Joker Jack
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Does anyone here remember a UK kids comic from about 40 years ago (yeah, I know...) where one of the regular characters was a teacher who always dressed in a suit of armour? I think it must have been either the 'Dandy' or the 'Beano'.
The ruffian kids in the teacher's class were obsessed with finding out what their teacher looked like beneath the armour and each week the storyline featured the latest scheme they'd dreamt up to find out.
The only episode I can actually recall featured a school trip out to sea on a boat. At one point the teacher (in full armour, as ever) is on deck giving orders when a flying fish suddenly leaps out of the sea and disappears, wriggling and writhing, down the open visor of his helmet.
The next comic frame I will never forget. The wriggling fish is now down the front of the teacher's armour and it's tickling him half to death. We see him writhing around and laughing like crazy while frantically clawing at the armour. I think the speech bubble read something like “HA-HA-HA-HA! HEE-HEE-HEE! IT TICKLES! GET IT OUT!” Yes, I recall it was all in block capitals.
Of course his pupils are riveted to the scene, all desperate to see their teacher rip off his armour to stop the tickling. Alas, in the next frame, the fish has jumped back out of the teacher's armour leaving him lying on the deck of the boat gasping and panting with relief.
I think this comic scene was responsible, in part, for fuelling what was, even at that young age, an established fascination with tickling, and in particular non-consensual tickling and the tickling of dominant authority figures. I would utterly love one day to somehow find that comic strip, but alas, I don't hold out much hope!
The ruffian kids in the teacher's class were obsessed with finding out what their teacher looked like beneath the armour and each week the storyline featured the latest scheme they'd dreamt up to find out.
The only episode I can actually recall featured a school trip out to sea on a boat. At one point the teacher (in full armour, as ever) is on deck giving orders when a flying fish suddenly leaps out of the sea and disappears, wriggling and writhing, down the open visor of his helmet.
The next comic frame I will never forget. The wriggling fish is now down the front of the teacher's armour and it's tickling him half to death. We see him writhing around and laughing like crazy while frantically clawing at the armour. I think the speech bubble read something like “HA-HA-HA-HA! HEE-HEE-HEE! IT TICKLES! GET IT OUT!” Yes, I recall it was all in block capitals.
Of course his pupils are riveted to the scene, all desperate to see their teacher rip off his armour to stop the tickling. Alas, in the next frame, the fish has jumped back out of the teacher's armour leaving him lying on the deck of the boat gasping and panting with relief.
I think this comic scene was responsible, in part, for fuelling what was, even at that young age, an established fascination with tickling, and in particular non-consensual tickling and the tickling of dominant authority figures. I would utterly love one day to somehow find that comic strip, but alas, I don't hold out much hope!