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Sad Sack is an American comic strip and comic book character created by Sgt. George Baker during World War II. Set in the United States Army, Sad Sack depicted an otherwise unnamed, lowly private experiencing some of the absurdities and humiliations of military life.
The Sad Sack is a 1957 American comedy film based on the Harvey Comics character of the same title, created by George Baker. The film stars Jerry Lewis and Peter Lorre and was released by Paramount Pictures .
Dec 20, 2013 · Nobody ever had it as bad as the Sack—the Sad Sack, George Baker’s perpetually luckless anti-hero of World War II. The world was poised to dump on him, and Baker made sure it did—creating in the process one of the most popular cartoon characters of the twentieth century.
May 15, 2019 · The term sad sack denotes an inept blundering person. It originated:– in U.S. Army slang,– in the early 1940s,– according to its earliest definitions, as an epithet for a dejected or sloppy soldier. —Cf. the name Joe Soap, which originally designated an unintelligent person in British Army slang.
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Aug 4, 2023 · Nobody ever had it as bad as the Sack—the Sad Sack, George Baker’s perpetually luckless anti-hero of World War II. The world was calmly to dump on him, and Baker made sure it did—creating in the process one of the most popular cartoon characters of the twentieth century.
With Jerry Lewis, David Wayne, Phyllis Kirk, Peter Lorre. A bumbling hero with a photographic memory winds up in Morocco as a private in the French Foreign Legion. He still hasn't adjusted after 18 months. Among other things, he's lost a tank.
George Baker (May 22, 1915 – May 7, 1975) was a cartoonist who became prominent during World War II as the creator of the popular comic strip The Sad Sack . The 1957 comedy film The Sad Sack starring Jerry Lewis was based on Baker's fictional character. Biography. Early life and education.
