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Private Carl James "Beetle" Bailey is the main character and strip's namesake, a feckless, shirking, perpetual goof-off and straggler known for his chronic laziness and generally insubordinate attitude. Slack, hapless, lanky and freckled, Beetle's eyes are always concealed, whether by headgear or, in the rare instance of not wearing any (e.g., in the shower), by his hair.In early strips, it was revealed that he is the brother of Lois Flagston (from the Hi and Lois comic strip, which Mort Walker wrote, and Dik Browne drew). Beetle is a member of "Kilo Company" 3rd Battalion of the 9th Infantry Regiment (United States), 13th Division {fictional}.Beetle's and Lois's grandmother came from Dublin, Ireland. He has an enforced chef's palate from being forced to taste Cookie's questionable preparations.

History[]

In 1997, Macy's would help United Media to produce a balloon based on the world's famous sergent cartoon character: Beetle Bailey, this balloon was also the 3rd character that United Media transformed into a balloon (the first one being Snoopy which became a balloon in 1968 and Garfield in 1984).

In his debut, he managed to survive the route as he was not damaged by the fierce winds, due to this, the character would become a crowd favourite and continued to appear in 1999, 2000 (to celebrate his 50th Birthday), 2001 and 2002, after the latter year he kinda disappeared until 2005, where he came back to celebrate his 55th Birthday.

After 2005, Beetle Bailey got retired, luckly, the balloon still survives as of 2017.

Incident[]

  • In 1997, Beetle Bailey got his hat punctured at 48th street due to this he was lowered to the ground.
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