Da Hippos
Snoozles™. You can't live with 'em, you can't live without 'em. Today's examples are hippo-centric (please use the phrase "hippo-centric" four times today in casual conversation, maybe at the grocery store). This first one is from 1956, and we see Haydn and Hannah relaxin in the cool water of, I don't know, the Susquehanna River? They both look a bit off their game, maybe they got some bad news. They're concerned about Elvis Presley's effect on teenagers.
Now it's the 1960s, and Hal, Helen, and Harrison refuse to open their mouths for passing boats. "Nobody cares about our opinions on the Space Program; they just want to stare at our teeth". It's just disrespectful! As a compromise, they still wiggled their ears, however.
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Haydn, Hannah, Hal, Helen and Harrison.
Hahahaha!
Thanks, Major, for the chuckles.
Am looking forward to the comments...will be back later.
Hmmm, why do Haydn and Hannah look "off their game"? Maybe because their texture looks kinda non-descript, lacking in nuance. Dull color + dull texture = dull hippos. The overall color of the photo is bland and unexciting as well. I guess they can't all be winners; and that's why this one's a Snoozle.
Hal (he's the one on the left, right?) looks overly colorful (I know, I'm hard to please). Sort of like a ceramic hippo figurine you'd see on Grandma's knick-knack shelf. Who knew hippos were so cerebral, wanting to talk about the space program and such? I'd love to hear their theories on black holes at the centers of galaxies. Oh well, ear wiggling is good. They look cute when they wiggle their ears.
Happy Snoozle Day, everyone! Thanks, Major.
Until this morning, I’d never noticed how much hippos look like giant capybaras with alopecia.
Hal appears to be listing a little to the right (his left).
Hey, where was Henrietta? Oh, maybe she was busy watching Charlie the Owl cuss out Freddie the Frog?
"Hippos" also: "Highest Paid Person On Site": generally who you default to when no one can make a decision...also when you mix a hippie with Harpo Marx...so: Harpo in a tie dye shirt, with long unkempt hair driving a VW bus: "Hippo". A gaggle of hippos correctly: "herd"...it not a "fun time" in the wild...they are extremely aggressive and will not think twice to kill you. They are extremely fast despite their size. Do not approach. From experience. These hippos are pretty convincing...and if you are on the boat whizzing past these: I'd believe it. The Tour Guide lounge was directly behind this scene: so we heard the gun shots all day long. There was a "thing" that happened with a guy with a gun or a "weapon"...memory is fuzzy...: or some kook on the loose...memory is fuzzy...it was all shelved and the story was very buried... so I'm not sure you'd find anything about it...but he had got backstage: (not a difficult feat)...and we were all worried that he would take the hippo "cap gun" shot as a real shot....and go more crazy...APD was involved of course and on the scene...we were on lock down...not sure what actually went down in the end, as at that time: "the show must go on". That was in the 80's and today that scenario would probably be played out very very very differently. We went on with the day. Happy Hippos Hover High upon Heathly Humid Hydration....thanks Major for some snoozle (tm).
”Hal, Helen, and Harrison refuse to open their mouths for passing boats.”
The first probably should have been expected. Machines named “Hal” are notorious for refusing to open things for people.
Lou and Sue, there are so many “H” names!
JB, listen, sometimes you can just tell when hippos are feeling under the weather. They lack the joie de vivre that they usually exhibit. And yes, you are like Goldilocks - “This hippo is too bland”. “This one is too colorful!”. You have to accept hippos for themselves, I think there’s a Disney movie about that. I remember reading that hippos sweat blood (which is why their sweat is pinkish), but I don’t know if that was legit or not.
Chuck, I guess they kind of DO look like capybaras! I just saw a photo of a raccoon with alopecia, and was unrecognizable as that animal.
TokyoMagic!, Henriette Hippo was the busy, successful sibling. Did Charlie the Owl use real cuss words? Because that’s a show I’d watch.
Bu, I’d never heard “hippo” used for “highest person paid on site”. I like it, because you can call your boss a hippo, and when he/she objects, you tell them that it’s a compliment. I’ll bet Harpo Marx played at least one hippie in his career. I’ve read that a herd of hippos can also be called a “bloat”, but somehow “herd” really does seem more apt. I hope the herds of rampaging hippos near your home never bother you! Have you read about Pablo Escobar’s escaped hippos, now thriving in Colombia, to the point where they are becoming a problem? Who woulda thunk it.
Chuck, it’s true, machines named “Hal” don’t like to open things for people, but they do like to sing “Daisy Bell”. Reaaallllyyy slowly.
Major, there is a blooper/outtake of Freddy cussing out Charlie. I won't' post the link here, since this is a family blog, but it's very easy to find.
Lion Country Safari (in Irvine, CA) had a hippo escape from the park, back in 1978. She was free for days, and I think she found a drainage canal or ditch to have fun in. They tried to coral her, and then decided to shoot her with a tranquilizer gun. The rest of story has a tragic ending. They should have just let her find her way to Disneyland, to live happily ever after.....terrorizing guests in Jungle Cruise boats.
I forgot to mention that the hippo's name was Bubbles. Because I know everyone wanted to know that. Johnny Carson talked about her in one of his show monologues, and there was even a reference to her during an episode of Match Game. R.I.P. Bubbles! :-(
These appear to be Happy Hippos, and not so Hungry.
I used to think the ear-wiggling schtick was a JC joke, but I looked it up and Wikipedia says it’s true, hippos wiggle their ears when angry.
Of course Wikipedia also describes how Davy Crockett and Santa Claus defeated the Martians at the 3rd battle of Bull Run…
Major, any hippo pics are fine by me.
JG
The story of Bubbles was truly tragic and incredibly stupid at the time. But hippos aren't really suited for urban environments other than Adventureland.
Reading BU's comments brought back my encounter in the 70s with a guest. It was a private party evening and I had safely taken my crew through the Jungle and returned to the unload dock recanting my usual ending jokes. At the time I turned around to face the guests, the fellow sitting in the middle row up front pulled out a cap gun and fired it at me and then walked off the boat. I was so damned stunned and my front unload guy had his back to the situation. Now fast forward that to today...I would have decked him. In the end, Security should have been called immediately. I know he thought it as a joke. It was a different world. And not funny. KS
TokyoMagic!, thank you for remembering that this is a family blog; I usually only allow links to Jim Neighbors performances. I remember the escaped hippo! Gee, who could have known that tranquilizing an air-breathing animal that was in water was a bad idea? So dumb!
TokyoMagic!, oh yeah, Bubbles. Poor Bubblety-boo. Remember Frasier, the Sensuous Lion?
JG, don’t be fooled, hippos are always hungry. So am I, so I can’t throw stones. I actually didn’t know that the ear-wiggling thing was for real, so thank you! I’m going to have to look for that Wikipedia article, it sounds awesome!
KS, see my comment to TM! Wow, and ADULT did that stunt with the cap gun?? I would not have blamed you for decking him! I'm not sure how the supervisor would have responded, but that guest was way out of line. It almost makes me wonder if there was something "wrong" with him. I have a friend who had the "exploding novelty cigar" prank played on him... that was the end of the relationship between him and that other person.
If they ever decide tp pack them up and move the, they'll need some kind of Hippo crates...
Melissa, Bill and Ted have the Hippo Crates stored next to the So Crates, but you must take an oath to use them.
JG⬆️
TokyoMagic!, oh yeah, Bubbles. Poor Bubblety-boo. Remember Frasier, the Sensuous Lion?
Major, I do remember him! But I never saw the movie with the same name. I was probably too young to be taken to a movie that was so sensuous. If only Bubbles had been able to live as long of a life as Frasier. Maybe she would have gotten her own movie, "Bubbles, the Bosomy Hippo." Oh yeah, family blog. How about "Bodacious"?
Major...a young adult with friends. I know what would have happened if we had restrained him and called Security. There would have been no tolerance. KS
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