tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post7066431930440878483..comments2023-09-25T10:15:41.979-04:00Comments on NYSocBoy's Beefcake and Bonding: Robert Ellis: Gay Best Friend of the 1950sNYSocBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06658785942817017972noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-85888384104182595362021-03-21T07:27:27.238-04:002021-03-21T07:27:27.238-04:00Nope, the popular Blondie comics predates Archie b...Nope, the popular Blondie comics predates Archie by at least a decade with a film series at Columbia that churned out 28-films over a 12-year period, a daily newspaper strip, and a radio show that aired for most of the 1940s (with the announcer stating, "Uh, Uh, Uh, don't touch that dial . . .) Watch the films and see the gay-vague characters of Baby Dumpling, later Alexander, played by Larry Simms, and his nasty neighbor, Alvin Fuddle, played by Danny Mummert. Amazing from where one can extrapolate queer theory if they are willing to look.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13573365466185390344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-17868329153739802942021-02-18T23:36:15.211-05:002021-02-18T23:36:15.211-05:00Pep Comics #22 was published in December 1941, mak...Pep Comics #22 was published in December 1941, making Archie and the gang some of the oldest characters in comics that anyone remembers, and probably the oldest outside of superheroes. At least the core characters. (Archie, Reggie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead)<br /><br />For his part, John Goldwater imagined them as typical 1930s teens like he was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-35791141868552340192013-02-20T13:08:20.531-05:002013-02-20T13:08:20.531-05:00There's a chapter in my book "We Boys Tog...There's a chapter in my book "We Boys Together" about the movie Henry Aldrich. He was one of the transitional characters from "women-hating" to "girl-crazy."NYSocBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06658785942817017972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-51139124501434787702013-02-20T12:57:08.520-05:002013-02-20T12:57:08.520-05:00Robert Ellis, or "Bobby" as he was then ...Robert Ellis, or "Bobby" as he was then billed, played radio's quintessential teen boy, Henry Aldrich on the radio for several years, and later played Henry on a TV version. Henry Aldrich managed to be girl crazy and gay-vague at the same time. He had a very intense romance with his best friend Homer. I've never seen the TV series, but I've heard many of the radio shows. Archie comics started as a direct rip-off of Henry Aldrich. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com