I’m just giddy with excitement at the prospect of sharing this song with you, our loyal Arf readers. Someday, when you lay dying, gasping your last breath, you’ll say “It was a good life. I finally got to hear The Wedding of Mr. Universe and Fantastic Gal by The Capes & Masks.â€
Not that this is a great record, mind you. It’s pretty inferior trash, truth be told. But how cool is it that somebody created a knock-off of The Wedding of Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Girl?
I must admit that The Fantastic Four Annual #3 was one of my favorite comics books at that time, featuring just about every Marvel Comics super-hero as well as Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in attendance at the wedding of Sue and Reed.
Their approach to the super-hero wedding is to throw in explosions every few seconds. I guarantee you won’t enjoy listening to this, but once you’ve heard it your life will be complete. Just click on the bar below…
The Purple Ape on this May 1951 comic book jumped the sales so much that all the DC Comics editors wanted to ape it by putting purple apes on their covers. The publisher was forced to leash the editors in with a monthly purple ape limit!
Mae Questel, the voice of Olive Oyl, did Popeye for 6 or 7 cartoons while Jack Mercer was overseas during World War II! “I can still do the voice,” mumbled Mae! I yam what i ain’t!
— C. Yoe (in the funny papers)
Does Roger Rabbit find Jessica exciting? “Are you kidding?’ says Charles Fleischer, Roger’s voice. “Why do you think he wears pants?! Bugs Bunny doesn’t wear pants!”
Buster Brown started as a mere comic strip toon in 1902, but he really knew how to sell…Everything from clothes to candy, games, bread, jewelry, and of course, Buster Brown Shoes! Mary Jane Shoes are named after Buster’s Girlfriend! Weird but shoe!
