915 Turkey Day 4
Tony the Tiger
Arguably, there are hundreds of food mascots I could have used in this strip. Jim could have just as easily said “toucan” in reference to Froot Loops, or “Frog” in reference to SMACKS, or even old black men in reference to Uncle Ben’s Rice. But there is one mascot that I always think of, and that is Tony the Tiger. I can’t quite explain the phenomena, but as a child growing up, when I was asked my name I would immediately respond “Tony Kohl”. This phase of my life lasted just about two years, and about a season earlier than Who’s the Boss? reached the airwaves. My mother still muses about the origins of my personal re-naming, and to her best guess (factoring out Tony Danza’s yet to exist reference in my fragile psyche) it was my love of Tony the Tiger. So, with that as my only proof of the occurrence, and explanation of the occurrence, I have to thereby assume that I loved Tony the Tiger so much as a child that I would falsify my identity with his own… with of course keeping my own last name as to keep a shred of individuality.
So there you have it Regulars, a little trip inside the childhood of Jim… did you ever have a fake identity as a kid? Funniest Child identity gets some stickers.
-Tony-
November 19th, 2009 at 8:55 am
I had a alter ego named Detective Bob Mackie. It started around 3 when i would rock a Sunshine Pickle hat and those throw away sunglasses with the neon arms. It progressed into a brown coat and black hat with sunglasses and became a mini series once my father got a camcorder. I remember the first episode very vividly, my dad being the robber and my litte sister getting her pearls stolen. In the end, my dad was in jail, which was merely the staircase in the basement behind the rungs of the railing, and when asked why he committed such a hanus crime, he replied with fake tears, “to buy cocaine”. I was not old enough to understand so my response was incredibly cliche, “So i guess that means crime doesn’t pay.”
November 19th, 2009 at 9:13 am
I don’t want stickers… but I would love some Uncle Ben’s Rice. It’s so convenient how they have old black men in micorwavable packages now. 90 seconds and it’s like an old black man buffet. Yum yum yum!
November 19th, 2009 at 9:15 am
BTW hilarious strip. I almost peed my pants a little.
November 19th, 2009 at 9:15 am
I fixed the “BY” line for you Tony.
November 19th, 2009 at 9:25 am
I was pretty much every girl disney character, Ariel being at the top of the list. The hardest part about being her was trying not to drown in my grandma’s pool while I was ‘swimming’ with my feet & legs together. I got a lot of forks stuck in my hair too.
November 19th, 2009 at 10:25 am
I didn’t have any alter ego’s, but my favorite underground food mascot is Scrunchy the bear. I hope there’s some people out there who share my love for Scrunchy.
November 19th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Hol– what about when I pretended to be Ariel (ok, I was 18, not 6) when we were on Block Island. I perched myself on the rock. Wind blowing in the hair. Pretending to sing. A few waves crashed on the rock, water sprayed, look real legit. Then a huge wave came and shot me 10 feet off the rock into the air. Scraped up my stomach and legs and hit my head. And the whole time, tourists were taking pictures of me. Most ungraceful Ariel… ever.
November 19th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
HAHAHA I just forgot about that until now…thanks for the laugh…oh how I wish I had the photo of that at work right now so I could scan it and show the world that being a mermaid is really only meant for cartoons
November 20th, 2009 at 10:54 am
i wish there was a “like” button for this strip.