Haddon Sundblom is a name you may not know, but when we think of Santa Claus it’s Sundblom’s classic depictions of him in paintings for Coca-Cola that we’re thinking of. His last painting wasn’t of Santa, but of one of his helpers, and it wasn’t commissioned by Coca-Cola.
Speaking of Elmer Fudd, as I was a couple of days ago, here’s a video I first posted at the end of June, 2007, with Arthur Q. Bryan punching out Broderick Crawford.
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Merry Christmas!
Christmas, 1968, with the Lennon Sisters, Glen Campbell, and Bing Crosby. Now this is special! But how the heck did John Byner get in there?
Here’s more with the lovely Lennons from 1968. Months later, the Lennon Sisters’ father, William, would tragically become the first Lennon to be murdered by a deranged fan.
And the Lennons sing, “How’d you like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island?” Isn’t that what President Obama is doing?
[audio:https://s3.amazonaws.com/dogratcom/Audio/2012/12/ChristmasIsland.mp3|titles=The Lennon Sisters: Christmas Island]P.S. Here’s Byner doing his Bing impression.
For Christmas of that phantasmagorical, psychedelic year of 1967, the Beatles produced Magical Mystery Tour for BBC TV, and the equally zany Christmas Time is Here Again, my favorite of the records they made for their fan club.
Listening to this, you shouldn’t be surprised that the boys also recorded You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) in 1967, but it wasn’t released until 1970, as the flip-side of the Let It Be single.
Most people want to convert their old vinyl records into MP3 files, but Amanda Ghassaei has used 3-D printing to reverse the process. This sort of inspired creativity makes me chortle in appreciation. I’d love to have a little 3-D printer to make my own 45 rpm singles.
Twenty five years ago, when the NRA had a public relations campaign featuring some famous people saying “I’m the NRA,” I drew this cartoon for the Comics Buyer’s Guide, with a famous gun enthusiast that the NRA had neglected to include. Elmer J. Fudd.
From what is known so far, Adam Lanza had access to the guns he used in slaughtering a classroom full of children because his mother apparently thought the way that Wayne LaPierre wants everybody to think. The NRA’s position is “you can’t beat us, so join us,” and I resolutely, absolutely refuse to accept that.
