Showing posts with label Nineties. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nineties. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Now I've Seen Everything: Yeti as flying Gandalf Monk Mentor to Hercules, Mulan, Ulysses & animals/dinos (aka Kids Cartoon: Super Little Fanta Heroes)

The kids cartoon "Super Little Fanta Heroes" (1997) has this description:
Gifted with their ancestors’ virtues, the heroes featured in these adventures are the following characters: Hercules and his friendly dog Cerberus, Hua Mulan and the friendly eagle Tylli, the Ninja Turtle Dragon, Ulysses – assisted by a Ram and Bear, King David and the cheetah Betsy, the Thief of Baghdad – aided and abetted by his cave lion Yubba, Jerome and the friendly cave cougar Bloody Knife with the buffalo Wapi, the protective Blue Yeti and two little dinosaurs named Knock and Hit.




Yep, a knock-off ninja turtle teams up with a motley crew of mythic characters and a bunch of random animals.  I'm going to come out and say it: This is the craziest cartoon of all time.

Great Yeti is sort of this Gandalf Monk to the heroes. He flies everyone on the back of a big blue bird but can also fly himself with his retinue of monks. Also, he has a magic sword that he can summon.  Oh man.... Great Yeti is amazing.



Now I've Seen Everything: Yeti as flying Gandalf Monk Mentor to Hercules, Mulan, Ulysses & animals/dinos

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Now I've Seen Everything: A McDonalds' Video Game (Yeti Arcade: Global Gladiators)

Global Gladiators (1992):

You the player must collect a certain number of Golden Arches to advance.

You are guided in your quest by Ronald McDonald.

You are armed with a Super Soaker-type gun that shoots gooey projectiles.




Now I've Seen Everything: A McDonalds' Video Game.

Monday, July 25, 2016

[Merry Monday] Destination: Down Under


New Zealand & Australia have some excellent humanoid cryptids besides Yowie.  There's Yara-ma-yha-who:

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And the Bunyip:

Angus McBride - Bunyip

But despite this, love for the Himalayan Hominid persists...



Pizza commercial:


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Canned pizza spaghetti commercial from 1991 NZ:


Featuring: "Ghetti the Spaghetti Yeti"







Augmented Reality photo op in Aukland shopping mall:

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Female yeti is the star of comedic NZ tv series:  Yeti.




Description: "Yeti is an indigenous creature from somewhere near the Himalayas who finds herself coming to terms with life in her new home, New Zealand. Made with funding from NZ On Air."

Thursday, June 16, 2016

[Destination: Czech Republic] Sněžný muž!


In Czech, the Abominable Snowman is known as Sněžný muž.

The Czechs made a live-action film called Sněžný muž in 1998.


And two animated ones:  

Snezny Muz by Petra Fundova (1986)

Sněžný muž Hugo (1987)



At the Forum Liberec, there was this sculptural display:

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In Pilsen, one could pose with a yeti inside a gift box for the holiday shopping season, and many did:

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The Jihočeském muzeu v Českých Budějovicích had a special exhibit about Himalayan culture that used a yeti mascot to promote it.



 

You can watch the full news segment about it

Monday, June 13, 2016

[Morbid Monday] Skulls

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Aidan Monahan
Skull Apparel:
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Skull-faced Jilarji from Go! Godman




Monday's Troll by Jack Prelutsky and Peter Sis (1996) ...


Has this poem and illustration:


A SOLITARY YETI

I'm a solitary yeti,
Traversing frozen plains,
Upon a constant lookout
For dinosaur remains.

I savor them for supper,
I relish them for lunch,
Their flavor is peculiar,
But I adore the crunch.





Temple Run 2: Frozen Shadows (2015):


Haunted Empire (2015):