To me the driver resembles The Asp, Daddy Warbucks driver and sidekick. Mason resembles some crooked politician in NYC, I can’t remember his name. Al Capp often parodied well known real life characters.
I think the driver is simply someone supposed to look like the English actor James Mason. Capp was usually pretty direct about who he was parodying. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_rn=4&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=aTCL1x8noCexPWhmD23eGA&cp=10&gs_id=12&xhr=t&q=james+mason&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.42768644,d.dmQ&biw=1024&bih=653&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=4LQnUbD8GInl0gHzq4CACw
There we have it; the secret to the happy family life Capp never got growing up. Daisy is probably leaning on the tree that has the ’’I’ll never marry no girl but DaisyMae carved on it.’’.?Anyone know if Capp did better than how his father treated his mother?
William Reynolds about 11 years ago
The driver resembles Barney Fife, a.k.a. Don Knotts.
Vermont Premium Member about 11 years ago
Mason appears to be caricature of someone we would have recognized in 1948.
alleyoops Premium Member about 11 years ago
To me the driver resembles The Asp, Daddy Warbucks driver and sidekick. Mason resembles some crooked politician in NYC, I can’t remember his name. Al Capp often parodied well known real life characters.
Lonesome Polecat about 11 years ago
Mason reminds me of the MAD Magazine poster boy—Alfred “What, me worry?” E. Newman.
brklnbern about 11 years ago
I think the driver is simply someone supposed to look like the English actor James Mason. Capp was usually pretty direct about who he was parodying. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_rn=4&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=aTCL1x8noCexPWhmD23eGA&cp=10&gs_id=12&xhr=t&q=james+mason&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.42768644,d.dmQ&biw=1024&bih=653&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=4LQnUbD8GInl0gHzq4CACw
bopard about 11 years ago
There we have it; the secret to the happy family life Capp never got growing up. Daisy is probably leaning on the tree that has the ’’I’ll never marry no girl but DaisyMae carved on it.’’.?Anyone know if Capp did better than how his father treated his mother?
TerBer about 11 years ago
Looks like Emperor Hirhito. Japans role after WW2.