Story title: "Meet Sammy-!!!"
Cover Date: February 1937
By: Sheldon Mayer
After three entries, we've finally gotten to the next issue of "The Funnies", which includes... Another four Scribbly entries. Also, before we can move on to something else, we have to read the Scribbly portion of the March issue too... Rejoice!
So, now that we're back to the actual story, let's see who this Sammy individual is.
The story starts with Scrib waking up in the middle of the night to hear those all-time classic "strange noises", but I guess he's not too used to them because he figures it might be a burglar. Fair enough tho, a mansion like that, with no security, who wouldn't want to loot it? (Not that I would, of course...)
Also, I am certainly relieved to confirm that Scribbly has his own room, and does not sleep with Ving.
So he goes down to investigate, golf club in hand. (As any 12-year-old would?)
Downstairs he finds this guy who's eating Ving's food and grabbing his cigars and stuff. It's funny that he takes the cigars from a big box that just says "cigars" no brand or anything.
Must be from the creators of those famous "generic" detergents.
Anyway, so this guy must be some kind of nutjob. He shows up in the middle of the night carrying several suitcases. Eats Ving's cigarettes, smokes his food (An entire roast chicken!!), and does all this without any pants on and while talking to himself like a maniac. He must've escaped from the nearest madhouse. Maybe he's not a burglar, but he's bad news alright.
Scrib runs upstairs to rat the guy up to Ving, but then he wakes up and perfectly guesses everything the guy did (including the pants off-taking).
And then the twist, he happened to know the guy! He's Ving's little brother! Nice twist, but some of the stuff he did, combined with showing up in the middle of the night, are grounds for kicking him out anyway.
A test huh? I suppose that's not a school test, since it's summer vacation, and we all know summer vacation lasts a very long time in the cartoon world.
You can read this story here. Now, let's see the ratings.
Quality/Enjoyment: 3/5
This one kind of got a laugh out of me too (more like nose-air, actually). I can picture Sammy being played by a histrionic actor, if this was a sitcom, or being animated funnily, if it was a TV cartoon. The twist was kind of predictable, but I think making the guy his little brother and not just a friend is particularly smart because it continues the theme of little brothers being annoying, even throughout adulthood. It's not a very deep theme, mind you, but it's something.
Historical/Cultural/Narrative Significance: 1/5Alright! And that's it for now. Next, more Scribbly, of course. For now, thanks for reading and have a nice rest of your day!
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