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Hillary’s emoji
The cover of the March 30th New Yorker, “Clinton’s Emoji” by Barry Blitt: From the cover story by Mina Kaneko and Françoise Muhly: “Where would we be without emoticons, emoji, and sideways winky faces...
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Still more news for penises
In previous instalments: “The news for penises” of 9/14/11; and “More news for penises” of 4/23/13. And now another bundle of stories: on the first successful penis transplant; on the Banana Bunker, a...
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Movies and tv: Doug McClure
(Beginning with this posting, a series of postings, some loosely connected to one another, on movies and tv shows and actors in them. Minimal linguistic content.) On handsome actor Doug McClure, whose...
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Lamb ham and the seder plate
Today is Good Friday (on the Christian calendar) and, starting at sundown, the first day of Passover (on the Jewish calendar). A day for symbolic food. Lamb ham. From the NPR blogs on the 31st, “The...
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Big and Small
It started with an image passed on to me by Mike McKinley, of two young, lean buddies displaying their penises (at some sort of public event — it’s a puzzling picture): one small, the other about twice...
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Magnum
Just went past me on television: an ad for Magnum Ice Cream Bars: (#1) (from the Magnum Ice Cream site; “Magnum Ice Cream Bars are made with creamy Ice Cream and Belgian Chocolate”). The bars are big...
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Annals of phallic reference: a real fireman’s nozzle
Caught in a tv commercial this morning, for the Mighty Blaster Fireman’s Nozzle (“as seen on TV”). From the copy: Mighty Blaster Fireman’s Nozzle is the first-ever household sprayer with the power and...
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Conversation with the Muffman
Today’s Zippy, with another roadside fiberglass icon: (#1) There’s a Wikipedia article on Muffler Men, roadside fiberglass figures originally serving as commercial icons, usually holding a sample of...
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A blogging puzzle
Recently I got a comment on a posting of a Bizarro cartoon (“Dinosaur connoisseur”), wondering why I hadn’t commented on the space alien and the stick of dynamite in it, and I explained — as I had a...
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Hatch NM
Today’s Zippy takes us to Hatch NM, which is famous for two things: green chiles and giant fiberglass figures: (#1) The two are packaged together in this remarkable artifact: (#2) The current Wikipedia...
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Symbolic Bizarro
Today’s Bizarro: A gently silly cartoon — how did they know it came from outer space? — which I post here mostly because it has so many of Don Piraro’s secret symbols in it. Ten by his count. On the...
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Annals of advertising: patriotism, sex, and overwhelming mouthfuls of food
It burst recently (with actual fireworks) onto the American fast-food scene: the Most American Thickburger from Carl’s Jr. / Hardees: This clip doesn’t include the final tag, “Because America, that’s...
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Screaming for ice cream
On the front page of the July 2015 Funny Times, this cartoon by Mary Lawton: (#1) The visuals: a parody of Munch’s The Scream, in and around an ice cream truck. The text: the song/chant “I Scream, You...
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The news for penises, including accidental ones
First, a little more on sexual tube steak. Then a couple images of accidental penises. Tube steak. First to reminisce. From a 8/28/12 posting on “Gidget and her friends”: [Tubesteak Tracy:] a reference...
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The news for penises, Norwegian edition
Passed on by Chris Hansen on Facebook, this story of 6/23 from thelocal.no (“Norway’s news in English”), “Is this the worst summer job ever?”: A nineteen-year-old in Norway has been hired by a sexual...
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An ebook
A cute pun and, with it, a use of the symbol @ in advertising: A book in the shape of the letter E, not an electronic book (eBook, e-Book, e-book, ebook). Plus the attention-grabbing L@@K, now used on...
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Embrace of the televised penis
American television has long been penis-averse, even on cable and web shows, where there’s no reason for this shyness — and this in a country that provides a mind-boggling amount of visual porn,...
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Outrageous art
Another discovery on my desktop, from who knows how long ago: a poster designed for the original album release (1985) of the Dead Kennedys Frankenchrist, a display of penises and vulvas, which of...
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Jeri Ryan and Luke Perry and more
I realize I should be out storming prisons today, but I seem to be caught up in actorly stuff again, so no Bastille action and also very little about language. In the past few days, it seems that every...
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Zippy and the Icon at the Bluebonnet
Today’s Zippy, which leads in several directions: (#1) Zippy at the Bluebonnet Diner in Northampton MA, trading warning signs at the counter with an icon representing a (generic) person. Stuff here:...
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