History ComicStrip / SnuffySmith

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: A lot of characters from its early years have all but disappeared: Barney's wife divorced him shortly after the strip began, and his black valet was written off after Barney left the big city.

'''''Snuffy Smith''''' is a long-running newspaper comic about a hillbilly community. It originally began in 1919 as ''Barney Google'', about a diminutive sportsman involved primarily in horse races. The strip reached mainstream popularity in TheRoaringTwenties with the introduction of Barney's horse Spark Plug; The strip sparked a trend for continuity-laden comics such as 'Toots and Casper'' and ''Tillie the Toiler'', while "Sparky" became a popular nickname for boys (including future cartoonist [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charles Schulz]]), and a song about the title character and his "goo-goo-googly eyes" became a smash hit in 1923.

'''''Snuffy Smith''''' is a long-running newspaper comic about a hillbilly community. It originally began in 1919 as ''Barney Google'', about a diminutive sportsman involved primarily in horse races. The strip reached mainstream popularity in TheRoaringTwenties with the introduction of Barney's horse Spark Plug; The strip sparked a trend for continuity-laden comics such as 'Toots and Casper'' and Tillie the Toiler'' while "Sparky" became a popular nickname for boys (including future cartoonist [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charles Schulz]]), and a song about the title character and his "goo-goo-googly eyes" became a smash hit in 1923.

'''''Snuffy Smith''''' is a long-running newspaper comic about a hillbilly community. It originally began in 1919 as ''Barney Google'', about a diminutive sportsman involved primarily in horse races. The strip reached mainstream popularity in TheRoaringTwenties with the introduction of Barney's horse Spark Plug; "Sparky" became a popular nickname for boys (including future cartoonist [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charles Schulz]]), and a song about the title character and his "goo-goo-googly eyes" became a smash hit in 1923.

Has the distinction of being [[PrintLongRunners the oldest currently-running daily comic in newspaper print in the U.S.]], as ''The Katzenjammer Kids'' (running from 1897) runs only on Sundays, while ''ComicStrip/GasolineAlley'' (begun in 1918) ran originally as a Sunday-only panel.

''Snuffy Smith'' is a newspaper comic about a hillbilly community. It originally began in 1919 as ''Barney Google'', about a diminutive sportsman involved primarily in horse races. The strip reached mainstream popularity in TheRoaringTwenties with the introduction of Barney's horse Spark Plug; "Sparky" became a popular nickname for boys (including future cartoonist [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charles Schulz]]), and a song about the title character and his "goo-goo-googly eyes" became a smash hit in 1923.

** ''GreysAnatomy'' was referenced in a strip from the same time, though (as pointed out by TheComicsCurmudgeon) the show had ended by then.

* ShoutOut: {{Google}} was mentioned when Barney reappeared in 2012, as noted above.

* CommutingOnABus: Barney puts in a very occasional reappearance, though. He appeared for a week in 2012, after having not been seen for ''fifteen'' years; this was {{lampshade|hanging}}d by the sheriff asking him if he was an Internet entrepreneur.

* CommutingOnABus: Barney puts in a very occasional reappearance though. He appeared for a week in 2012, after not appearing for ''fifteen'' years, being {{lampshade|hanging}}d by the sheriff asking him if he was an Internet entrepreneur.

''Snuffy Smith'' is a newspaper comic about a hillbilly community. It originally began in 1919 as ''Barney Google'', about a diminutive sportsman involved primarily in horse races. The strip reached mainstream popularity in TheRoaringTwenties with the introduction of Barney's horse Spark Plug; "Sparky" became a popular nickname for boys (including future cartoonist [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charles Schulz]]), and a song about the title character and his "goo-goo-googly eyes" became a smash hit in 1923. Once the Smith clan was introduced in the mid-1930s, however, Barney moved OutOfFocus and was eventually written out of the strip entirely in favor of the more-popular Smith around 1954. The official name of the strip remains ''Barney Google and Snuffy Smith'', even though the former character hasn't been a regular for 60 years.

''Snuffy Smith'' is a newspaper comic about a hillbilly community. It originally began in 1919 as ''Barney Google'' about a diminutive sportsman involved primarily in horse races. The strip reached mainstream popularity in TheRoaringTwenties with the introduction of Barney's horse Spark Plug; "Sparky" became a popular nickname for boys (including future cartoonist [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charles Schulz]]), and a song about the title character and his "goo-goo-googly eyes" became a smash hit in 1923. Once the Smith clan was introduced in the mid-1930s, however, Barney moved OutOfFocus and was eventually written out of the strip entirely in favor of the more-popular Smith around 1954. The official name of the strip remains ''Barney Google and Snuffy Smith'', even though the former character hasn't been a regular for 60 years.

''Snuffy Smith'' is a newspaper comic about a hillbilly community. It originally began in 1919 as ''Barney Google'' about a diminutive sportsman involved primarily in horse races (The strip reached mainstream popularity in TheRoaringTwenties with the introduction of Barney's horse Spark Plug, with "Sparky" becoming a popular nickname at the time), but once the Smith clan was introduced in the mid-1930's, Barney moved OutOfFocus and was eventually written out of the strip entirely in favor of the more-popular Smith around 1954. The official name of the strip remains ''Barney Google and Snuffy Smith'', even though the former character hasn't been a regular for 60 years.

* WorldWarTwo: Snuffy was featured serving in the Army during the conflict, being a turning point as Barney became more and more of a secondary character.

Has the distinction of [[LongRunner being the oldest currently-running daily comic in newspaper print in the U.S.]], as ''The Katzenjammer Kids'' (running from 1897) runs only on Sundays, while ''ComicStrip/GasolineAlley'' (begun in 1918) ran originally as a Sunday-only panel.

** GreysAnatomy was referenced in a strip from the same time, though the show had ended by then, as pointed out by TheComicsCurmudgeon.

''Snuffy Smith'' is a newspaper comic about a hillbilly community. It originally began in 1919 as ''Barney Google'' about a diminutive sportsman involved primarily in horse races (The strip reached mainstream popularity in TheRoaringTwenties with the introduction of Barney's horse Spark Plug, with "Sparky" becoming a popular nickname at the time), but once the Smith clan was introduced in the mid-1930's, Barney moved OutOfFocus and was eventually written out of the strip entirely in favor of the more-popular Smith around 1954. The official name of the strip remains ''Barney Google and Snuffy Smith'', even though the former character hasn't been a regular character for 60 years.

''Snuffy Smith'' is a newspaper comic about a hillbilly community. It originally began in 1919 as ''Barney Google'' about a diminutive sportsman involved primarily in horse races (The strip reached mainstream popularity in TheRoaringTwenties with the introduction of Barney's horse Spark Plug, with "Sparky" becoming a popular nickname at the time), but once the Smith clan was introduced in the mid-1930's, Barney was eventually written out in favor of the more-popular Smith around 1954. The official name of the strip remains ''Barney Google and Snuffy Smith'', even though the former character hasn't been a regular character for about 60 years.

Has the distinction of [[LongRunner being the oldest currently-running daily comic in newspaper print in the U.S.]], as ''The Katzenjammer Kids'' (running from 1897) runs only on Sundays, while ''GasolineAlley'' (begun in 1918) ran originally as a Sunday-only panel.

* ArtifactTitle: ''Barney Google and Snuffy Smith'' has been all-Snuffy, no-Barney for ''decades''.
** According to TheOtherWiki, Barney puts in a very occasional reappearance[[hottip:*:as in 1997, and then 2012 occasional]].
* LampshadeHanging: With The Other {{Google}} having sprung to prominence in the 2000s, Barney Google's reappearance in 2012 resulted in the sheriff thinking he was supposed to be an internet entrepreneur.

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''Snuffy Smith'' is a newspaper comic about a hillbilly community. It originally began in the 1930s as ''Barney Google'', but once the Smith clan was introduced, Barney was eventually written out in favor of the more-popular Smith. The official name of the strip remains ''Barney Google and Snuffy Smith'', even though the former character hasn't been a regular character for at least 50 years.

Has the distinction of [[LongRunner being the oldest currently-running comic in newspaper print in the U.S.]]

Has the distinction of [[LongRunner being the oldest currently-running comic in print in the U.S.]]

''Snuffy Smith'' is a newspaper comic about a hillbilly community. It originally began in the 1930s as ''Barney Google'', but once the Smith clan was introduced, Barney was eventually written out in favor of the more-popular Smith. The official name of the strip remains ''Barney Google and Snuffy Smith'', even though the former character hasn't appeared in the strip in at least 50 years.