Music Showcase: Turkey in the Straw by the Merry Singers

A humorous classic from a vintage record. Please enjoy!

A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Bookstore:The Toon Treasury of Classic Children's Comics

This very nifty collection of comics is enjoyable for kids and nostalgic adults alike. Included in this collection are a wide variety of comics ranging from familiar standbys(Little Lulu, Pogo, Donald Duck, Dennis the Menace, Gerald McBoingBoing, Uncle Wiggly et al.) to more obscure ones(Supermouse, Powerhouse Pepper, J. Rufus Lion, Egghead Doodle, The Pie-Faced Prince et al.)

The comics range from cute to funny to exciting to freaky weird!

Here, as per the latter example, is an excerpt from Basil Wolverton's Foolish Faces:

 ...What more can we say about this? Honestly, y'gotta love names like "Goopan Goon" and "G. Gangway Grunt".

A good, high-quality collection that's highly recommended for any classic comic collection.(It will sometimes be a little expensive, regrettably, but well worth it.)

Buy it on Amazon!

They're Lovable! They're Huggable!

I'm a (BIG!) Pound Puppies fan. Over time, I've collected several Pound Puppies items, from the vintage plushie dogs and cats, to the more recent plushies, to the vintage books/coloring books.

Here's some of my stuff:

 My Newborn Pound Puppies; the one on the upper right is one of the more recent ones(made in '95)

  My Pound Purries

 My coloring book collection

A little plastic dog & cat(which, as per the picture, make good board game pieces), and a slightly unusual plastic dog with wheels(He has what looks like a place to hold a pencil on his back...) 

And last, but not least, my (GINORMOUS!) mini Pound Puppy collection :)

(The little brown dog at the very bottom, separate from the others, is a Pound Puppy knockoff; I believe he's called a Kennel Kuddlee.)

The franchise has had a long and very interesting history. It began in 1984 in England & shortly thereafter migrated to America; the production has changed hands many times, and there have been many different varieties of Pound Puppies made since.

More info can be found here:

http://www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk/Toys_PoundPuppies_Galoob.htm

I'm a fan of the various Hanna Barbera cartoons, especially the Pound Puppies, and hope to write more about the show, the books, the movie, and other related things later.