1953-05-03

Summary
Owl is preparing for his Dirt (teevy program) show, and has the Bats practice their act. Deacon brings Mole as a special guest. Mole, seeing the bats, sprays them with disinfectant. When they object, he apologizes and says he was trying to clean up the material.

Story Notes
This strip combines the Dirt (teevy program) and Mole cleaning the swamp story arcs.

Real-World References
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Quotes
"'Do you herd sheep?' ol' Gramma cried... My grampa leapt in fright ... 'That grammar's wrong!' to me he sighed, ' Have you heard sheep is right!'" - the Bats

"We is clean as a weasel ." - the Bats