Our Boarding House
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Our Boarding House was a gag panel launched September 16. 1921, by Gene Ahern. It was syndicated by NEA, scoring a huge success with readers after the January 1922 arrival of the fustian Major Hoople.
After Ahern left NEA in March 1936 for King Features, others took over Our Boarding House, including Bela Zaboly, Wood Cowan, Bill Braucher, Bill Freyse, Jim Branagan and Tom McCormick. The cartoon feature finally came to an end on March 29, 1981.
There was a one-shot comic book (1943) and a Big Little Book (Major Hoople and His Horse). The Major Hoople radio series began on the Blue Network June 22, 1942. With Arthur Q. Bryan in the title role, the 30-minute program aired on Mondays at 4:05pm on the West Coast and 7:05pm on the East Coast. Patsy Moran had the role of Hoople's wife Martha. Conrad Binyon and Frank Bresee portrayed Hoople's "precocious little nephew," Little Alvin. Mel Blanc played the star boarder, Tiffany Twiggs. The radio series ended April 26, 1943. No recordings of Major Hoople are known to exist.
