Trivia
Spike Milligan was a fan of the Popeye cartoons and took the name of The Goon Show from Alice and her tribe.
Robert Crumb featured in his later Mr. Natural comics a character named The Mega Baby, a giantess dressed as a baby, closely resembling Alice.
This character coined the word goon, a word that had never existed before.
In 2012, the next planned next statue at the Popeye Picnic is due to be Alice the Goon set to be unveiled at the Rozier's Grocery Store in Chester, Illinois.
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“Pop artists deal with the lowly trivia of possessions and equipment that the present generation is lugging along with it on its safari into the future.”
—J.G. (James Graham)
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