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I’m taking a cue from the fine folks over at “MAD” magazine and I’m doing a parody of “Wild Kingdom” which was sponsored by Mutual of Omaha. This is a four-page mini-saga where Jeff and Lorraine try to take down Timon and Pumba. Continuing my revenge on Disney characters. Google “Wild Kingdom” if you’re not familiar with the show. I watched it growing up and I’m having a good time doing this parody.
In 1975, Bachman-Turner Overdrive release their fifth studio album called “Head On”. It was the only album to feature an actual title that was not an included song title or numeral. The original vinyl release featured a poster that was folded into fourths and contained the inner-jacket of the album. A clever design for it’s time. You could leave the poster in fourths, or open it up and display it on your college dorm wall (which I did). This album was one of their better albums, but gets over-shadowed by “Not Fragile”. So, to go along with the “Wild Kingdom” parody, here’s “Wild Spirit” from “Head On.”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRHqs8SffDo
together with deliberately slurred lyric about ” the air pollution is a-“foggin” up my eyes”… still made it past BBC censorship, though…
Great album and an excellent, over-looked song by them. Kinda a follow up to “Lola” that never took off.
Wow, a second update this week. Sure, I remember the show quite vividly…
I may even squeeze one more out, but I’m not sure with the shortened week. For sure next week if not this week.
Don’t squeeze out anything if the deadlines start getting to you again.
🙂
This is going to be an interesting Hunt to see.
It’s just heating up… 🙂
Holy crap, I remember those shows. I had completely forgotten about them. Ahh, back in the day when we had the big 3 channels plus PBS and a few fuzzy UHF channels.
And foil on are TV antennas. I was the remote control until I was about 12 years old. 🙂
Welcome back, Byron! Good to see you back along with the 1977 gang. It’s especially nice when you have Jeff in a loincloth. 😉
Oh yeah, I remember that Wild Kingdom well. That was good show. Your “Mad” version is off to a great start. You got that style down perfect, and you did a great job with the caricatures of Marlin and Jim. Way to go, Byron! 🙂
Thank you, Dave. 🙂
Thrilled to see the comic up and running. A question, though — what happened to the filler illustrations that went up during the haitus? Some of those were gorgeous.
Those illustrations are now parked over at my Patreon page. Patreon has replaced my Member’s area and it’s where all the previews and exclusives end up. I try to keep the time-line here clear of that stuff so people can read the comic straight through without a ton of breaks.
I am not one to promote myself, but for $1/month, you get all the extra stuff over at Patreon.
Just a nit-pickin’ minute. Why is there an “s” in Kingdsom when Marlin opens? And what activity did Jim hear? They homed in on the sound of Jeff smoking? And wasn’t this a pre-recorded show? By the time it would have aired they would have discovered that Jeff wasn’t a native, wasn’t smoking tobacco, and wasn’t performing a ritual. And would have edited out the comments that make them look stupid (like all of them).
My usual reply to comments like this:
“If you’re wondering how he eats and breathes
And other science facts,
Just repeat to yourself “It’s just a show,
I should really just relax
For Mystery Science Theater 3000.”
The misspelling of Kingdom is just my brain farting. As far as the rest, well, it’s just an old fart’s parody. 🙂
Some people would say you just spelled my last name… correctly! [smirk]