Richer than Ben Gump

Posted by ESC on October 23, 2002

In Reply to: Richer than Ben Gump posted by Donald Earl Lowery on October 23, 2002

: My "Slickern Owl Hocky" went so well, I will try one more. Oh, I just added a final response to that one, if you are interested.

: No. 2--What is the origin of "Richer than Ben Gump"? Or, if you will, "Richern Ben Gump".

I googled "Ben Gump" and came up with several sites. One made reference to "Ben Gump (cartoon character), a small tin cup on his head." Now if we can jump get more information on that. I'm betting that is the source.

• Got more money than Ben Gump ESC 10/23/02
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