A Toast to Repeal Day!
Today, Dec. 5, 2025, is a day of celebration for members of the Don Marquis Double Scotch and Prohibition Society! Continue Reading
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Happy 147th birthday, Don!
Don Marquis was born July 29, 1878, in Walnut, Illinois, a small, dusty town 40 miles from the Mississippi River. Continue Reading
‘The Old Soak’ — First on the Radio in 1923
CNN says its June 7 broadcast of George Clooney’s play “Good Night, and Good Luck” will be a first for Continue Reading
Ralph Barton Draws Don
One of the most endearing portraits of Don Marquis was drawn by the brilliant 1920s book and magazine illustrator Ralph Continue Reading
Updates!
At long last, your editor has fixed a number of bugs that have bugged him, and most likely you, too Continue Reading
Behind the Scene, with Big Bill, Archy and Mehitabel
Here is brief clip showing actors Alan Reed (left) and Eddie Bracken reading lines from the 1971 animated movie Shinbone Alley Continue Reading
A Face In the Crowd
Don Marquis ranked in the top tier of Broadway celebrities in early 1922, even though his own comic masterpiece, The Old Soak, was Continue Reading
Something More?
We know Don Marquis today as a humorist (a satirist, really), but perhaps he should be remembered as something more a Continue Reading
Don Marquis in the News
WIT AND WHIMSY: Follow this link for a wonderful birthday tribute to Don Marquis by Bill Knight, a syndicated columnist appearing Continue Reading
Tender Thoughts on Valentine’s Day
Poring over reels of microfilm at the New York Pubic Library occasionally reveals unexpected treasure. A case in point is the following Continue Reading