In addition to the cyber-applause displayed on the main page, I am pleased to have been recognized by the following dwellers of the Web:

"Retro" the online "Magazine of Classic 20th Century Popular Culture" spotlights "Anything that was ever cool."  This is the sort of stuff that fans who like this sort of stuff like.  You won't find a more thoughtful or well designed popular culture oriented site on the Web.  I was pleased to be singled out for recognition in the Sept/Oct 1997 issue.

In the "Guide to the Best of the Best" for the week of September 2-9, 1997, Yahoo! Internet Life Daily placed our little effort at the top of the list, saying:

"The Web, you say, has tons of information on even the most obscure corners of popular culture.

 Yes, we say, but some topics (JFK conspiracy theories, Dilbert, Pamela Lee) get more tonnage than others (the Pie Girl Dinner, Katzenjammer Kids, Sally Rand).  If you said "who?" to any of the last three, get thee immediately to this site, where some of the less well-lit corners of 20th-century popcult are brilliantly illuminated.  Big fun."

According to The Mining Company, "Vot Der Dumboozle?" is among the "Best of the Net."  In its own words, The Mining Company is "The Net's only place with hundreds of real, live Guides digging deep to find the best resources on the topics you care about.  The Mining Company's Guides lead sites on just about every topic imaginable."

We have been recognized in the "Popular Culture" section of the vast Suite 101 culture and entertainment resource pages.  In October 1997, Laura Lee, thereof, referred to your host as "A man after my own heart."  If you haven't yet visited Suite 101, it's high time that you do.

"Vot Der Dumboozle?" was among the sites chosen for recognition by Martin's Page, "A World of Links," for the week of September 6, 1997.  Martin's Page is exactly what it's subheading suggests.

I have been "six-packed."  The "Six-Pack", radiating from way up in Newfoundland, is a Canadian site that cobbles together a group of six sites, on a weekly basis, which it considers to be worthy of presentation to the Internet public.   [First week of September 1997]

An excellent site located in Italy, but devoted to the promotion of comic and cartoon art throughout the world, Anonima Fumetti called attention to our Katzenjammer Kids and Carl Barks pages on August 13, 1997.

Our "Pop Artifacts" site was featured on May 28, 1997.  You should check the Web Watch page in the Jacksonville Times-Union, if only to see the little animated sailboat.

If, by some strange twist of fate, a search engine has brought you to this page, rather than to my main page, perhaps you would enjoy some of the other pages in the "Popular Culture Excavation Site."  Descriptions may be found on my home page or you may go directly to the page of your choice by clicking on one of these seductive little images.

In addition to being uncovered by a number of commercial "cool site" prospectors, I am particularly pleased that my efforts have been recognized by fellow sojourners in the fields of popular culture.

Why didn't I think of this name first?  Well, at least someone did.  Vot Der Dumboozle? was awarded an unsolicited recognition by The Duke of URL on November 7, 1997.  Check out the other stuff that the Duke has to recommend, especially if you are in the over-50 group.

The Hazel Court portion of "Vot Der Dumboozle?" was named as by the classic movie site "A Time of Innocence" for the week of October 20, 1997.  Webmaster (and GeoCities neighbor) Ron Hunt has done a fine job of locating lots of information for fans of movies released during the late '40s and early '50s.

The Hazel Court page has also been given the stamp of approval (October 1997) by "Bogie and Baby".  Webmaster (another GeoCities neighbor) William L. Paolucci's interesting site is dedicated to Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.  He also maintains a number of other (mostly) movie-related sites.  How do people have this kind of time?

The Katzenjammer Kids page was reviewed (favorably) by the guys at the Internet Cartoons Forum on November 17, 1997.  Lots of comic art material is available through this valuable site.

According to a site entititled   From the Ridiculous to the Sublime, a "sublime" site is one which is "lofty, grand, or exalted in thought, expression or manner."  Vot Der Dumboozle? was named Sublime Site of the Week for December 14, 1997, with the remark "View this page and transcend the ordinary."

Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index! called attention to our 100th birthday celebration for the Katzenjammer Kids, during the last week of December 1997.  Lots of info regarding matters suggested by its title (including current comics industry news) may be found at this site.

Vot Der Dumboozle? was selected as the "Place to Be" in December 1997, by Pop-Culture-Corn, an online popular culture zine at Northwestern University, which offers reviews of comics, films, music, and web pages.  According to PCC, these "refreshing" pages are "worth a thorough exploration."

The Western Swing portion of this site was selected to receive the elusive "Bunkhouse Award" from Teddy Blue's Bunkhouse, a site which will be of interest to fans of "cowboy reenacting," western movies, and other matters having to do with the Old West.  Old pard Teddy declares that this award is not one of the "dime a dozen" type, so I am duly appreciative of this unsolicited recognition.

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You are the most recent of the meticulously thorough travelers who have ventured to this page since November 18, 1997.  On that date, the 6-month anniversary of the "Popular Culture Excavation Site," the number of visitors to the main menu of "Vot Der Dumboozle?" crossed the 19,000 threshold and independent counters, set at zero, were added to each page.

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