Animals
Follies of the Madmen #219
The connection? I can only assume that once upon a time, tennis rackets were restrung with sheep guts. But the image is certainly bizarre.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 06, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Sports, 1940s
Eva the Kitler Cat, 1951
Kitler cats (aka cats that look like Hitler) are very popular on the Internet. But people were noticing that some cats look like Hitler long before the Internet ever existed.A case in point is Eva here, who received national attention back in 1951. The image and brief text are from Newsweek - Oct 1, 1951.
Posted By: Alex - Sun May 04, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, 1950s
Easter bunny controversy
An Easter ad campaign recently generated controversy over in Europe. A Swiss shopping center promoted the opening of a new shop by running an advertisement showing a rabbit that (through the magic of photoshop) appeared to be wearing a pair of panties. A representative from an animal protection group said, "From our point of view, the respect of the rabbit has been badly damaged." And went on to suggest that the image could promote unwholesome feelings of desire towards animals.
This isn't the first time WU has reported on an Easter bunny controversy. Two years ago we called attention to an ad for Cadbury's caramel nibbles that featured a similarly provocative rabbit.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Apr 28, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Advertising, Easter
Cortocircuito en la Selva
PeloMONO - Cortocircuito en la selva from Perles & Perles on Vimeo.
That sure is a swell tune. Weird video, though.
The group's homepage, in Spanish.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 12, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Music, Surrealism
Cat & Budgie
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 08, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Advertising
D U FLY?
As you can see a goose flew right into the windshield of a car shattering the windshield, and the goose as well, from the look of it. Seeing as this happened in Golden, Colorado it makes one wonder if the goose may have been flying drunk. Where is Avians Against Drunk Fliers when you need them??
Posted By: Alex - Sun Apr 06, 2014 -
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Category: Animals
Pet Fawn
Back in the 1940s, Beth Pitt liked to take her pet fawn named "Star Messenger" on walks through New York City. As reported by The New Yorker in its Dec 6, 1941 issue:
It was the part about letting the fawn roam off-leash in Central Park that eventually got her in trouble, landing her a $2 fine.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Apr 02, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, 1940s
The Pig Swing
Alas, today's factory farming of pork precludes such luxury treatment.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 27, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Farming, Technology, 1960s
Gay’s Lion Farm
For almost 20 years, the only commercial lion breeding facility (and tourist attraction) "in the world."
The Wikipedia entry.
Article from 1926.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 26, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Farming, Sightseeing, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s
Manhog
)I have no explanation for this micro-video. It might be the work of this fellow. But whatever the source, whatever the intention, it sure is weird.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 23, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Video, Surrealism
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