1. This cache has been placed for the CARW event with the intention that it not be located prior to 09:00h Saturday March 2, 2024.
2. Should you hunt and find this cache before the event start, it will not count for the event, and FTF points are only valid as of 09:00h March 2, 2024. |
LEAPIN' LIZARDS MYSTERY CACHE
*** Cache is NOT at posted coordinates ***
Little Orphan Annie was a daily American comic strip created by Harold Gray and syndicated by the Tribune Media Services. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" by James Whitcomb Riley, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York Daily News.
The catch phrase "Leapin' Lizards" was comonly seen spoken by little Annie, as an Exclaimation or preface to something interesting.
The comic plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) organized labor, the New Deal and communism.
Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were rerun. Little Orphan Annie inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by RKO in 1932 and Paramount in 1938 and a Broadway musical Annie in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in 1982, once on TV in 1999, once in 2014, and a live TV production in 2021). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it Ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in Dick Tracy.
The 1982 American musical comedy-drama film "Annie" was directed by John Huston and written by Carol Sobieski, and the cast included Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Bernadette Peters, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry, Geoffrey Holder, Edward Herrmann, with Aileen Quinn as the title character. It was the first film adaptation of the musical. The Leapin' Lizards catch Phrase was captured as seen here (click on photo link):
As this CARW is to celebrate all things "LEAP", I thought to highlight this "Leapin' Lizards" history from this iconic character.
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