Barry K.

January 1, 1997

“Nov shmoz ka pop?” (Note spelling) was the catch phrase of a little hitchhiker who appeared transitorily in a by-strip (’30s to ’50s) to Ahearn’s “Our Boarding House.” I have just the vaguest childhood memories of this, but my Dad recalls it clearly. I had the only “Nov shmoz ka pop?” sweatshirt in the Greater Dallas Area for a brief period in the early ’60s (but that’s another story.

And your point is?