My friend Dan at a sampler of things alerted me to the news that Renegade Animation has obtained the rights to make a pilot for a cartoon series based on the old Funny Face characters.įunny Face was a powdered drink mix, like Kool-Aid, made by Pillsbury in the 1960s and 1970s. To help with the celebration, here are a couple of pogs from the early 1990s.įunny Face cartoon series, you say? Yes, I did. I still have many of those to commemorate the Slurpees of yesteryear. In the '80s and '90s I remember when the Slurpee cups would have a secret compartment underneath where you would get a cool prize like a flicker coin of a baseball or football player. I had so many of those cups, most of which faded, cracked and found their way into the trash can over the years. Since the '70s, 7-Elevens have had great periodic promotions with collectible plastic cups featuring cartoon characters, sports stars and super heroes. It's really something I've never outgrown to this day. It often required pestering my parents to drive me, or permission to ride my bike there with friends. Yum!Īn oasis in the hot summer sun, I have fond memories as a kid of many trips to get Slurpees and candy there. I'll be heading out for a Slurpee later today. Today is July 11th, or 7/11, which means a day to celebrate my favorite convenience store 7-E lev en !Įvery 7-Eleven Day you should make your way to a nearby store for a delicious Slurpee, Big Gulp or other tasty snack. Here's a Pinky the Spoon bendy toy from 1991, and below that is a chocolate mint ice cream pinback button which is probably from the 1980s. I wanted to share a few Baskin-Robbins collectibles that I have. You can see a picture of him and read his obituary here: Irvine Robbins mmm.! Whatever the choice was, I knew there were 30 more to try next time. Chocolate, mint chocolate chip, strawberry. Personally, I must walk down the whole counter and peruse all 31 choices. One might call that sweet deal, or otherwise a frozen dilemma. Customers could always count on Baskin-Robbins to have 31 flavors to choose from. Together they came up with that magic number - 31. Baskin's name came first because he won the coin flip. In 1948 he joined forces with his brother-in-law, Burton Baskin, to form the Baskin-Robbins ice cream store chain. Robbins opened his first ice cream store in Glendale, California in 1945. I heard recently of the passing of Irvine Robbins, and wanted to share the news here. Help spread the word and keep your fingers crossed that these happy fruits find their way to a television set near you in 2009! The project was featured in a licensing magazine article which can be seen here. Jolly Olly Orange almost lost his hat while rolling in to remind me of another media highlight. If you have not seen it already, be sure to check out the original Funny Face trailer. They've put together a brilliant idea for a good, clean cartoon for kids with a splash of nostalgia for us big kids, too. I'm happy to inform you that the Funny Face team won the challenge as the " most promising property"! Of those, only six were selected to present their pitch at the event. MIPCOM Junior describes itself as "the world’s largest kids’ programming screening event and the leading international conference venue for kids and youth programming" and takes place in Cannes, France each year.Ĩ4 different projects had submitted applications for the event. The Funny Face team was invited to participate in the MIPCOM Junior licensing challenge in October. We wanted to take this opportunity to pass along a very exciting and promising update! Loudmouth Lime cannot keep his mouth shut about his much-anticipated Funny Face cartoon series, though he must share the spotlight with his other fruity friends.
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