I was oddly obsessed with the Smokey the Bear comics as a kid. Probably because I was a deprived hippy child forced to enjoy un-coloring books with no lines.
In any case, I don't remember him being very lefty. Mostly telling me not to throw a burning cigarette in the woods.
I'm actually in favor of privatizing Smokey & Woodsy, in that I'm sure they could generate more than 50 million by starring in a buddy cop action comedy together.
Am afraid of owls so its ok with me if they privatize this thing. Even though trough legacy I have received 2 paperweight shaped Owls which I keep in my Caoba and Oak furnished studio.
Smokey the bear is a propaganda pushing hack. Forest fires are a naturally occurring process. They get MUCH worse when we clearcut the forest and it grows back all spindly, with every tree the same age. If that clown really wanted to save the forest, he would be teaching kids that the Forest Service and the BLM are the real bad guys, not Jo Shmo with a campfire.
Woodsy's hat was embarrassingly gauche even for 1977. On the plus side, he was clearly the inspiration for "Nite Owl" in WATCHMEN, though I doubt he's ever seen a dime.
In any case, I don't remember him being very lefty. Mostly telling me not to throw a burning cigarette in the woods.
It's spelled "lose". Sorry to be johnny-corrects-a-lot, but that error is all over the interwebs and is like fingernails on the chalkboard to me.
Am afraid of owls so its ok with me if they privatize this thing. Even though trough legacy I have received 2 paperweight shaped Owls which I keep in my Caoba and Oak furnished studio.
Also, Atomic for COTW.