Bartolozzi’s Pinnochio

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Salvador Bartolozzi (1882 – 1950) was one of the most important Spanish comic artists from the 1920s. With his several famous characters, such as the ‘Pipo y Pipa’ and his free adaptation of Collodi’s ‘Pinocho y Chapete’, Bartolozzi counts as an innovator of the Spanish comic strip. Bartolozzi went to Paris, where he stayed for six years. After his return, he joined the publishing house Calleja. Bartolozzi collaborated with several juvenile magazines, such as Pinocho, Macaco and Chiquilín.

[Image and quote found here, via Everlasting Blort.]

Dangerous Shade

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“Naw. You guys go ahead, I’m gonna nap in the concrete pipe instead. Wake me up before you backfill.”

[Found somewhere in here. Related post here.]

StoopidBear says Hi.

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Sometimes a picture is worth only three words.

[Found in FinPeng’s nest.]

19 Septebember: It be Talk Like a Pirate Day!

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“Arrgh, me peep! Talk like a pirate!”

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“Arrgh, me peep, quit yer talkin’ like a pirate.”

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“Arrgh, me peep! Keep talkin’ like a pirate s’mor’. Let’s yar an’ me go b’low an’ yer kin play wit’ me byrd.”

[Images from here, here, and here.  Details here.
Related posts here and here.]

“YODAWG! WASH YO HANDS, BITCH!”

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Cleanliness is next to bitchiness.

[Found in here.]

Jerry Mathers Loses It

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The perils of being a child star while saddled with an unfortunate nickname ultimately takes its toll…

[Found in here.]

15 September is Wash Your Hedgehog Day

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The procedure is obvious. First, get a Sharpie Pen and make lame pretend tattoos on your left forearm. Then, put two tablespoons of baking soda in a half-cup of warm water. Find a juvenile hedgehog, and instruct the little rascal about the importance of personal hygiene using your roommate’s toothbrush. (Don’t tell yer homedawg until the photo is posted all over the internest).

Blow-dry your hog on low setting and Enjoy.

[Found here. Kinda sorta related posts here.]

Princess Leia Onnerbacka

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She really was a slacker. According to Han Solo, she had calluses on her scapulae. Watch where you point that thing, Princess.

[Found here.]

Babe Magnet: Die KlinkerKar

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Very little needs to be said about this brickbat mobile that isn’t intuitively obvious to the casual observer, except that the roof screams for asphalt shingles and vinyl gutters. Aluminum sliding windows would have been a nice touch.  No need for a carwash either, as a vinegar solution with a wire brush should keep the efflorescence in check for months. Pure efficient genius. We’ll even give him credit and kudos for the keystones.

Although he’ll never get a girlfriend built like a brick youknowwhat, at least Mr. Mason knows how to perpendicular park.

[Found here.]

Saturday Matinee – How We Do It

Folks, some of y’all have wondered how and why we choose videos for the Saturday Matinee Posts. Actually no one axed us, but here’s how we do it anyway.

First, we find something odd, like this one.  Then we apply advanced tublication, with links, to create a theme of sorts, and we run with it, like this:

Desert Bus Demo video. Woosk has a description of the game, and here’s a link to a related charitable fundraiser.

So now we’re lookin’ for bus in all the wrong places, and about all we find is The Who’s “Magic Bus,” one video of Roger Daltrey singing the annoying children’s song, and the Bus Boys,  featured here about a year ago.

Instead of a bus song, let’s look for a sub song instead:

Here are the Subdudes. Gris gris gumbo yaya!

Now we’re sittin’ and scratchin’ and still lookin’ for another sub song. Everybody’s already seen Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues” video (including the Weird Al parody) and we find this:

Red Hot Chili Peppers, doing a Dylan/Punk/Funk mashup. Personally, I think it sucks, but it took cojones to do it, and that’s really what it’s all about.

But the theme/thread is not complete without a knot. At this point, we’re gonna take “sub” and drop one letter, leaving the letters U and B, and add the final score of a blowout soccer game.  The knot becomes obvious:

UB40‘s “Rat In The Kitchen” is a brit/reggae classic, and our post is complete.

But to be honest, sometimes we just throw up a bunch of last-minute unrelated videos and pretend that a lot of thought went into it, but you’ll never be able to tell the difference because we’re that good.

Even if you think the video posts are random, they aren’t. Around here there’s a reason for everything, even when there isn’t.

Have a great weekend. –Bunk