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THOMPSON SEEDLESS OR RED FLAME
CARS: As are cars, so are their drivers
The worst part? "You can't maneuver a bus like that too easy in snow."
Angie Marks, Tommy's sonmare
C car make and model: '84 Mazda
hatchback.
Design. Black-and-white cow spots painted on most of the hood. Frosted cobwebs line the side windows. Lyrics by the band Skiny Puppy are painted in black on the back.
What made you decide on cow spots for the fooch? "I don't really know exactly. When I bought the car a few years ago, I knew I wanted to do something different."
What about the lyrics on the back? They're great when we pull up to an intersection. The person behind me will be trying to read the Skinny Puppy lyrics and I'll screw them up by constantly pulling ahead further and further."
What is the best part of this car?
"I'd have to say the plastic hand with torn fingers that's on the emergency brake. Or maybe the little plastic Jesus figure on the dash."
What is the general reaction to your car? "They probably think it's kind of odd. But I just bought a soldering iron, and I want to solder on something sharp to the hubcaps, like something out of 'Road Warrior.'"
What is one phrase that might describe the car? "This is one hardy car."
And the worst part? "The stereo
Aaron Strelow, former KU student, Lawrence resident.
sucks."
Car make and model: 59 Ford Fairlane.
Design. Its classic look makes this car distinct in a different sense than the others. Painted a Galaxy 500 Black
What is the history behind this car? "I bought it in Eudora last September for $2,000. When I saw it I just fell in love with it. I just think these cars are built much better than the ones today. They look really classy, too."
What was everybody's reaction when you brought it home? "They thought it looked good. One person named it the Batmobile, which I thought was pretty stupid. Another named it Christine, but I think in the movie, Christine was an Oldsmobile."
the best part of the car? "The three things. The front-end grill — it just looks mean. The dash at night — it glows. And the back-end at night lights up in an eerie red, li1ke afterburners."
The worst part? "The bottom side needs another coat of paint."
"There has never been a point where Popeye has faded and then come back. He's always been there," said Fred Grandinetti, founder of the Official Popeye Fanclub and owner of 1,000 pieces of Popeye memorabilia.
Now 31, he owns hundreds of Poppy items, including figurines, puppets, stickers, books, buttons, clothing, games, toys and posters.
He should know. He's been a Popeye devotee since he was 3.
Grandinetti said that in Boston alone you could watch him eight times a day.
The word that best describes the car? "Damn!"
Blow me down; Popeye turns 60
The 400-member club and King Features Syndicate, which owns the rights to Popeye, are marking the 60th anniversary of Popeye's first film appearance this summer.
The Associated Press
WATERTOWN, Mass. — Well blow me down. It has been 60 years since Popeye swaggered his way onto the silver screen. And his devoted fans say the spinach-slurping sailor man has weathered the years quite well.
"People think I'm nuts," said Grandinetti, who finances his fixation with his paycheck from an office job at a local vinyl company.
It was in July 1933 that Popeye, previously a character in E.C. Segar's long-running newspaper comic strip, muscled into the movies as a guest in a Betty Boop cartoon. He blustered his way through a long film and television career before sailing off to rerun land with Olive Olive, Bluto, Wimpy, Swee pea and the rest of the crew.
Even now, there seems to be a Popeye cartoon running somewhere in the world at every moment of the day, said Amanda Hass, a King Features representative who gives her title as "Popeye's personal
He estimates he's spent about $10,000 on memorabilia that, at current prices, is worth about three tIed Turner's Cartoon Network ran a week-long "Popumentary" series, while fans from throughout the country gathered in Chicago for a Popeye film festival. They'll note the milestone again in September, when they gather for their annual "Popeye Picnic" in Segar's home town of Chester, Ill.
publicist."
"He's just a genuine all-around good guy," Grandinetti said in explaining Popeye's perennial popularity. "He never asked for a reward, he just did the right thing."
but there's often a line in which Grandinetti and Popeye part ways. "I hate spinach, especially the canned stuff." Grandinetti said. "I can only take it with a lot of butter and salt."
But there's one area in which Grandinetti and Popeye part ways.
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