Recent comments in /f/OldSchoolCool

ExRockstar t1_jdxxu2a wrote

Reply to comment by suffaluffapussycat in Sigmund and the sea monsters 1970s by steroidamoeba

Here's a fun fact about the Kroffts:

McDonalds hired an advertising agency, who reached out to them to create the McDonaldland characters (Grimace, Hamburgler, Mayor McCheese etc.) based on their H.R. Puffinstuff characters.

They did as asked, and created the characters and were all seen and pictures taken of the costumes. Then the agency called the Kroffts and told them the Mcdonalds ad campaign had been canceled.

The agency actually used the pictures they took and hired former employees of the Kroffts to create the sets and costumes and even hired Krofft's voice actor to do several of the voices for their commercials.

The Kroffts sued. Initially were awarded $50K. They appealed the judgement and were then awarded $1.04M on appeal.

22

MineNo5611 t1_jdxw4pl wrote

Reply to comment by SmokedHamm in Unknown cowboy, c.1900 by Star_Ship_55

I’m totally being pedantic but Django is a bounty hunter, not a cowboy. As a matter of fact, most Hollywood “cowboys” (including Clint Eastwood and Franco Nero, the original Django) aren’t actually cowboys. Actual historical cowboys, as the name suggests, were just cattle herders, who might have occasionally gotten into gunfights over land disputes or cattle thieves. Yellowstone and it’s spin offs are some of the few “cowboy” series that’s actually about cowboys.

1