Talk:Shmoo

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An anon user, as their only edit, added the text "In Australia shmoo is a commonly used slang for the clitoris". I am moving this to talk pending confirmation that this is common slang from our Australian editors. -- Infrogmation 06:59, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Im from melbourne, and i've never heard that expression.

I have hazy memories of a show called The New Schmoo as well. sjorford →•← 21:54, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Schmoo and Spoo

Is it possible that the Happy, Friendly, helpful Schmoo evolved into pasty, mealy, sighing Spoo, the depressing delicacy farmed across the Galaxy in Babylon 5?

[edit] Sustenance

The lead paragraph now reads "They require no sustenance of any kind." If I recall correctly, they were described as living on air. -- Infrogmation 15:33, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reasons for Destruction

The article here gives the distinct impression that the destruction of the Schmoos was purely due to government propoganda, not any real danger the Schmoos posed to society. However, the other commentaries I've seen on this all seem to say that Al Capp meant them to be dangerous, in a paradoxical way. Most importantly, I've seen it claimed that Ol' Man Mose in the strip said they were dangerous. Ol' Man Mose doesn't sound like a government propagandist; it sounds a whole lot like Al Capp trying to drive a point home. Does anyone have any sources that would shed light on this?

My source for the previous is http://www.deniskitchen.com/thestore/bios_shmoo.html . Better sources should be used, I think. -HappyMan250.1 User:68.50.195.159 03:42, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

  • The schmoos were Capp's catch-all satire on any social phenomenon that supposedly took away people's incentive to do for themselves. It's hard to tell for sure which side of the welfare state issue he was satirizing, as he himself evolved from liberal to conservative to pervert. Wahkeenah 15:19, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

I seem to recall a late 1960's story arc where the Shmoos were involved with one of General Bullmoose's concerna ("General Dy-De namics") which transformed the Shmoos into "Shimfants"- perfect infant-like creatures.Saxophobia 01:02, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plural

Isn't the plural of shmoo, shmoon?

  • No, it's "schmoos". Wahkeenah 01:15, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] guinea pig

OK, other then the fact that they are kind of roundish and are animals of some sort, what do the schmoos have to do with guinea pigs? (see 'see also' section) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.4.74.65 (talk) 19:27, 26 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] References

Magnetic core memory devices were described using Shmoo Curves. 32.97.110.142 13:49, 29 March 2007 (UTC)Dave

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