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Knoxbanedoodle

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Brilliant Astros programs from the 60s
« on: February 18, 2015, 09:55:32 am »
http://deadspin.com/1960s-astros-programs-were-weird-1686501644

I think I need someone to explain the Indian one, for me.

Love the dosing of the Cub and the depiction of the Mets...
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Re: Brilliant Astros programs from the 60s
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2015, 10:32:56 am »
I miss the old SWC cartoons that were in the newspapers on gamedays back in '60s. I can't remember the artist.
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Re: Brilliant Astros programs from the 60s
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2015, 10:41:01 am »
Quote from: Knoxbanedoodle on February 18, 2015, 09:55:32 am
http://deadspin.com/1960s-astros-programs-were-weird-1686501644

I think I need someone to explain the Indian one, for me.

Love the dosing of the Cub and the depiction of the Mets...

You need someone to explain that graphic stereotypes, coupled with implied racial stupidity, is "insensitive"?
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Re: Brilliant Astros programs from the 60s
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2015, 10:45:14 am »
Nope. I got the insensitive part. I was curious about the mechanics of the joke. Is it just that he can't figure out how to light a fire? And does this relate somehow to the Braves of the time? 
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Re: Brilliant Astros programs from the 60s
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2015, 10:51:55 am »
Quote from: Knoxbanedoodle on February 18, 2015, 10:45:14 am
Nope. I got the insensitive part. I was curious about the mechanics of the joke. Is it just that he can't figure out how to light a fire? And does this relate somehow to the Braves of the time? 

It's that he's too stupid to know to use the matches/lighter/blowtorch right in front of him.  And it relates to the stereotype of Native Americans being ignorant of modern life and "wowed" by shiny baubles, to the point that they are easily defeated by the more enlightened. 
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Brilliant Astros programs from the 60s
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2015, 11:27:55 am »
Quote from: juliogotay on February 18, 2015, 10:32:56 am
I miss the old SWC cartoons that were in the newspapers on gamedays back in '60s. I can't remember the artist.

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Re: Brilliant Astros programs from the 60s
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2015, 01:41:14 pm »
Quote from: juliogotay on February 18, 2015, 10:32:56 am
I miss the old SWC cartoons that were in the newspapers on gamedays back in '60s. I can't remember the artist.

There was Dirk West, but I think his cartoons were mostly just in the Lubbock area.
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Re: Brilliant Astros programs from the 60s
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2015, 03:01:02 pm »
Quote from: Craig on February 18, 2015, 01:41:14 pm
There was Dirk West, but I think his cartoons were mostly just in the Lubbock area.

I have a print of this image in our Baylor-themed family room; my wife got it for me when we were dating.
http://thompsonian.info/swc-1969-dirk-west-poster-baylor.jpg
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