Sunday, May 19, 2019
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE MIRTH KIND
Even though the Daily Creative department 's heydey occurred in the years between 1979 and 1981, the memories of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1978) were still fresh... and all the moreso when the paperback book of CE3K 'photo-toons' (the movie re-told in photo stills) came out. I don't know how the whole thing started, but someone cut out a panel from the book and added a word balloon that pertained to life at the Creative Department... and pretty soon everyone was contributing... at everyone else's expense.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
JARVIS... ON ICE!
Stay tuned for history Less #44 -- Who were the North Stars?
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Saturday, September 11, 2010
THE EVOLUTIONARY CAREER OF TRACY THE COP
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Danny O' Day Held Hostage, Part 5: As The Nation Held Its Breath, Danny Languished
Meanwhile, as Danny's release was being secured, a new crisis back home was brewing...
Danny O' Day Held Hostage, Part 4: Media Feeding Frenzy-And A Warning
Stunningly, the head of the Daily Advertising deartment insisted the Creative Dept. stop covering the O'Day Crisis and get back to real work. Faced with remaining true to their journalistic principles or retaining their jobs, the team had no choice but to comply.Soon, however, the note below was sent to Litt's office, a grim reminder that Danny O'Day's fate was still uncertain.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Danny O' Day Held Hostage, Part 3:: Message From The East
Monday, March 22, 2010
Danny O' Day Held Hostage, Part 2: History Repeating
In 1981 the Daily Creative Department was suddenly faced with its own Hostage Crisis...and one of their ranks was in terrible danger...
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Danny O' Day Held Hostage, Part 1: Danny, Oh Danny
Danny O'Day (pictured here with mentor and operator Jimmy Nelson and B-movie actor Ronald Reagan -- video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLIjWm9YRkc) arrived at the Minnesota Daily sometime in the winter of 1980. Made of plastic and stuffed with cotton, he was content to sit on the iron radiator and watch the rest of us work.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
One of the more unsuccessful ideas at the Daily
JEFF V. ADDS: The picture alone made me laugh out loud, but some reminiscence is due... I remember when the box (not nearly as big as the one pictured) was placed in the "conference" room of the Daily. A little open-topped compartmentalized cardboard box, not unlike the kind you store Christmas ornaments in, full of candy bars and Cornuts and such. I recall how impressed I was at the idea that someone in the world still had the confidence in their fellow human beings that such an honor-based form of retail could succeed. As Bruce's headline denotes, it did not. Candy bars and snacks disappeared from the thing while its collection box remained equally empty or close to it. Scribbled IOUS were instered into the slot. Handfuls of spare change. The greatest moment in the venture's short-lived existence was when a note appeared on the Honor Snacks box, charging "This Thing ATE MY QUARTER!"
All these years later though it kinda warms the heart that the Honor Snacks tradition -- and the belief in altrusism -- still lives in the modern age (note the http://www.honorsnacks.com/ in the above picture).
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Trish Two
Deanna Model and Friend
BRUCE WONDERS: Would that "we" be "me" playing dress-up, Craig?
Caricatures By Bruce Continued
BRUCE RESPONDS: Here you go, Craig.