tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post1908897952304536882..comments2024-03-28T11:45:24.378-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: Brotherly Love BackgroundsYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-76089627366097260952016-02-23T13:42:11.286-08:002016-02-23T13:42:11.286-08:00Sammy Timberg wrote the melody; Bob Rothberg wrote...Sammy Timberg wrote the melody; Bob Rothberg wrote the lyrics. The song was featured in the 1936 "Popeye Song Folio".bgraumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07481033911573623806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-2958602146949106312016-02-23T13:34:02.915-08:002016-02-23T13:34:02.915-08:00The only thing that doesn't fit the depression...The only thing that doesn't fit the depression Lower East Side would be the telephone poles and wires in the final two backgrounds, since they put those underground around the turn of the century after several snowstorms knocked them down. But since you can't bounce a bunch of ruffians, Bluto or anyone else off an underground wire conduit for a gag, I suppose 100 percent historical accuracy wasn't a mandate here. J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-65446087780153101622016-02-23T09:30:09.121-08:002016-02-23T09:30:09.121-08:00For that matter, in the next to last picture, you ...For that matter, in the next to last picture, you can see an old-fashioned "town gas" holder, just to the right of, quite appropriately, the "Gas House Boys" HQ. Those types of structures were nearly always enplaced in the poor areas of town.EOCostellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08068413130915640819noreply@blogger.com