In a message dated 7/25/01 12:02:55 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
bpremack@WAVETECH.NET writes:

<< t is possible (probable?) that the Schmoo Award has been hidden in my
 subconscious for 4 decades.  After I got to thinking about it, which was
 long after the Schmoo Award Concept hit the List, I vaguely recalled that Al
 Capp's newspaper comic strip L'il Abner had some loveable creatures that
 were called Schmoos.  They resembled an overstuffed pillow (sort of like 3
 huge marshmellows), with a flexible body about 2' to 3' tall.  Their
 personality was in accord with their appearance, devoid of any
 distinguishing characteristics, but blandly mellow.
 Can anyone shed some light on my musings, or am I still trapped in the
 Twilight Zone? >>

The Twilight Zone called the List. In one of the episodes, they even ATE the
little guys. That was more than 35 years ago IIRC.

BenT