Their monetary unit was the "Rasbucknik", of which one was worth nothing, and a large quantity was worth even less, due to the trouble of lugging them around. The Slobbovian politicians were even more corrupt than their Dogpatch counterparts. Upper Slobbovia was the only habitat of the Schmeagles, birds who flew so fast they could not be seen.Ĭonceptually based on Siberia, or perhaps specifically on Birobidzhan, Capp's icy hellhole was ruled by King Stubbornovsky the Last (a.k.a. As real icebergs at intervals have their larger subsea components erode away, causing genuine icebergs to invert, so Slobbovia periodically overturned, making Upper Slobbovia into Lower Slobbovia & vice versa. Phogbound-Capp's caricatures of ruthless business interests and corrupt political interests, respectively-were often pitted against the pathetic Lower Slobbovians in a classic mismatch of haves versus have-nots.Ĭapp conceived Slobbovia as a large iceberg. Lower Slobbovians spoke with burlesque pidgin- Russian accents the miserable frozen wasteland of Capp's invention abounded in incongruous Yiddish humor. The favorite dish of the starving natives was raw polar bear (and vice versa). In Li'l Abner, the hapless residents of Lower Slobbovia were perpetually waist-deep in snow, and icicles hung from every frostbitten nose. The term, having entered the language, remains a contemporary reference. Making its first appearance on April 4, 1946, frigid, faraway Lower Slobbovia was fashioned as a pointedly political satire of backward nations and foreign diplomacy. The term was created by cartoonist Al Capp to refer to a setting in his classic hillbilly comic strip, Li'l Abner (1934–1977). First coined by Al Capp in 1946, the term has also been used by Americans to refer in an informal way to any foreign country of no particular distinction. Lower Slobbovia (also sometimes Outer, Inner, Central, Upper or Lowest Slobbovia) is a fictional country portrayed as underdeveloped, socially backward, remote, impoverished or unenlightened.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |