Johnny Learns His Manners

Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 05, 2013 - Comments (2)
Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Body Modifications, Etiquette and Formal Behavior, PSA’s, Children, 1940s

Fear of Flying

Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 15, 2013 - Comments (1)
Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Nature, Cartoons

Gumby on the Moon

I tend to forget--and perhaps a younger generation never knew--just how weird Gumby was, right from his first adventure, seen here.

Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 05, 2013 - Comments (3)
Category: Anthropomorphism, Family, Surrealism, Stop-motion Animation, Space Travel, 1950s

POUND, by Downey Sr & Jr

The first clip shows Robert Downey Jr's first role in the year 1970, in a film by his father, Robert Downey Sr. As an example of late-60's weirdness-- Well, let's hear from Leanne Benson at IMDB:

I saw this film last night at the Barbican in London, apparently it hadn't been shown for thirty years, longer than I've been alive! We were warned at the beginning that it wasn't the easiest film to watch and with that in mind, I actually found it not too difficult to watch. All the characters were very different and I really like the idea of having people play the animals. It was pretty sad but also heartwarming in a way. I loved Robert Downey jr as the puppy, so cute!!!

I would say that the film was pretty bizarre and I'm not sure if I could watch it again for a while but for someone like me who is interested in they ways of past decades, I think it was a brilliant peek into the late sixties. There was one particular character, the old lady who played the dog with the mange problem who I thought was brilliant, amazing styling and directing. A film that should be available to be shown.

Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 18, 2013 - Comments (2)
Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Celebrities, Movies, Avant Garde, Surrealism, 1960s

Fatman the Human Flying Saucer

Read the totality of this title's three issues here.

The Wikipedia scoop here.

Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 17, 2013 - Comments (12)
Category: Anthropomorphism, Body Modifications, Comics, 1960s

Follies of the Madmen #207

Cartoon characters from one of the most politically incorrect films of Hollywood history shill for Rambler. Is this why that company eventually went under?

Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 02, 2013 - Comments (17)
Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Racism, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1950s, Cars

Flip the Frog in A CHINAMAN’S CHANCE

Zip ahead to the five-minute mark to see Flip the Frog toking on an opium pipe.

Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 28, 2013 - Comments (2)
Category: Anthropomorphism, Drugs, Cartoons, 1930s

Exit

Exit from Rebel Banana on Vimeo.

Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 16, 2013 - Comments (2)
Category: Annoying Things, Anthropomorphism, Destruction, Motor Vehicles, Cartoons

Twinkle, The Star That Came Down From Heaven

In the mid-1960s, when I was in elementary school, I had a subscription to HUMPTY DUMPTY MAGAZINE. A very weird comic strip therein was titled "Twinkle, The Star That Came Down From Heaven." (Seen above, drawn by Jerry Smath, and courtesy of the Flickr stream of Glen Mullaly.) Even as a kid, I knew it was strange. A living, sentient star who manifested on Earth in a bipolar costume and kept his face-equipped iconic star head? And did he come from the celestial heaven or the Christian Heaven? Far out!

Little did I know until recently that "Twink" had earlier adventures in the 1940s, in the pages of CALLING ALL KIDS, that were even more bizarre in their fashion. Unfortunately, no information remains about the writer and/or artist who was crazed enough to invent Twinkle.



You can read several issues here.

This issue appears to be Twink's origin story.

I love those giant railroad engineer/welder's gloves he wears in his 1940s incarnation.

Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 15, 2013 - Comments (4)
Category: Anthropomorphism, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, Comics, Children, 1940s, 1960s

King Ding Dong

If only the psychedlic-era King Ding Dong had been allowed to rule the Hostess company, they might still be with us today.

Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 11, 2013 - Comments (6)
Category: Anthropomorphism, Royalty, Advertising, Chocolate, Junk Food, 1970s