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* DevelopmentHell: A film adaptation was announced in 2010, but nothing has come out of it.
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* NamesTheSame: The producer of the TV specials is [[{{Literature/Twilight}} Edward F. Cullen]].
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* LongRunner: Sixty years as of 2020.

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* LongRunner: Sixty Sixty-two years as of 2020.2022.
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* LongRunner: Sixty years as of 2020.
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* NamesTheSame: The producer's name on the Easter special is named [[{{Literature/Twilight}} Edward F. Cullen]].

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* NamesTheSame: The producer's name on producer of the Easter special TV specials is named [[{{Literature/Twilight}} Edward F. Cullen]].
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* CelebrityVoiceActor: In the Easter special, Dizzy Gillespie voices the Easter Bunny.
* NamesTheSame: The producer's name on the Easter special is named [[{{Literature/Twilight}} Edward F. Cullen]].
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: The family is based on Bil Keane's own family. The main differences are that the Keanes had five kids, Jeffy is the only one who shares his character's name, and "Dolly" (actually Gayle) was the oldest.

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* WriteWhoYouKnow: The As mentioned above, the family is based on Bil Keane's own family. The main differences are that the real Keanes had five kids, Jeffy Jeff is the only one who shares his character's name, and "Dolly" (actually Gayle) was the oldest.
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* RecycledScript: Having been around as long as it has, an increasing number of panels have been "remade" over the years, most noticably Christmas-related ones; there are also long stretches of reruns from ''decades ago''. Since the strip's humor hasn't evolved, it's hard to tell which are remade/reruns and which aren't if one didn't read the panels back when they were new or in the book collections.

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* RecycledScript: Having been around as long as it has, an increasing number of panels have been "remade" over the years, most noticably Christmas-related ones; there are also long stretches of reruns from ''decades ago''. Since the strip's humor hasn't evolved, it's hard to tell which are remade/reruns and which aren't if one didn't read the panels back when they were new or in the book collections.collections.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: The family is based on Bil Keane's own family. The main differences are that the Keanes had five kids, Jeffy is the only one who shares his character's name, and "Dolly" (actually Gayle) was the oldest.
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* OutlivedItsCreator: Following Bil Keane's death in November 2011, son Jeff (on whom Jeffy is based) has continued to go solo. He had previously helped Dad on the strip starting in the 2000s.

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* OutlivedItsCreator: Following Bil Keane's death in November 2011, son Jeff (on whom Jeffy is based) has continued to go solo. He had previously helped Dad on the strip starting in the 2000s.2000s.
* RecycledScript: Having been around as long as it has, an increasing number of panels have been "remade" over the years, most noticably Christmas-related ones; there are also long stretches of reruns from ''decades ago''. Since the strip's humor hasn't evolved, it's hard to tell which are remade/reruns and which aren't if one didn't read the panels back when they were new or in the book collections.

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