# CalMeacham Pop Culture Articles in Small Press Journals **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calmeacham-pop-culture-articles-in-small-press-journals/1025364 "2025-12-03T12:31:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calmeacham-pop-culture-articles-in-small-press-journals/1025364/1 "2025-12-03T12:31:56Z")
I just found out that **The Three Stooges Journal** finally published the article I wrote for them based on my Straight Dope Board thread from a year ago, “Moe Howard and the Australian Mermaid”. It appeared in the Summer 2025 issue (#194), and they retitled it “Moe Howard…_Diving Girl???_”. I did some further research and found out who it was that Moe Howard (and Ted Healy) had actually been working with. For some reason the didn’t tell me about it when it came out. I wrote to them and asked when it would be coming out recently, and learned yesterday that they’d already published it. They sent me a scan. > [@Moe Howard and the Australian Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moe-howard-and-the-australian-mermaid/1011980/13): > > Diabolo tennis: > **[The Three Stooges Journal - Issue No. 194](https://www.threestooges.net/journal/view/194)** > > A complete reference site for the Three Stooges; includes all of their films, appearances, recordings, comics, books and much more. I also learned yesterday that the article I submitted to _NAPHA Chronicle_, the journal of the National Amusement Park History Association, will probably be coming out this coming year, but they couldn’t tell me when. I sked and answered the question of when Thompson and Dundy came up with their design for the Moonship in their 1901 ride _A Trip to the Moon_. Their attraction predated rocket ships, and even (except for one or two obscure visionaries) the _concept_ of a rocket to outer space. So where did they get their inspiration from? Their ride actually predates most of the things you’d think were influences. > **[NAPHA Chronicle Magazine | National Amusement Park Historical Association](https://napha.org/Magazine)** > > NAPHA News and NAPHA NewsFlash! > **[A Trip to the Moon (attraction)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_to_the_Moon_(attraction))** > > A Trip to the Moon was a pioneering early dark ride, best known as the flagship and namesake of Luna Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City. > A Trip to the Moon was originally designed by Frederic Thompson for the Pan-American Exposition of 1901 in Buffalo, New York. Tickets for the popular ride were US$0.50 ($19.00 in 2024 dollars) at the time, twice the price of other attractions at the exposition. It was experienced by over 400,000 people before it closed on November 2, 1901. It was the... ---
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calmeacham-pop-culture-articles-in-small-press-journals/1025364/3 "2025-12-03T20:37:21Z")
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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calmeacham-pop-culture-articles-in-small-press-journals/1025364/4 "2025-12-03T21:52:39Z")
Way to go, Cal. If it’s any consolation, I’ve had the same experience of never hearing back from a magazine until I had the magazine in my hands with my article.