19 મે, 2010

Wenlock and Mandeville.



No, I don't understand.
Wenlock looks dangerous and Mandeville seems to have wet his man-da-pants.

50 ટિપ્પણીઓ:

Methadras કહ્યું...

Awesome. Another creepy kids show to relax me into sleep. Tele-Tubbies are my favorite.

Miss Kelly કહ્યું...

Is it not a wee bit telling that the two English children who are quoted in the article have the names Ali and Zanyeb??

LordSomber કહ્યું...

And I thought the Izzy/Whatsit from the '96 Olympics was ridiculous.
These characters belong in a tokusatsu Power Rangers episode.

Drew W કહ્યું...

Hmmm. Unclassifiable one-eyed creatures as Olympic mascots. They’re really trying just about any damned thing now, aren’t they?

At least I think I’ve found the right band to play the opening ceremony.

traditionalguy કહ્યું...

They are not human or animal. Are they computer signs meant to show that computers will take over the Olympics as soon as we give up using human skills in the competition? How wonderful for the kids to see what we now think of their mere human skill levels.

Ron કહ્યું...

Are Ann and Meade moonlighting for the Olympics?

KCFleming કહ્યું...

Looks like two grotesquely huge bottle openers.

Wenlock and Mandeville sounds like a 1970s variety show starring a pair of marginally talented pop stars who do mime and topical skits and sing almost-folk songs. Their one hit reached number 12 in 1976, 'Disco Sinatra', when they had dropped the folky pretense and put a Sinatra medley to a depressing Disco beat. The show was subsequently cancelled, and Mandeville was later convicted of embezzlement from the unitarian church he worked as an office manager.

Fred4Pres કહ્યું...

Mandeville looks like he is wearing chaps. Or wet himself.

I am going to predict epic fail here.

I am wondering how much they paid some agency to come up with this crap. Frankly they might as well got the sock monkey and his pals from the Kia commerical, by kids love them.

KCFleming કહ્યું...

Wenlock became famous again as 'Wacky Wenlock' the children's songwriter, whose performances before maniacal throngs of the newly-continent set were accompanied by giant whales, rainbows, and fluffy bears.

However, the hit song Give The Dog A Bone soon came under attack for its double-entendre title, fueled by a photograph of Wenlock coming out of a peep show in 1983. At that point, his second career was over.

His current whereabouts are unknown, but Minneapolis residents swear they hear strains of his trademark tune Itchy Palms in the downtown skyways each November.

Fred4Pres કહ્યું...

I get the feeling Wenlock and Mandeville went to bording school with Christopher Hitchens.

Not that there is anything wrong with that.

અજ્ઞાત કહ્યું...

Teletubbies on acid.

Fred4Pres કહ્યું...

These guys might be available too.

George Grady કહ્યું...

Mutant Ninja Toilet Seats?

oleh કહ્યું...

A chav and his piss-drunk chavette girlfriend.

Moondog કહ્યું...

Like Halloween costumes, it's not a very good Olympic mascot if you have to explain what it is.

halojones-fan કહ્યું...

I like how the article describes them as having "TV camera eyes".

Uh...yeah. Big Brother is watching you in a kid-friendly non-threatening cartoon fun way!

Rialby કહ્યું...

Reductio ad absurdum...

When nearly everything you COULD do would offend someone do something that's so SURREAL that it offends nobody.

George કહ્યું...

Seems really wrong that it's the Paralympic mascot that looks like he has bladdre control issues.

Paddy O કહ્યું...

Two one-eyed monsters dancing in front of a rainbow?

Really?

I mean I'm not judging or anything...

Independent George કહ્યું...

From now on, I think all mascots should be designed by the Japanese.

reader_iam કહ્યું...

Pogo! Mwah!!

: )

KCFleming કહ્યું...

Please, contribute to the March of Dimes.

vnjagvet કહ્યું...

I really cant picture who creates things like these? And were are their kilts?

WV Paryond

A dyslexic who can't understand why everyone is trying to do him in.

Patm કહ્યું...

Everyone I've shown this picture to has literally pulled back in something like horror. No one understands it, but it is literally repellent.

Unknown કહ્યું...

The real names of Milli Vanilli?

I think I saw Kenneth Tobey or Hugh Marlowe zap both those guys in some invasion from outer space picture at the Bryn Mawr movies back in the 50s.

Either that, or it's representational - Andy Sullivan and the real mother of Trig Palin.

Rialby કહ્યું...

Are u deleting comments or is that jus happening automatically?

KCFleming કહ્યું...
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Brad V કહ્યું...

Mandeville is a town in Lousiana on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain...perhaps that's what the blue is meant to be...

Unknown કહ્યું...

WOW ! look at the first lady !!!

Lem Vibe Bandit કહ્યું...

The Iceland catshark was not available?

ps.. there is something mightily annoying going on with the login and word verification.. one of the two always fails the first time.. no matter how careful I do it.

gordo કહ્યું...

Is anyone channeling Dr. Who?

The hands leave no doubt. These are re-worked Dr. Who costumes.

I think it was season 9 episode 6?

Dust Bunny Queen કહ્યું...

Seriously.

Is this a joke?

Methadras કહ્યું...

mesquito said...

Teletubbies on acid.


That show is called Boobah.

Jason (the commenter) કહ્યું...

Excellent mascots, I enjoy a good laugh, and these are definitely something worth laughing at.

Can anyone remember mascots from any other Olympics? I can't. And I think these creatures capture the spirit of what the Olympics have become.

In my day people worked very hard to satirize things like Presidents and international institutions. Nowadays they do all the work for us; all we have to do is forward their press releases or repeat direct quotes.

અજ્ઞાત કહ્યું...
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Mark કહ્યું...

Makes me want to learn Japanese and refuse to admit English is my first (and at this point only) language.

jeff કહ્યું...

hmmm....i'm guessing medicinal pot is involved in all this.

Mr. Buford કહ્યું...

Alert Dr. Who, the Daleks have created a cyborg version of themselves!

AST કહ્યું...

I thought that it was Mummenschanz with a new look.

Then I wondered what had happened to the TV screen on their bellies.

Now I realize that the London Olympics will be aimed at two-year-olds, but I'm pretty sure my grandson, a couple of years beyond the demographic, would call them "monsters."

Fred Drinkwater કહ્યું...

I've long had a theory that explains events like this:
"Other people have access to better drugs than I do."

Patm કહ્યું...

Danielle, I love the first lady's dress, but the bodice is poorly fitted to her. She looks uncomfortable with the right boob smashed like that.

Also, she does not really look happy, anymore.

William કહ્યું...

According to the report, they are based on two molten drops of steel. It takes a far reach of abstraction to make a cuddly mascot out of such an entity. This is one up on the South Park mascots of Douchebag and Turd Sandwich. I certainly hope that impressionable children do not start playing with welding tools and molten metals.

KCFleming કહ્યું...

Wenlock and Mandeville are proof that Joni Mitchell has Morgellons disease.


'I've looked at fibers from both sides now;
I really don't know disease at all.

Tibore કહ્યું...

I dunno about the Olympic committee, but I am not sure that combining abstract art with mascot design is a good idea.

Clyde કહ્યું...

@ Miss Kelly - I thought exactly the same thing. The fact that they are apparently the most typical kids at the primary school is more disturbing than the creepy mascots. But history belongs to those who show up. The meek don't inherit the earth, the f**kers do, and their progeny. In a few generations, the Brits will be a minority in their own homeland.

Back to the mascots: Kind of an H.P. Lovecraft vibe to them? Or just Matt Groening?

Original Mike કહ્યું...

I like them.

Which is usually not a good sign ...

rhhardin કહ્યું...

It's two renditions of Mohammad.

BJM કહ્યું...

@PatCA

The bodice certainly didn't look comfortable, but the color was fabulous.

Perhaps the Chief of Protocol should wear kitten heels next time out.

What was with the Cinco de Mayo happy hour turquoise and orange color scheme? At least someone had the good sense to call Rick Bayless.

Methadras કહ્યું...

Patm said...

Danielle, I love the first lady's dress, but the bodice is poorly fitted to her. She looks uncomfortable with the right boob smashed like that.

Also, she does not really look happy, anymore.


I actually thought she looked kind of hot... For a drag queen...

Unknown કહ્યું...

Bottle openers? Want proof?
look here:

http://wp.me/p2n6eV-l6

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