lovely 6 room COLONIAL STYLE HOME on W. In September 1950 the “Bedford Gazette” of Bedford, Pennsylvania printed a real estate advertisement containing a close variant of the statement on the 1947 sign: 1950 September 22, Bedford Gazette, Section: Want Ads, (Real Estate Advertisement from Suburban Real Estate Company), Quote, Column 4, Bedford, Pennsylvania. 1950 June 24, The Clarion-Ledger, Comic Strip: Pogo by Walt Kelly, Quote, Column 3, Jackson, Mississippi. The June 1950 syndicated “Pogo” strip containing the target quotation mentioned above appeared in newspapers such as the “Long Beach Independent” of Long Beach, California and “The Clarion-Ledger” of Jackson, Mississippi. Please do not take life quite so seriously-you surely will never get out of it alive.Ī separate QI article about the expression immediately above is available here. (Newspapers_com)ĭON’T TAKE LIFE SO SERIOUS, SON … IT AIN’T NOHOW PERMANENT.īelow are additional selected citations in chronological order.Ī thematic match occurred within an essay by aphorist Elbert Hubbard in the December 1900 issue of “The Philistine”: 1900 December, The Philistine: A Periodical of Protest, Volume 12, Number 1, Editor Elbert Hubbard, Heart to Heart Talks with Philistines by the Pastor of His Flock, Dear Playmate in the Kindergarten … Continue reading Emphasis added to excerpts by QI: 1950 June 24, Long Beach Independent, Comic Strip: Pogo by Walt Kelly, Quote, Column 4, Long Beach, California. The second line is spoken by a squirrel character who is building the ominous structure, and the third line is spoken by Porky to Albert as he is revived with a splash of water. The first line below is spoken by the porcupine character named Porky Pine who is propping up the body of the unconscious Albert. When Albert saw a gallows-like structure being built he fainted.

Quote Investigator: The “Pogo” strip published on Jwas part of a story arc in which the character Albert Alligator faced the possibility of appearing as a defendant in a legal trial. Would you please help me to find a citation? One strip contained a philosophical remark suggesting that one should not take life too seriously because of its transience. Pogo? Walt Kelly? Porky Pine? Albert Alligator? Elbert Hubbard? Apocryphal?ĭear Quote Investigator: Walt Kelly created the landmark comic strip “Pogo” which combined beautiful artwork with entertaining humor.

Gone Pogo by Walt Kelly