Ultimate Droodles Compendium : The Absurdly Complete Collection of All the Classic Zany Creations

Price, Roger; Maltin, Leonard (FRW); Holznagel, Fritz (ADP)

ISBN 10: 1931290695 / ISBN 13: 9781931290692

Editore: Tallfellow Press, 2019

Unread book in perfect condition. Codice articolo 35132918

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Before the inspired nonsense of Monty Python, David Letterman and the Far Side, there were Droodles. With a few squiggles in a simple square, these clever drawings created absurd scenes like "Ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch" (used by Frank Zappa as an album cover), "Octopus signaling for a left turn" and "Clam with buck teeth." And they were all the creation of one brilliant and unpredictable man: Roger Price.At the height of their popularity in the mid-1950s, fans enjoyed the Droodles TV show, a Droodles daily newspaper column, Droodles magazine features, Droodles cocktail napkins, even Droodles in ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes. Like hula hoops, drive-in movies and UFOs, Droodles were one of the biggest fads of the 1950s. Now Droodles make their triumphant return to delight a new generation that can use some laughs. The Ultimate Droodles Compendium includes every one of Roger Price's 352 most famous Droodles in delightful new full-quality reproductions, with Price's inspired text and quirky footnotes. There's more: a Roger Price/Droodles reminiscence by beloved media critic Leonard Maltin, a full history of Roger Price and Droodles by Emmy-winning writer Fritz Holznagel, and comments from comedy legend Carl Reiner, Boing Boing's Mark Frauenfelder and Carla Sinclair, and others.Droodles are back in this handsome, hilarious, ultimate collection from Tallfellow Press. Droodles now. Droodles forever!

Estratto. © Ristampato con autorizzazione. Tutti i diritti riservati.: From A Brief History of Roger Price and Droodles:All the geometric Americana of the era showed up in Droodles: cigarettes, bowling balls, martini glasses, bow ties and TV antennae. Price was infatuated with and infuriated by television, and Droodles are full of 1950s ad themes like floating soap, marching cigarettes and chlorophyll for fresh breath.The text was pure offbeat Price, with an absurdity that was less post-Bob Hope and more pre-Monty Python. A Droodle about the Tower of Pisa somehow turned into an appreciation of the Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida. A Droodle titled Navel Orange Wearing a Bikini Bathing Suit led to a story about Price’s Uncle Parker, the garbage collector. (“He didn’t work for the Sanitation Department ? he just liked to collect garbage.”)Price’s unlikely daily feature appeared in over 100 newspapers nationwide, from the Globe-Times of Amarillo, Texas to the Daily Telegraph of Bluefield, West Virginia. Droodles were popular enough that in the fall of 1953, Simon and Schuster brought out a hardcover collection titled simply Droodles.The book cost one dollar and included Price’s commentary on dozens of Droodles. Among them were early favorites like Bear Climbing Up the Other Side of a Tree. On the cover was a note from Roger: “Buy this book now! It’s later than you think!” A sequel to the Droodles book, The Rich Sardine, came out the very next year and included classics like Spider Doing a Handstand and Bullets for a Square Shooter. By then, Price was gathering new inspiration from viewer submissions to his very own nationwide Droodles TV show.Early in 1954, Price brought Droodles to the NBC daytime show of Garry Moore — his old friend from Club Matinee days in Chicago. When 800 letters arrived from viewers in the days after the show, Moore gave Price a contract for 13 more weekly appearances.

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Titolo: Ultimate Droodles Compendium : The Absurdly ...
Casa editrice: Tallfellow Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2019
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: As New