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Shmoo

The shmoo (plural: shmoos, also shmoon) is a fictional cartoon creature created by Al Capp, which first appeared in the comic strip Li'l Abner on August 31, 1948. Shmoos are cute bowling-pin-shaped creatures that breed exponentially, consume nothing, and eagerly provide everything that humankind wants. These incredibly generous creatures love humans so…

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Created by
Al Capp
First appearance
1948

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Shmoo

Nodes179
Edges178
Triples334
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011173
Components1

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related to In popular culture · 102
Shmoo → ABC, Adidas, Al Capp, America's, Australia's, Ayn Rand, Bad, Bandersnatch, Barney Rubble, Bedrock Cops, Berlin, Beverley Goldberg, Billy, Billy's, Book, Capp, Castlevania, Clockwork Orange, Colonel Potter, Crissaegrim
related to Further reading · 50
Shmoo → Al, Al Capp Studios, Al Capp's Bald Iggle, Al Capp's Complete Shmoo, Al Capp's Li'l Abner, Al Capp's Shmoo, Al Capp's Shmoo Comics, BlackthorneCapp, Book, Capp, Charlie Mensuel, Cosmopolitan, Dark Horse ComicsAl Capp, Dark Horse ISBN, Don't Like Shmoos, French, Happy Times, Holt, June, Kitchen Sink ISBN
related to Recordings and sheet music · 30
Shmoo → AllegroThe Shmoo Club, Anything, Bristol Music Corp, Cent, Composed, Country Music Co, Earl Rogers, Fay Tishman, Gerald Marks, Harvey Music Corp, Huggable Shmoo, Inc, Joe Rosenield, John Jacob Loeb, Jule Styne, Justin Stone, Music You Enjoy, Recordings, Shmoo Can Do Most, Shmoo Is Neat
related to Animation and puppetry · 28
Shmoo → After Capp's, Barney Meet, Barney Rubble, Barney Show, Bedrock Cops, Broadway Li'l Abner, Fearless Fosdick, Flintstones, Fred, Fred Flintstone, Hanna-Barbera, In, L'il Abner, Mighty Mysteries Comics, NBC-TV, Needless, None, Originally, Reportedly, Scooby-Doo-like
related to Eponyms · 26
Shmoo → Aizoaceae, AP, At, Cygnus, Cygnus X-3 Sky Survey, Echinoderm, English, Erik Olin Wright, Facility, Fermilab, If, In, It, LAMPF, Los Alamos Meson Physics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Muiria, Saccharomyces, Shmoo Plant, Shmoos
related to Origins · 22
Shmoo → Abominable Snow-Hams, According, Al Capp, Bald Iggles, Bashful Bulganiks, But, Capp, Cosmopolitan, Denis Kitchen, Don't Like Shmoos, Each, For, Gobbleglops, June, Kigmies, Li'l Abner, Mimikniks, Money Ha-Ha, Nogoodniks, Periodically
related to history · 18
Shmoo → Al Capp, An, As, Becomes Shmoo-Struck, Capp's, Cartoonist PROfiles, Economics, Li'l Abner, Life, Major, March, Newsweek, The, The New Republic, They, Time, Time International, Virtually
related to Etymology · 17
Shmoo → Academics Arthur Asa Berger, Allan, Berger, Capp's, Even, Florida, Jews, Johns Hopkins University, Leo Spitzer, Lilian Mermin Feinsilver, Orrick, Orrick's, Spitzer, The, Thomas Pyles, University, Yiddish
related to Comic books and reprints · 10
Shmoo → Distributed, Dwight Eisenhower's Crusade, Europe, It, Schuster, Simon, The, The Life, The Return, Times
related to Reception · 10
Shmoo → Advancement, American Society, Bridgeport, Capp's, College, North America, One, Sadie Hawkins, The Shmoo, University

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shmoos capp li'l abner al 1949 also character time 1948 like one story capp's comic life kitchen new original creatures

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ShmooCreated byAl Capp1.00infobox
ShmooFirst appearance19481.00infobox
Shmoorelated to AnalysisThe Baltimore Sun0.60section
Shmoorelated to AnalysisCapp0.60section
Shmoorelated to AnalysisShmoos0.60section
Shmoorelated to AnalysisKigmies0.60section
Shmoorelated to AnalysisJerry Robinson0.60section
Shmoorelated to AnalysisLike0.60section
Shmoorelated to Animation and puppetryOriginally0.60section
Shmoorelated to Animation and puppetryBroadway Li'l Abner0.60section
Shmoorelated to Animation and puppetryReportedly0.60section
Shmoorelated to Animation and puppetryShmoozer0.60section

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