PINK FLOCKED SKULL FOR GIRLS

It came! It finally came! I just got— wait, what am I saying— I mean my wife just got her brand new Flocked Skull for Girls in the mail. Boy does she ever love it!

Right off the bat she just had to carry it outside and take a bunch of stunningly gorgeous photographs of it. But I guess that's just what women do when they get something so incredibly wonderful. Who can understand their strange lady minds? Am I right men?


My neighbors probably saw my wife outside and gave my wife some funny looks since my wife took this photo.

From my masculine, analytical standpoint I must say the box design is quite eye appealing. Its simplicity is welcome, its use of Hobo font is impeccable, and it is pleasantly reminiscent of commercial toilet paper wrapping...


Who knows why she's so nuts about this thing. Maybe it has something to do with the velvety flocking, so inviting to the touch, or the cheery, eye-pampering hue, or the luxuriously hinged jaw. She tells me that from now on she'll have no more use for my suddenly brutish novelty skull.


So if, and only if you are a girl, then you can get one of these from Archie McPhee Novelties. They will check I.D.

MY PLACE

Not long ago my sister-in-law snapped a bunch of pictures of my house, and the next thing I knew she managed to get them posted on the always inspiring Apartment Therapy blog. Had I known this would happen, I wouldn't have left my shoes lying on the floor.

I'll spare you the details because my wife filled out a questionnaire for the post that you can find in the write-up. But I will say that truly, we do not put much energy or money into decorating our home. I'll bet we've spent under $2000 on furniture and decor for the entire thing and that's stuff we've accumulated over the course of a decade. (Okay, not counting my collections of goodies.) The coolest stuff in the place (the sectional and vinyl chairs) were gifts from friends. The house itself is marvelously mid-century so we find that the less we interfere with the aesthetics the better.

While you may not be, I was happy to see that my collection of toys, pranks, and other nonsense is barely visible in this set, because one or two shots could have killed dozens of future blog posts.

So if you're curious, here's the photo tour and here's the write-up.

PUTTING ON THE MONKEY GOGGLES

Hip Nip- A flask shaped like a dapper whino,
as featured in my Monkey Goggles article.

The geniuses behind Seattle's Archie McPhee Novelties just kicked off a rip-roaring new web site called Monkey Goggles. Their mission...

"...to present the world as we see it and ignore the things we find boring... we write about the parts of the world that society forgot or does not have the nerve to ponder."

Furthermore, I would like to mirthfully announce that I will be a regular contributor to Monkey Goggles! Please accept this invitation to check out my very first article, "Selections from the 1959 PICO novelty catalog."

THE JOKE'S ON THE CONCHORDS

I've made another breakthrough in my ongoing quest to document every occurrence of S.S. Adams brand pranks and magic tricks in popular entertainment. As you my recall I discovered the Snake in the Peanut Brittle Can on an episode of Bob Newhart earlier this year. This time I've noticed the classic Snake Nut Can in the Flight of the Conchords episode "What Goes On Tour" from Season 1.

Jemaine purchases a pricey peanut snack from the vending unit in his hotel room and the container unmistakably sports the ancient "Fancy Salted Mixed Nuts" graphic from the S.S. Adams gag...


The peculiar thing about this sighting is the fact that there's no snake inside!
They're passing it off as a regular product. I'd love to know if this was a nod to the art of pranking or just the prop master's way of avoiding the use of a brand name. Probably the latter, but it's still cool that they employed the timeless joke on this fantastic television show. It makes sense– the Adams snake nut can has been acting like a regular peanut can for decades.

JOHNSONS PRINT

Hey folks! Just wanted to let you know that Gallery 1988 will be producing a print of The Johnsons, a colored pencil piece I did for the '09 Crazy 4 Cult art show. It will be a signed and numbered Giclée print on triple-fancy archival paper. So you can keep it in your protective archive and remove it post-apocalypse for a few laughs. What is Giclée? I thought it was the French word for "giggly" but then I looked it up on Wikipedia and discovered otherwise.

I don't know the price or release date yet, but a number of you have asked about this one so I figured it's worth a post. I solemnly vow to mention any breaking print information right here.