Re: CHAT: Murgatroyd (was somehow Re: Lenition)

On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Roger Mills wrote:

> Ray Brown wrote:
> >I remember many years ago in some cartoon series - I don't recall which it
> >was now - there was a catch phrase and I was never sure whether it was
> >"Heavens to Murgatroid" or "Heavens to Murkatroid" (the spelling of
> >murgatroid ~ murkatroid is probably wrong - one must be).
> >
> >I eagerly await enlightenment on the correct phrase, the cartoon & the
> >character who habitually said it   :-)
> >
> If I'm not mistaken, that's Sylvester Pussycat, whose speech is decidedly
> idiosyncratic and unrepresentative of anything American.
I believe the character was Snagglepuss (or however that is supposed to be
spelled) from the Hannah-Barbara cartoons. Same shows as Yogi Bear and
Huckleberry Hound.

Sylvester the pussycat said "Suffering succatash".

Marcus

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