#animal crackers (1930)

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headcanon that hazel had the most parasocial beef imaginable with shirley temple. 8 year old hazel was writing hate mail to the local paper with her crayons calling the also 8 year old shirley a sellout and an industry plant. in 2010 hazel's watching nick at nite on the fifth cohort rec room tv and sees the 2 minute long shirley temple box set commercial and loses her fucking mind.

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This image radiates gender so I drew it

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Animal Crackers (1930) Victor Heerman

April 20th 2024

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Put title and release year in the tags ⬇️

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ARCHER S09E01, "Strange Pilot"

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Seen (again) in 2023:

Animal Crackers (Victor Heerman), 1930

Pardon me while I have a "Strange interlude" . . .

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Animal Crackers Victor Heerman USA, 1930 ★★★

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My high school drama teacher used to whistle this song when he walked into a room.

The Marx Brothers in Animal Crackers (1930) Paramount Pictures Dir. Victor Heerman

Groucho Marx as Captain Spaulding

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Harpo Marx as The Professor - Animal Crackers - 1930

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Molly’s Cracker Jack Collection

Cracker Jack was a popular caramel popcorn and peanut food and every box came with a prize. Molly loved to collect and trade small toys from inside these boxes. Open the Cracker Jack Box and help Molly eat the pretend popcorn. She keeps her growing collection in an old cigar box. It includes two marbles, a ring, two tiny animals, a World War II airplane and three paper toys.

Details about Cracker Jack and how I made the collection under the cut.

What are Cracker Jack prizes?

Cracker Jack is a caramel coated popcorn and peanut mix that was first sold around 1896. It is a staple of American baseball games and other sporting events. It’s even mentioned in the song that plays at every baseball game, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”, written in 1908: “Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don’t care if I never get back”. 

Cracker Jack started giving prizes in their boxes in 1912, and throughout most of the century, these prizes were highly collectable among kids. Most of the prizes are plastic animals and other trinkets, as well as many paper or cardboard items like games and collectible cards. Some even included tiny books or flipbooks or dollhouse furniture. It’s fascinating to look through the years and see how things changed, from metal to plastic, the different pop culture references, the war years, et cetera.

Frito-Lay bought the company in 1997 and changed all of the prizes to flat things like tattoos, stickers, and jokes. Not the same experience at all–that’s what I remember from growing up. And now they don’t even include anything but a QR code for an online game.

Research

To make Molly’s collection, I looked through the 1940s pages of a collector’s guide on Internet Archive to get a sense of what was available at the time. I took some things from the 1930s and 1950s too. I printed out some of the flat games and collected other items based on what I could find in a teeny tiny scale–these toys were already really small so it was hard to find things that are small on an American Girl scale. I also did some searching about how kids collected these, and someone said they were often kept in old cigar boxes, which might not be PC enough for PC, but I liked the idea so I made a cigar box out of a fancy cardboard jewelry box I had. (more on collecting and trading below).

I have ideas to add more prizes, like printing out movie star trading cards and coming up with a way to make pins–I’m picturing something like the doll Grin Pins. 

Molly Lore (head-canon)

I can imagine Molly trading away all of the warplane cards and toys to her brother Ricky for dollhouse furniture, jewelry, animals, movie star items, and so on. There were, unsurprisingly, tons of planes and other war items in Cracker Jack in the 1940s. It seemed like Molly was always getting planes and Ricky was always getting stupid doll furniture! They both liked the games, though. Molly and Ricky gave any leftover prizes they didn’t want to Brad. 

One day Jill decided she was “too mature” for Cracker Jack and gave her collection to Molly, which was more annoying than it should have been, because there’s something kind of not fun about suddenly getting things all at once that you’ve been collecting slowly. Molly invited Susan and Linda over to pick through Jill’s collection, each girl choosing one thing at a time until it was divvied up. At least sharing with her best friends and not keeping it all to herself made it a little more fun. 

Resources:

This collector’s guide was instrumental in my research. It both gave me specific ideas and a general sense of the experience and patterns of the prizes. There were a few telling editorial remarks like this one about Barrettes on page 127: “Left a lot to be desired if a little boy got it. (Then again, I’m sure that many a little girl was disappointed to get a “war” prize).” This is what gave me the image of Ricky and Molly trading their prizes and both of them being happy about it!

https://archive.org/details/crackerjacktoysc0000whit

Another resource I used was this selling website:

Although the search function is pretty awful, it is good for scans of paper prizes. 

Here is the google doc I used to collect the pictures I wanted to print in what seemed an appropriate size: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/196ByHxFQ8G21VbtBmT5H2ZCmigQnAYsUfbzru0buivM/edit?usp=sharing 

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List of names Rob Zombie used or referenced in House of 1000 Corpses/The Devil's Rejects + where they're from:

The last name "Firefly" is from Duck Soup, 1933

Captain Spaulding -> Captain Spaulding (Animal Crackers - 1930), Ringo (Stagecoach - 1939)

Otis B. Driftwood -> Otis B. Driftwood (A Night at the Opera - 1935), Mr. Hammer (The Cocoanuts - 1929), J. Cheever (At The Circus - 1939), Quincy Wagstaff (Horse Feathers - 1932)

Baby Firefly -> Vera-Ellen (Vera-Ellen, actress/dancer known for lip syncing, who also starred in the Marx brothers film Love Happy), Baby Jane (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? - 1962), Bunny (Love Happy - 1949)

Mama Firefly -> Gloria Teasdale (Duck Soup - 1933), Eve Wilson (Marx Brothers Go West - 1940)

Rufus "RJ" Firefly -> Rufus T. Firefly (Duck Soup - 1933)

The Professor (Earl) -> The Professor (Animal Crackers - 1930)

Ravelli -> Signor Emanuel Ravelli (Animal Crackers - 1930), Ravelli (The Big Store - 1941)

Charlie Altamont -> Wolf J. Flywheel (The Big Store - 1941)

Doctor Satan/S. Quentin Quale -> S. Quentin Quale (Marx Brothers Go West - 1940)

Grandpa Hugo -> Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush (A Day at the Races - 1937) (Hugo's is quite interesting since he was originally intended to be Doctor Satan, I'm assuming thats why his name was derived from a character with the Doctor title)

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I have several ideas for a few scenarios/episodes for the 📒Mutant High🧪 AU, so I'm going to put them down for now (I think these are a few basic ones, but they'll do):

• In the 📒Mutant High🧪 AU, if Reader spent an entire week without sleep or eating much, you can bet one of the platonic yans is slipping something in their cup of chocolate milk or hot cocoa... They likely proceed to get Reader back to their bed, while wrapping them up in a blanket (some of them will spend the night/morning cuddling with Reader, enjoying the extra time with them and the warmth)

• Breakfast is usually a calm affair... or at least a pretty tame one, if not entirely calm. Reader probably helped make some of breakfast, and the moment the platonic yans catch word of that, thet are trying to grab every piece they can of Reader's cooked goodies (especially their pancakes, most definitely the pancakes) (a few fights almost break out, until Reader shows up, and then they're all calming back down)

• If Reader isn't eating much during breakfast, they will end up with their plate being filled by the other students, usually with a part of whatever they were having for breakfast. Suffice to say, Reader usually eats a few bites of the food they were given, even if they aren't hungry or aren't feeling well, so as not to upset their friends

• When one of the platonic yans falls sick, Reader takes it upon themself to take care of them. And they go all out. Reader is getting them a heating pad or a cold wash cloth, depending on if they have fever or chills; they're making chicken noodle soup from scratch, while also grabbing whatever crackers they can find, so as not to upset the platonic yan/s stomach; they're finding every blanket they can and making a bed/nest for them, adding fluffy pillows and stuffed animals, especially the heatable or lavender scented ones; Reader even grabs homework and makes notes for them, so the platonic yan/s don't have to worry about that while they recover... (they do their best to repay Reader after they're well again, and they do get their chance if...)

• If Reader fell sick, they have almost every platonic yan offering to keep an eye on them while they work on feeling better. Be it by getting them food, giving them medicine, helping them sleep, or anything else that needs to get done, they'll do it. That's their little buddy/pup/friend/pal/sibling/child, okay? They certainly don't mind helping them... (and if it means they get to hug them all day AND skip class, then that's a win-win in their book!)

• If an accident happened to the platonic yans, Reader is there to help them. They have a few band-aids on hand, and some clean water; they have a few pain-relief pills, for emergencies; and they have the teacher or school nurse coming, or getting ready for them, so if they can hang tight for one second, Reader can help-

• If Reader ended up in an accident... It had better be an accident. If someone hurt them... their will be h*ck to pay... The platonic yans are taking them to the nearest nurse's office, teacher, or bathroom, depending on the problem, and are doing what they can to keep their little buddy from feeling worse than they already do. If it's a papercut, they have a band-aid for them; if they fell and bruised themself, they're checking for sprains or broken bones; if they feel sick, they're getting Reader to the nearest bathroom, in case they're getting ill; and if someone hurt Reader or tried to bully them... well, a few of them take care of Reader and get then somewhere safer, while the rest of them handle the troublemakers...

• Movie nights are fun, and usually are a sleep-over night as well. While a few platonic yans like letting Reader choose the movie, a few have a few options in mind... And the first one who puts on an actual actual movie (not, like, Abbot and Castello Meet The Whatever or the 1930s classic ones, I mean something that's more... scary... actually scary), after seeing Reader cry, and is possibly scared themself and the others, swear off horror movies over PG-13... Plenty of them argue over who gets to sit next to Reader, but ultimately Reader decides (most of the time)... If they fall asleep next to anyone, that platonic yan (or two, if there is one on either side of Reader) gets to hug Reader while they sleep... And then everyone ends up in a large cuddle pile, because of course they do... (They make sure to have a sleepover every week, if not every few days)

(These were a few scenarios/episode ideas for this AU! 😊 I will probably make another list, if not actually write one of these scenarios, so I look forward to that)

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HARPO MARX in ANIMAL CRACKERS -1930-, directed by VICTOR HEERMAN

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Random Oc HeadCanons

Darla Marie Sasha🦌🎄

-Her Age is 15 almost 16

-Loves Christmas Cookies

-Has A Collection of Winter Hats in her Closet

-Her room looks like a winter wonderland

-Does Cart-Wheels and Flys in the Air in both her reindeer and hybrid form

-Acts like a Spoiled Brat to BoCo’s Dismay Sometimes but is Innocent

-Besties with Isobella and Bakes Tiny Cakes with Her

-Favorite Season is Winter and Summer

-Loves The 90s and Earlier 2000s songs

-Sees Rebecca as Her Big Sister

-Acts Like A Big Girl to The Bigger Engines or Other Reindeers and will not hesitate to roast them out of bravery

Luna Amanda Gwen🐧🧣

-Age is 15

-Always Listens to BoCo and Bear

-Is Short-Tempered and Sassy whenever someone teases her and she has to beat the person up

-Likes to Bake Cookies with Jenny(she’s @jessythebunny’s sona)

-Very Good At Arts and Crafts, and Can Draw Very Well

-Is A Good Acrobat Penguin

-Favorite Season is Winter and Summer(Likes winter the most because she can side on her belly in the snow)

-Hates Diesel 10 and will punch him if she has too same goes to other mean diesels

-Her Jam is The 2000s, She a fan of Missy Elliot

-Thinks she’s good at penguin noises (One Time She did a Siren Noise that Caused Amber to fall onto Thomas’s Buffer and Hurt Back, it didn’t end well)

Della Max Dalmatian🐾🦴

-Age is 16

-Tomboy Gal

-Is Sassy, Sarcastic and at bit Bad-Tempered Sometimes, but is Really Cheerful and Friendly

-Isabel and Dulcie act like her Mothers, She hates that

-Hates Babying Around by Coaches, Annie and Clarabel for Example

-Hates The 1930s songs, she thinks they are to old and stupid, but loves the 90s songs and putting it’s on too Annoy Oliver to his dismay

-Does Pranks with Bill and Ben because she thinks it’s funny to tease people and engines

-She Sleeps with Bill and Ben in their room(in my au, engines have rooms like sheds)

-Favorite Season is Summer

-Hates Being Sunburnt

-Loves Those Animal Crackers and Oreo Cookies

-Has an Irish Accent, Don’t Judge Her

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hello!! you and captainspaulding's marx bro posting has caught my attention!! where should i start if i want to watch their stuff? thanks in advance ^_^

honestly they have a lotta movies, and it doesn't really matter where you start!

but I'll list the films in order and give free to watch links for them. put together with the help of @captainspaulding

Not including any solo or cameo endeavors - just the core Marx brothers films The Cocoanuts (1929) - internet archive, no subs Animal Crackers (1930) - youtube, auto gen subs Monkey Business (1931) - internet archive, no subs Horse Feathers (1932) - internet archive, no subs Duck Soup (1933) - internet archive, no subs A Night at the Opera (1935) - tubi, with subs A Day at the Races (1937) - tubi, with subs Room Service (1938) - youtube, auto gen subs At the Circus (1939) - youtube, auto gen subs Go West (1940) - link* The Big Store (1941) - link* A Night in Casablanca (1946) - on tubi with no subs or on youtube with subs Love Happy (1949) - youtube, with auto gen subs *Go West (1940) and *The Big Store (1941) we haven't been able to find anywhere free online yet, but they are available on amazon prime or apple tv for only a few bucks, that's how we watch them. If we do find a link we'll update this list.

My personal favorites are A Night in Casablanca, Love Happy, Duck Soup, A Night at the Opera and Horse Feathers! I’m gonna cut my faves list short here before going on to list At the Circus, and Go West, and Monkey Business