Comments on: 08/05/11 – Art Museum: Fountain

By: reynard61

reynard61 — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 04:02:35 +0000

@ War Pig: Probably Reader’s Digest. My grandparents had a subscription at that time and there were piles of them in the garage. (My grand father rarely threw any reading material away until he got a big enough stack to send to the local Boy Scout Troop.)

By: War Pig

War Pig — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 05:47:44 +0000

@reynard61, I remember that cartoon. I can’t remember the source, though. Pretty sure it was a magazine. I keep thinking Playboy, The New Yorker or Reader’s Digest.

By: reynard61

reynard61 — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 01:33:33 +0000

This reminds me of a cartoon that I saw sometime in the ’70s. In the first frame, one man — obviously an art critic — is explaining via a wall-o’-text the artistic significance of an out-of-frame piece of art to another man. The next frame shows another man walking by while the critic is still blabbing away. The third frame shows the third man bending over the “art work” that the critic is obviously extemporizing on and taking a drink. The last frame shows the third man walking away, the critic’s friend looking at him (the critic) with a “WTF???” expression and the critic shrugging with a horribly embarrassed “Who, me?” smile on his face. Wish I could find that again…

By: Lynne

Lynne — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:18:28 +0000

This comic reminds me of my friend’s experience taking her two little girls to Disney World. Instead of riding rides, posing with characters for pictures, watching musical shows, etc., they spent almost the entire day playing by the fountain just inside the front entrance.

By: War Pig

War Pig — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:07:35 +0000

Thankfully, Julia Child never got to that point – which was part of her earthy charm.