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Mary Worth

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Mary Worth is a soap-opera style comic strip by Allen Saunders. The title character is a recent widow who moves to a condominium complex in California, where just about everybody seems to have some sort of problem. In most of the strips, one of the "young" people in the neighborhood is troubled by a problem such as drug abuse, alcoholism, infidelity, or teen pregnancy, which Mary takes it upon herself to fix. Though she is the title character, and the catalyst for most of the strips' dramatic plots, Mary herself doesn't appear all that frequently. Rather she is set up as a frame device to get each plot rolling, usually through her incessant meddling sage counsel. Mary Worth evolved from Apple Mary, a successful comic strip created in 1932 by Martha Orr, about an elderly woman who sells apples around her neighborhood. The earlier Apple Mary was taken over and renamed by artist Dale Conner, who had previously been Martha Orr's assistant. Later, when Allen Saunders signed on as the scripter, the strip appeared under the pseudonym "Dale Allen", a combination of the collaborators' given names. The strip reached its apex under Saunders and artist Ken Ernst. The title was shortened in 1942 when Ernst succeeded Conner. It was also published briefly by Harvey Comics as Love Stories of Mary Worth (1949–50). Mary Worth is a newspaper comic strip distributed by King Features Syndicate which debuted in 1940. The strip featured Mary Worth very little in its earliest years, her role being to give matronly advice to the vixens and ingenues featured heavily in the storylines. In recent years the focus has gravitated towards Mary herself, and her closest friends.

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Mary Worth is a soap-opera style comic strip by Allen Saunders. The title character is a recent widow who moves to a condominium complex in California, where just about everybody seems to have some sort of problem. In most of the strips, one of the "young" people in the neighborhood is troubled by a problem such as drug abuse, alcoholism, infidelity, or teen pregnancy, which Mary takes it upon herself to fix. Though she is the title character, and the catalyst for most of the strips' dramatic plots, Mary herself doesn't appear all that frequently. Rather she is set up as a frame device to get each plot rolling, usually through her incessant meddling sage counsel. The strip is subject to frequent parody from other newspaper comic strips, and it is ripe Snark Bait. The Comics Curmudgeon has brought attention back to it. There's also an old English legend about a ghost called "Bloody Mary Worth" who will slash at your face if you repeat the phrase "Bloody Mary" thirteen times in front of a mirror. This old legend has nothing to do with the comic strip, though; Saunders hadn't heard of the legend when he named his character, and the comic strip Mary Worth would prefer to serve you salmon squares instead. Mary Worth evolved from Apple Mary, a successful comic strip created in 1932 by Martha Orr, about an elderly woman who sells apples around her neighborhood. The earlier Apple Mary was taken over and renamed by artist Dale Conner, who had previously been Martha Orr's assistant. Later, when Allen Saunders signed on as the scripter, the strip appeared under the pseudonym "Dale Allen", a combination of the collaborators' given names. The strip reached its apex under Saunders and artist Ken Ernst. The title was shortened in 1942 when Ernst succeeded Conner. It was also published briefly by Harvey Comics as Love Stories of Mary Worth (1949–50). Mary Worth is a newspaper comic strip distributed by King Features Syndicate which debuted in 1940. The strip featured Mary Worth very little in its earliest years, her role being to give matronly advice to the vixens and ingenues featured heavily in the storylines. In recent years the focus has gravitated towards Mary herself, and her closest friends. The strip's popularity was evident in the multiple parodies, homages, and allusions in various media, including a Carol Burnett Show satire entitled "Mary Worthless", and nods in other comics such as FoxTrot, Pearls Before Swine, and The Far Side (where one of its typical characters tells a character stylized in the manner of Mary Worth that they must be looking for "Apartment 3-G or one of those other serious cartoons.") The strip was parodied in the Muppet Babies episode "Comic Capers", where Baby Piggy is looking at the Sunday funnies, namely "Apartment 3-B", which features the character Piggy Worthalot. Described by Piggy as "the nosiest of all", Worthalot eavesdrops on an argument between her next door neighbors, offering them some "words of wisdom."