Herbie Popnecker

Herbie Popnecker
Examples of Recurring Themes

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Herbie Popnecker Examples:
Recurring Gags:
Dad, the Masher

Created: 2008-10-23     Updated: 2013-01-06  
Stories: 5     Examples: 9     Links: 2  

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Pincus Popnecker loves his wife, but thinks he is quite a stud. Well, he wishes it were so. Women swoon, not for him, but for Herbie.

Index terms: unconfident, vain, vanity, Dad, Pincus Popnecker, Richard E. Hughes, Ogden Whitney

Dad thinks he's quite the prize...
Source: Herbie #1b p.2 (1964-04)
Updated: 2008-10-23
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Dad thinks he's quite the prize...
...but it's Herbie who the women want.
Source: Herbie #1b p.3 (1964-04)
Updated: 2008-10-23
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...but it's Herbie who the women want .
Sometimes Dad can't control himself...
Source: Herbie #11a p.5 (1965-08)
Updated: 2008-10-23
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Sometimes Dad can't control himself...
Prime Example: ...so Herbie controls him.
Source: Herbie #11a p.6 (1965-08)
Updated: 2008-10-23
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Prime Example : ...so Herbie controls him.
If Herbie is not right there, Dad can pay the consequences.
Source: Herbie #12b p.3 (1965-09)
Updated: 2008-10-23
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If Herbie is not right there, Dad can pay the consequences.
Dad has an idea but it does not work out...
Source: Herbie #19a p.10 (1966-08)
Updated: 2008-10-23
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Dad has an idea but it does not work out...
...and Herbie is not above exploiting the situation.
Source: Herbie #19a p.14 (1966-08)
Updated: 2008-10-23
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...and Herbie is not above exploiting the situation.
Dad's fantasy leads to the real Cleopatra being brought to the Popnecker household while Mom's away...
Source: Herbie #19b p.1 (1966-08)
Updated: 2008-10-23
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Dad's fantasy leads to the real Cleopatra being brought to the Popnecker household while Mom's away...
...but Herbie gets rid of the problem and gets the most positive response he's ever gotten from Dad.
Source: Herbie #19b p.11 (1966-08)
Updated: 2008-10-23
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...but Herbie gets rid of the problem and gets the most positive response he's ever gotten from Dad.