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in reply to a message by Fiammetta
All I can think of is "Dumb Dora." From Wikipedia:
A dumb Dora is 1920s slang for a foolish woman.
The epithet was popularized by the vaudeville act of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, but was in use earlier. In 1924 it was turned into a comic strip drawn by Chic Young (of later Blondie fame) and produced by King Features Syndicate. Although this strip was discontinued in 1935, a popular 1960s and 1970s CBS game show, Match Game, occasionally alluded to the strip by asking those watching in the studio to shout in unison, "How dumb is she?" ( borrowing from a routine from The Tonight Show.) Flappers of the 1920s were also sometimes likened to dumb Doras.
Vaudeville and the comic strip were before my time, lol. What I do remember is Match Game.
The character of Dora Spenlow in "David Copperfield" really adds to the dumb impression. Perhaps she was the inspiration for "Dumb Dora" to begin with.
Most likely young people aren't aware of any of this, but it affects my opinion. I think it's a dumb name.
A dumb Dora is 1920s slang for a foolish woman.
The epithet was popularized by the vaudeville act of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, but was in use earlier. In 1924 it was turned into a comic strip drawn by Chic Young (of later Blondie fame) and produced by King Features Syndicate. Although this strip was discontinued in 1935, a popular 1960s and 1970s CBS game show, Match Game, occasionally alluded to the strip by asking those watching in the studio to shout in unison, "How dumb is she?" ( borrowing from a routine from The Tonight Show.) Flappers of the 1920s were also sometimes likened to dumb Doras.
Vaudeville and the comic strip were before my time, lol. What I do remember is Match Game.
The character of Dora Spenlow in "David Copperfield" really adds to the dumb impression. Perhaps she was the inspiration for "Dumb Dora" to begin with.
Most likely young people aren't aware of any of this, but it affects my opinion. I think it's a dumb name.
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Hmmmm, I'm older than you and I wasn't aware of any of it. Thanks -- interesting.
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