Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for September 29, 2010

How can this be?

Did somebody say Fly?

That Pere Ubu video on the blog is really mind-blowing. Like most people, I first became aware of Pere Ubu because of their inclusion in the compilation album and movie, “Urgh, A Music War.” I had no idea the lead singer was so strange. We’re talkin’ Joe Cocker strange.

The lead singer in Pere Ubu is Joe Cocker’s b@stard son.

I liked the song, BTW.

Two-faced half-blue mutants with open flies must first establish trust if I am to take him/her/them/it at his/her/their/its word!

BTW, Victorian Erotica: perhaps influenced by Gustave Courbet’s famous (infamous?) L’Origine du Monde of 1866…?

N.B. NSFW

The Victorian Erotica entry should be attributed to Candler Arts. No “h”.

Pere Ubu’s keyboardist needs a hairnet.

This toy is great, I found the G in FIg 23 find G & became a connoisseur of fine art too. http://www.funpic.hu/en.picview.php?id=29640&c=21&s=dd&p=12

I suspect the Victorian artist was well aware of the mores of the time, and this was probably part of his private collection that got passed along after he died. Victorians didn’t openly celebrate sexuality, but of course privately were just as sexual as anyone else. Many artists have a private stash of their own erotica. If someone can draw, it’s natural they would draw their own fantasies.

I’m reminded of this Straight Dope article about some of the Disney artists that is somewhat related to this idea:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1802/do-disney-movies-contain-subliminal-erotica

And I know I’ve seen some erotica around somewhere done by the Looney Tunes artists. It isn’t hard to imagine Tex Avery having a huge stash, considering what made it on the screen. :) Such as Red Hot Riding Hood:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8039477657790445932#

My ubu once got cut by an edge in Cleveland.

they are definitely cutting edge

ooo, whats that hairy growth coming out of those folks not wearing pants? oh! never mind… that’s Teresa’s signature…

interesting placement , though

That’s what I was gonna say, nighthawks. Could possibly be stanky down there.

This guy must really love Teresa to tattoo her name in such a sensitive area. Johnny Depp was lucky when he and Winona Ryder broke up. He was able to change the tattoo of her name to Wino Forever.

I once had a fly who was always very open. When it got to the point where I couldn’t stand the constant emoting, I swatted it, then fed it to a spider.

Hey Teresa, you coMINX … any more Victorian Erotica?

I suggest Craig Yoe’s book, Clean Cartoonists’ Dirty Drawings. Tex Avery isn’t represented, but Chuck Jones is, and there’s a host of names that’ll be familiar (and some surprising): Ernie Bushmiller, Mort Walker, Charles Schulz, Dik Browne, Doctor Seuss, Lynn Johnson, Hal Foster, Hank Ketcham, Dave Berg, the Berenstains and Walt Kelly to name but a small number.

It looks like aliens are now designing hotels in Vegas (see Blog) and it’s time for that final political rally by the pool. The TB’ers can make a giant sun tea in the pool.

Mmmmmmm. Cheese balls.

runar – Exactly the reference I had been vaguely thinking of! I knew I recalled something about it.

I am proud to say that I am a clean cartoonist doing dirty drawings… I bathed just this morning.

zip it!!