Fred Rogers was the man, we need more like him. Until then, here is a Pop Fred.
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the dailypic 3138 yr9 216 A Princess Her Dad and a Pet
Happy Star Wars Day to a you and yours.
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the dailypic 3129 yr9 207 Beach Date
The thought was Minion would be hanging out in a puddle since it is raining. It led to some complications, one the Minion floats, so he was not cooperative at all. Then the shots I got were kind of boring, the puddles were dirty, the reflection was not as I liked. I settled, see below. I was going to post one and then I saw the mini Barbie on the shelf, yes I have a mini Barbie on a shelf, no I am not sure why. So, I figured new photo, they that turned into its won challenge, getting the Minion to stand, to be at the same height so they could hold hands, what would the background be, Barbie does not stand at all. So, a few rocks from Iceland, used Gum to stand Barbie, a notepad, a wallet and some change to prop things up and here we are, the Beach Date.
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the dailypic 3104 yr9 182 The Peep Incident
Happy Easter Peeps.
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the dailypic 3100 yr9 178 Dough Boy
The Pillsbury Doughboy… here are some facts I stole from the internet.
Fast Facts About the Doughboy
- When voiceover actor Paul Frees died in 1986, Jeff Bergman, who also voiced Charlie the Tuna, took over as the voice of the Doughboy. JoBe Cerny is currently the voice-over personality for the character.
- How big is he? Poppin’ Fresh is 8 ¾ inches tall (with this hat!) and weighs 14 oz.
- The Doughboy has starred in more than 600 ads for 50 products.
- In 2009 Poppin’ Fresh made his debut as a balloon in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
- The Leo Burnett Agency also came up with the concepts for Tony the Tiger and the Jolly Green Giant.
- Poppin’ Fresh celebrated his 50th birthday in 2015.
Pop Culture
The Doughboy’s first commercial aired on November 7, 1965. The Doughboy was born when he popped out of a can of dough, and said his first words, “I’m Poppin’ Fresh, the Pillsbury Doughboy!”
Poppin’ Fresh also starred in a commercial making chocolate chip cookies with 6-year-old Maureen McCormick, who went on to play Marcia Brady in The Brady Bunch. In the ad, the two sing the classic slogan, “Nothin’ says lovin’ like something from the oven, and Pillsbury says it best.”
In recent years, MasterCard aired a commercial, which featured some of the top advertising icons, from the Morton Salt Girl (who poked the Doughboy’s tummy!) to the Vlasic Pickle Stork and Count Chocula.
The Doughboy also guest starred in a Geico commercial where he gets a pat down at an airport on the way to a baking convention. Of course, he couldn’t help but giggle!
The Poppin’ Fresh Family
In 1972 the Doughboy was introduced as a 7-inch vinyl doll, which became one of the fastest selling toys in the U.S. The following year, a companion doll, Poppie Fresh, was released, followed by Granmommer and Granpopper, Uncle Rollie, a son (Popper), daughter (Bun-Bun) and Flapjack and Biscuit (the Fresh family’s dog and cat) in the years that followed.
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the dailypic 3094 yr9 172 Don’t Grow Up
Seems fitting the last toy I ever purchased from Toys R Us was this Geoffrey figure. Now I realize he is not the original Geoffrey I grew up with but still… he was on the floor in a package as I waited in line, so why not. Just adding another store to the list of stores I most likely complained about at some point, only to be sad when it closed. The top of that list is Lechmere, man I loved to hate Lechmere, to the point when they went out of business I had been banned for life, no joke my name was on a list, damn I miss sneaking back in and buying camera equipment. As a kid I preferred Child’s World, they were cooler stores, but with my kids we would go to Toys R Us to make Christmas lists. In the end I am sorry to see anything that competes (in this case not well I understand) with Walmart. Eight years Walmart free… that time by choice I was not banned, I was more encouraged not to come back.
I don’t wanna grow up, I’m a Toys R Us kid
they got a million toys at Toys R us that I can play with
I don’t wanna grow up, I’m a Toys R Us kid
they got the best for so much less, it’ll really flip your lid
From bikes to trains to video games
it’s the biggest toy store there is (gee whiz!)
I don’t wanna grow up, cause maybe if I did
I couldn’t be a Toys R Us kid
more games, more toys, oh boy!
I wanna be a Toys R Us kid
RIP
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the dailypic 3065 yr9 143 Here’s Tommy
I would be lying if I did not say… I hated those spoiled, bratty, whiny, rugrats, and the stupid music.
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the dailypic 3055 yr9 133 The Dark Pout
Thank you to all who stopped by the studio today for the toy open house. We had Elephants from 1901, twin Teddy Bears, Yellow Submarine Beatles Legos, awesome Monkeys and even a pouty looking Batman. Stay tuned for more open houses, and if you have anything you would like photographed please contact me, I would love to hear from you.
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the dailypic 3053 yr9 131 Spider-Man
Day four of toy week, Spider-Man. Do you have an old toy? New toy? One of your kids toys? Stuffed animal? Figure? I will be holding an open house at the studio this Saturday, bring a toy, collectible, memorabilia, or keepsake down and get it photographed. I will have a toy each day this week for the dailypic as a reminder. See details below. Or contact me for info.
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the dailypic 3051 yr9 129 Vadar
Day two of toy week, Vader. Do you have an old toy? New toy? One of your kids toys? Stuffed animal? Figure? I will be holding an open house at the studio this Saturday, bring a toy, collectible, memorabilia, or keepsake down and get it photographed. I will have a toy each day this week for the dailypic as a reminder. See details below. Or contact me for info.
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the dailypic 3038 yr9 116 Bravo
I miss Johnny… I loved watching him with the kids, maybe a few times when they left the TV and and left the room too. In hindsight, the kids should probably not have watched it.
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the dailypic 3033 yr9 111 United/Divided
One year has passed and the only thing we all can agree on is… one year has passed. Though, I am sure we can find someone to argue my point, or maybe the grammar – I should has said ‘past’ not ‘passed’, or technically when I wrote this is was a day short of a year… go ahead find what you want to argue with me about, feel free to type it up, print it and I will try to swing by and grab it before another year has past. Really all I wanted to do was have an excuse to shoot my Trump action figure again and I started a fight with myself… thanks Obama.
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