I've been walking around Disneyland all day and my feet are killing me! I need a subject for a quick post and this Happy Meal is it. This won't impress adults very much but if any kids are reading this they'll think I'm a demi-god for appearing on a McDonald's box.The artist doesn't want me to use his name so don't try to pry it out of me!
Oh, for pete's sake. He did a beautiful job! Why in God's name wouldn't he want to be credited?
ReplyDelete(I won't blow his cover, don't worry.)
That certainly was one cool box. I admit I saved it too, somewhere.
Plus, Eddie--if I were you I'd hope that there aren't any kids reading this. I don't think unformed minds could take it.
Wow! That's really cool! No joke.
ReplyDeleteNext could be an Eddie Pez head...
...maybe an Eddie action figure...
Howzabout a set of Eddie bubblegum cards? Remember Lucy Van Pelt said Beethoven couldn't truly be famous because he never was on a bubblegum card. :D
When is this box from? I have a vague recollection of seeing this in the not-too-distant past. I'm sure I wondered who the guy in the father time suit was. :)
ReplyDeleteBTW - I'd buy an Eddie Pez head...
I think you're a demi-god Uncle Eddie! (Does that make me a kid?)
ReplyDeleteAnother reason why Uncle Eddie is so cool - he was immortalized on a Happy Meal box!
ReplyDeleteDon't know who did the layouts, but they were painted by Willardson and Associates in Glendale.
ReplyDeleteAlright, a McDonald's post!
ReplyDeleteReally cool that you're on the box - do you still have the toy that came with it?
Of course, today Uncle Eddie resembles Father Time almost exactly! Just kidding.
ReplyDeleteWhat were you doing at Disneyland?
ReplyDeleteI KNOW WHO DREW IT!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou're famous Eddie! You were on a pink and purple food container!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yay for Gogo Dodo! I love those pics of him!!
ReplyDeleteAnd the artist is..., Mike Fonti., *Gun Shot*
ReplyDeleteHe even gave you two left feet!
ReplyDeleteSee ya
Steve
JESUS, I REMEBER THAT BOX, THE TOY WAS A CAR THAT HAD PLUCKY IN A BOAT THAT FLIPED AROUND INTO BABS IN A PHONE...egads
ReplyDeleteJenny: I hope kids are reading this! Kids are a great audience! They get so excited about what they read that they have to get up and punch pillows or chase the cat. I respect that!
ReplyDeleteSteve: I noticed that thing with the feet! That's hilarious! I still have to think about which side the thumbs go on when I have to draw a hand.
Katz: Was THAT the prize!? well that's not a bad prize as prizes go!
ReplyDeleteI remember that box and looking at that picture.
ReplyDeleteA friend of my family used to work at Mcdonalds and they would bring my younger sister a box full of happy meal toys every once and while. They brought her this box several times, so it looks very familiar.
Heh...Eddie, I was thinking more along the lines of the nudist 50s women debating taste, architecture, the guy contemplating suicide or a semi-nude Peter Sellers coming onto some unsuspecting female reporter. I can't see little girls punching pillows over those. ; )
ReplyDeleteKids get much more excited about happy meals, cartoons and Disneyland, though-so I guess you've got it covered, after all.
hahaha!
ReplyDeleteThat's great!!!
I like the drawings of Gogo Dodo too!
Jenny: Gee, Everard's 50s nudes are so chaste and Peter Sellers was only shirtless above the navel...Do you really think those posts would gross parents out? Well, maybe they would.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm, maybe this blog isn't for kids. Too bad. I really regret their absence.
Now, Eddie!
ReplyDeleteYou know as well as I do that you're not thinking of the little sprats when you conjure up every post(are you?).
That said, I am sure that a happy meal post would appeal to real children as well as long-ago former children like Jorge. : )
And nope, it's not the parents who'd be grossed out by nudity--it's some of their kids. But I wouldn't necessarily say grossed out--more like plain old "ew!" embarrassed. I always was by certain adult things, pre-adolescence. It does depend on the age though. A 5 year old isn't an 8 year old which isn't a 12 year old. But you know that.
Which reminds me--who did you go to Disneyland with, and why? I am astonished you'd spend a long Sunday there now that your kids are adults. You should pen an entry on Dland.
"Hmmmm, maybe this blog isn't for kids."
ReplyDeleteMAYBE????!!!! Eddie, you have the most X-rated blog I read. Haw, haw, haw!!!!
Exposed adult skin over age thirty is beyond gross to any kid, according to the Bureau of Standards.
ReplyDeleteJenny: Disneyland? I love Disneyland and I go as frequently as I can, probably twice a year.
ReplyDeleteI could go on all day about what's wrong with it, and as the years go by it gets more and more corporate, but there's enough of the old park there to keep me coming back. I'll post about it soon.
Hey Eddie, my god you make me feel old..I remember those happy meal boxes!!!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, at some point, I would actually like to see you do a post on what you *don't* like about Disneyland..I love hearing opinions about that and your attention to detail and way of analyzing stuff would be fascinating to read.
I'll be getting to that "solitary vice" stuff soon..I've got one more week here at Warner's then I'm out, so I will have more time to putz on the 'puter.
Cynthia
Cynthia: Aaargh! I'd rather talk about what works in the park. It's too depressing to think of the other stuff.
ReplyDeleteWell, your Happy Meal cameo trumps my "Disheveled Mullet Bowler #5" on a local bowling league flyer in the mid 80's.
ReplyDeleteI knew this day would come. The better man won. Carry the torch with honor and vigor. Congrats!
Rodd: LOL!
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