In Great Britain in 1923 “Felix Kept on Walking,” by Bryant and David, was the #1 song!

What could be better to brighten up your Tuesday than The Official Adventures of Aquaman?

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The secret origin of how Aquaman got his powers is narrated by none other than legendary announcer Jackson Beck. Who, in an amazing comics coincidence, was also the voice of Bluto in the Popeye cartoons. How’s that for a cartoon pedigree?

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What’s interesting about this Aquaman record is not so much the secret origin of His Maritime Majesty (I had just assumed his mother married a fish) but the cool theme song that goes with it. Who knew Aquaman even had a theme song? Well I’ll be hornswoggled!

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Yours truly, DJ David B, cleverly edited together the intro and outro from the record so you don’t have to sit through the actual story. After all, this is about comics TUNES not great narration.

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Teddy Roosevelt’s refusal to shoot a bear cub in 1902 inspired a cartoonist to invent the Teddy Bear! The cartoonists name? Clifford Berryman! Weird bear true!

Henry Kissinger on Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury: “The only thing worse than being in it would be not to be in it!” Weird but Trudeau!

Nancy cartoonist Ernie Bushmiler advised his assistants to, “Dumb it down!”

In some Jetsons episodes, George and Jane had separate beds, in others the beds were pushed together, and still in others they slept in the same bed! Talk about Bedlam!

France mourned the death of Herge, the beloved Tintin creator. To honor him, the newspaper Liberation used Herge’s art to illustrate every story, from political events to TV and weather!

According to Phantom creator Lee Falk, during the German occupation of Norway, Nazis were reporting in Nazi-controlled newspapers that the U.S. had fallen. But Norwegians knew that was a lie because the American Strip The Phantom was still appearing regularly in those same daily papers!

Scooby-Doo’s name came from the popular Sinatra song, “Strangers in the Night.” The chorus was “Dooby Dooby Doo!” Werid but dog-doo!

Not only was You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown a hit on Broadway, back in 1966, but it’s still a popular choice for local theater groups even to this very day!

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Today we’re proud to present Little Known Facts, a favorite track from the MGM album, starring Orson Bean as Charlie Brown, Barbara Minkus as Lucy, and as Linus, the one and only Clark Gesner, who also wrote the music and lyrics.

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