Drunken teddy bears are a disgrace! Not my demographic! Bring back Spuds! (Wasn’t he really Tige, working under an assumed name? —Will any reader know what I mean?)
A few years ago, while my wife got her hair done, I watched a Care Bears vid with the hairdresser’s 4-y-o daughter, and I’m here to tell you the CBs aren’t juicers – nothing but acid for those heads! Some of the most psychedelic stuff I’ve ever seen.
@markmoss1I’m familiar with only the Buster Brown commercials and had never seen the comic strips, tv series or heard the radio shows. I’m familiar with Tige because once in a great while it’s a clue/answer in crossword puzzles.
Unlike in 1988, today there’d be no excuse for depicting licensed characters - Care Bears, in this case - looking absolutely nothing like themselves. We have Google now. But back then, frantically scribbling away at four in the morning in a deadline panic as usual, Breathed would have had few options for reference. He would have had to run to a nearby toy store or video store and try to peek into a window, which probably wouldn’t work anyway, and that’s about it. No Care Bear shows or commercials would have been on TV in the middle of the night. A childless guy in his early thirties wouldn’t have had anything in the house with Care Bears images on it, and nothing would have been in any encyclopedia.
I lived more than half my life before I first saw the Internet in 2000 at age 17, so I got through almost my whole school career without it, but honestly I can’t mentally place myself back there. Having a universe of information instantly at my fingertips, at any time of day, has changed me and, I suspect, most of us. I just can’t remember what it was like before, in a time when cartoonists in deadline panic wanted to write a Care Bear joke but had not visual reference at hand, and so had to totally wing it.
Sisyphos almost 10 years ago
Drunken teddy bears are a disgrace! Not my demographic! Bring back Spuds! (Wasn’t he really Tige, working under an assumed name? —Will any reader know what I mean?)
katzenbooks45 almost 10 years ago
I think he went to rehab and is working for Target now.
2578275 almost 10 years ago
Was Tige the name of Buster Brown’s dog?
Cozmik Cowboy almost 10 years ago
A few years ago, while my wife got her hair done, I watched a Care Bears vid with the hairdresser’s 4-y-o daughter, and I’m here to tell you the CBs aren’t juicers – nothing but acid for those heads! Some of the most psychedelic stuff I’ve ever seen.
2578275 almost 10 years ago
@markmoss1I’m familiar with only the Buster Brown commercials and had never seen the comic strips, tv series or heard the radio shows. I’m familiar with Tige because once in a great while it’s a clue/answer in crossword puzzles.
mourdac Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Haven’t seen the tv shows but those My Little Ponies look like they might be dropping something also
fonddulac58 almost 10 years ago
Don’t drop before 11 am kids !!!
JLG Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Unlike in 1988, today there’d be no excuse for depicting licensed characters - Care Bears, in this case - looking absolutely nothing like themselves. We have Google now. But back then, frantically scribbling away at four in the morning in a deadline panic as usual, Breathed would have had few options for reference. He would have had to run to a nearby toy store or video store and try to peek into a window, which probably wouldn’t work anyway, and that’s about it. No Care Bear shows or commercials would have been on TV in the middle of the night. A childless guy in his early thirties wouldn’t have had anything in the house with Care Bears images on it, and nothing would have been in any encyclopedia.
I lived more than half my life before I first saw the Internet in 2000 at age 17, so I got through almost my whole school career without it, but honestly I can’t mentally place myself back there. Having a universe of information instantly at my fingertips, at any time of day, has changed me and, I suspect, most of us. I just can’t remember what it was like before, in a time when cartoonists in deadline panic wanted to write a Care Bear joke but had not visual reference at hand, and so had to totally wing it.