SNYDERMANIA: GRIGGITS 1985

Monday, February 28, 2011

GRIGGITS 1985

This panel ran in the South Bay Easy Reader in 1985. That was a long time ago. The cartoon was a bit of a take off on Tina Turner's What's Love Got to Do With It music video.

7 comments:

Erika said...: This is super cute. As a toddler I was obsessed with that video cause I loved TIna's wig.; March 1, 2011 at 7:29 PM
Tom Hakkinen said...: Haha! That's a good Tina Turner caricature.; March 2, 2011 at 3:06 AM
JJ said...: Perfect Tina!!; March 2, 2011 at 4:35 PM
#167 Dad said...: Erika,
Thanks for dropping in. It was a very cool video.; March 12, 2011 at 3:16 PM
#167 Dad said...: Akseli,
Thank you. I had some skills - 25 years ago...; March 12, 2011 at 3:20 PM
#167 Dad said...: JJ,
You cut that out!; March 12, 2011 at 3:30 PM
DynamiteJ said...: I can totally see Tina Turner in this one, totally love this cartoon ! :D you really catch the tina mood :b; March 13, 2011 at 4:51 AM

NORTHERN EXPOSURE

Goethe's final words: "More light." Ever since we crawled out of that primordial slime, that's been our unifying cry: "More light." Sunlight. Torchlight. Candlight. Neon. Incandescent. Lights that banish the darkness from our caves, to illuminate our roads, the insides of our refrigerators. Big floods for the night games at Soldier's field. Little tiny flashlight for those books we read under the covers when we're supposed to be asleep. Light is more than watts and footcandles. Light is metaphor. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home- Lead Thou me on! Arise, shine, for thy light has come. Light is knowledge. Light is life. Light is light.

FIELD OF DREAMS

Well, you know I... I never got to bat in the major leagues. I would have liked to have had that chance. Just once. To stare down a big league pitcher. To stare him down, and just as he goes into his windup, wink. Make him think you know something he doesn't. That's what I wish for. Chance to squint at a sky so blue that it hurts your eyes just to look at it. To feel the tingling in your arm as you connect with the ball. To run the bases - stretch a double into a triple, and flop face-first into third, wrap your arms around the bag. That's my wish, Ray Kinsella. That's my wish. And is there enough magic out there in the moonlight to make this dream come true?