“According to artist R. Crumb in ZAP COMIX #0, the ’60s really began in a dime store in Jersey City in 1959 when, during a fight with Mrs. Knish, Mrs. Yahootie got hit with a meatball from out of nowhere right after a voice suddenly heralded its impending arrival The event changed Mrs.Yahootie’s life. But it wasn’t until a machinist for Dempster Dumpmaster was awakened by a meatball from a nightmare about the H-bomb that the metaphor took off. All across the country, “getting hit with a meatball” became synonymous with consciousness-raising.”
