# So Aunt Fritz is kind of hot, right? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aunt-fritz-is-kind-of-hot-right/498595 "2009-06-03T16:47:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aunt-fritz-is-kind-of-hot-right/498595/1 "2009-06-03T16:47:04Z")
Inspired by [This post over by here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11205818&postcount=40). So Fritz Ritz is pretty good looking, she started out (way back when) as a flapper, then Nancy took over the strip and Fritz was phased out only to come back again years later. Does it seem odd that a comic about an innocent little girl like Nancy has a nicely proportioned aunt around her? And seriously, what’s with the T-shirts she wears? ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aunt-fritz-is-kind-of-hot-right/498595/2 "2009-06-03T17:02:03Z")
Yeah, except for the lack of an external nose. The whole “nostrils opening directly into the face” thing strikes me as rather alien or perhaps zombie-like. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aunt-fritz-is-kind-of-hot-right/498595/3 "2009-06-03T17:05:32Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > And seriously, what’s with the T-shirts she wears? I don’t know if it’s what you mean, but Fritzi Ritz usually wears T-shirts with the names of bands or musicians that are favorites of Guy Gilchrist, who draws the strip. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aunt-fritz-is-kind-of-hot-right/498595/4 "2009-06-03T17:22:01Z")
You mean Fritz **i**. [Fritz](http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/cartoon/images/miscellaneous/hansundfritz.JPG) is not the least bit hot. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aunt-fritz-is-kind-of-hot-right/498595/5 "2009-06-03T17:29:43Z")
She’s no Blondie or Daisey Mae. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aunt-fritz-is-kind-of-hot-right/498595/6 "2009-06-03T19:42:23Z")
I’m squicked out by the thought that anyone, anywhere would have an “Aunt Fritz” that was “hot”. What next, sexy Sister Bruno? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aunt-fritz-is-kind-of-hot-right/498595/7 "2009-06-04T07:26:02Z")
The strip was originally called [Fritzi Ritz](http://www.toonopedia.com/fritzi.htm). Nancy was introduced into the strip in 1933, eleven years after the strip’s debut. Nancy eventually took over the strip, but Aunt Fritzi still shows up occasionally.