Golden Age of Advertising

Squiggles

Shakespeare could write a jingle for Eggos that would really make you think.  I think he was best known for his slogan for “Murphy’s Bloodletting.”  How many monkeys, and how many years, do you think would be needed to come up with that?  Thank god, just like Barry Manilow, he graduated to write his own Copacabana…The Two Gentlemen of Verona.

Harry Chapin vs. Calvin Murphy

Whizzit

WhizzitFootball 

Once again, Whizzit was clearly written in the 50’s.  The good old days when Football players merely beat their children instead of ignoring them.  However, it’s difficult to pay attention to your kids when you can’t even keep track of them or their mothers.  Here’s the current league leaders:

 

Athlete # of Children # of Baby Mamas
Calvin Murphy 14 9
Travis Henry 9 9
Evander Holyfield 11 ???
Shawn Kemp 7 6
Derrick Thomas 7 5
Scott Skiles 6 4

Comic Footnotes

Whizzit

whizzit

Another favorite comic named Whizzit never fails to amuse.  By the looks of the hat and undershirt we’re still in 1953.  Of course this fits in perfectly with a comic universe made up of Beetle Bailey1, Hi and Lois2, Blondie3, Archie4, Dennis the Menace5, Grin and Bear It6, Family Circus7.  Shall we continue?  Ok, Broom Hilda8, Marmaduke9,Barney Google10

 

1) Beetle Bailey was my favorite Beatle.  Much better drummer than Ringo

2) There’s actually a book of the “Best” of Hi and Lois.  I dare you to buy it.  Or read it cover to cover.

3) Hitler’s Dog.

4) Hitler’s God.

5) ibid

6) op cit

7) Who fucked barfy up the butt? Not Me!

8 ) This is not in Jest, what kind of Broom did Hilda Ride?a

9) Marmapuke.

10) At least he had a technically modern name.  What’s it called when Barney Googles himself?

 

 

a) A Broom of the System.