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I’m a 60-year-old Aspergic gardening CAD-Monkey. Sardonic, cynical and with the political leanings of a social reformer, I’m also a toy and model figure collector, particularly interested in the history of plastics and plastic toys. Other interests are history, current affairs, modern art, and architecture, gardening and natural history. I love plain chocolate, fireworks and trees, but I don’t hug them, I do hug kittens. I hate ignorance, when it can be avoided, so I hate the 'educational' establishment and pity the millions they’ve failed with teaching-to-test and rote 'learning' and I hate the short-sighted stupidity of the entire ruling/industrial elite, with their planet destroying fascism and added “buy-one-get-one-free”. Likewise, I also have no time for fools and little time for the false crap we're all supposed to pretend we haven't noticed, or the games we're supposed to play. I will 'bite the hand that feeds', to remind it why it feeds.

Saturday, September 19, 2020

P is for Pirate Pugwash!

Referring-back to last year's ITLAPD's late post, these were a follow-up from Brian on the British TV-watching kid of the 1950/70's favourite pirate . . . Captain Pugwash and his adventures aboard the Black Pig!

1998; 27002; Britt Allcroft; Captain Pugwash; Cut Throat Jake; Cut-Throat Jake; Cutthroat Jake; International Talk Like A Pirate Day; ITLAPD; John Ryan; Pirate Day; Pirate Novelty; Pirate Toy; Pirates; Plastic Pirates; Talk Like A Pirate; TLAPD; Toy Pirates; VIVID Games;
Brian hasn't got a scale model of the Black Pig, so he's stolen a little jolly-boat and has sent Pugwash and [his nemesis] Cut-Throat Jake off to find a proper ship, in that! Although I fear one of them needs to move to starb'd as neither of them is exactly svelte, and it'll get rougher once they leave the comfort of the harbour walls - if you know what I mean!

1998; 27002; Britt Allcroft; Captain Pugwash; Cut Throat Jake; Cut-Throat Jake; Cutthroat Jake; International Talk Like A Pirate Day; ITLAPD; John Ryan; Pirate Day; Pirate Novelty; Pirate Toy; Pirates; Plastic Pirates; Talk Like A Pirate; TLAPD; Toy Pirates; VIVID Games;
Vivid are responsible for these polymer likenesses of the [mildly] derisible and very entertaining duo. Presumably based on the current standard animated-style version, Brian may have been entertained by the original B&W series while I got colour! For foreign readers who may not be familiar with this icon of British cuw'cha, the original animation technique involved paper cut-outs, live in the 1950's (on hidden sticks), recorded stop-motion (like Southpark) in the '70's.

1998; 27002; Britt Allcroft; Captain Pugwash; Cut Throat Jake; Cut-Throat Jake; Cutthroat Jake; International Talk Like A Pirate Day; ITLAPD; John Ryan; Pirate Day; Pirate Novelty; Pirate Toy; Pirates; Plastic Pirates; Talk Like A Pirate; TLAPD; Toy Pirates; VIVID Games;
A few days later Brian sent me another shot after outfitting Jake with a 'proper' sword! Thank you Mr. Berke . . . pirates and nostalgia; it's like going down the pub!

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