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* ''[[Lil Abner]]'': On August 31, 1948, cartoonist Al Capp introduced the schmoo, a bewhiskered white blob of a creature that looked like a bowling pin with legs. Schmoos seemed to exist only to provide humanity with its every need. Capp said he came up with the idea of the schmoo when he was driving through the New England countryside and saw the abundance that the earth provided. People of all political stripes -- communists and capitalists alike -- saw the schmoos as an analogy critical of their beliefs. (The fact that "schmoos" rhymes with "schmooze" didn't help.) Schmoos were [[Explosive Breeder|Explosive Breeders]] that laid eggs and could give milk. If they really loved you, they'd could lay a cheesecake. And if you expressed a desire to eat a schmoo, one of them would die of ecstasy just to provide you with the opportunity. Naturally, a schmoo [[Tastes Like Chicken]]. Fed up with all the controversy over a character he claimed was nothing more than a commentary on the abundance of nature, Capp carried out a [[Writer Revolt]] by slaughtering the entire species in December. [[The Other Wiki]] has a more detailed analysis of the schmoos [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Shmoo |here]].

*** Adventure ''[http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Caverns_of_Tsojcanth:Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth|S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth]]''. A group of dao (similar to djinn) create an illusion of a desirable setting to lure the party into a cave. When the party enters, the dao attack.

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