Comments on: Bert http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 05:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Egypt Urnash http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html#comment-1088782 Egypt Urnash Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1088782 What happened to his <em>arms</em>? What happened to his arms?

]]> By: pauldrye http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html#comment-1088791 pauldrye Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1088791 @Egypt Urnash: There's a reason Ernie has been committed to an asylum for the last ten years. @Egypt Urnash: There’s a reason Ernie has been committed to an asylum for the last ten years.

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html#comment-1088799 EH Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1088799 One of us! One of us! One of us! One of us!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html#comment-1089333 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089333 Why must the eyes *always* be bloodshot in these un-toonings?? Why must the eyes *always* be bloodshot in these un-toonings??

]]> By: HeatherB http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html#comment-1088579 HeatherB Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1088579 Is it Happy Bert Day on Boing Boing? H-is for Horror! Is it Happy Bert Day on Boing Boing?

H-is for Horror!

]]> By: the lurch http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html#comment-1088581 the lurch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1088581 Ha! But that looks like a pair of eyebrows there...Bert has a full-on unibrow. Otherwise it's a great rendering. Ha! But that looks like a pair of eyebrows there…Bert has a full-on unibrow. Otherwise it’s a great rendering.

]]> By: PeaceNerd http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html#comment-1088839 PeaceNerd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1088839 Wow. That's really weird to see Bert with no arms. Wow. That’s really weird to see Bert with no arms.

]]> By: Victor Drath http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html#comment-1088846 Victor Drath Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1088846 This is wrong. Some things should just not be. This is wrong. Some things should just not be.

]]> By: Shibi http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html#comment-1088591 Shibi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1088591 Yech! Skin-Bert is scary. I think I prefer Felt-Bert. I know that my younger, more impressionable self would definitely have preferred Felt-Bert. (Skin-Bert looks like a creepy neighbor from down the street, you know... that weird one that always wears the same outfit and lives with that other guy, Ernie.) Yech! Skin-Bert is scary. I think I prefer Felt-Bert. I know that my younger, more impressionable self would definitely have preferred Felt-Bert. (Skin-Bert looks like a creepy neighbor from down the street, you know… that weird one that always wears the same outfit and lives with that other guy, Ernie.)

]]> By: bradmofo http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html#comment-1088592 bradmofo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1088592 Spot the difference: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01244/alex_salmond_1244016c.jpg (Scotland's First Minister) Spot the difference: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01244/alex_salmond_1244016c.jpg (Scotland’s First Minister)

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html#comment-1088595 blueelm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1088595 This is my favorite so far of all the "un-tooned" renderings. You know what would be better though is if this were a hyper-realistic sculpture. This is my favorite so far of all the “un-tooned” renderings. You know what would be better though is if this were a hyper-realistic sculpture.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html#comment-1089367 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089367 If you click the picture you can see that this actually IS a sculpture. Even creepier! Your wish is granted! If you click the picture you can see that this actually IS a sculpture. Even creepier! Your wish is granted!

]]> By: Beezy http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html#comment-1088607 Beezy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1088607 Unicorn chaser, please. Unicorn chaser, please.

]]> By: sweetcraspy http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html#comment-1088617 sweetcraspy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1088617 Bert's skin is <i>yellow</i>. Needs more jaundice. Otherwise, spot on! Bert’s skin is yellow. Needs more jaundice. Otherwise, spot on!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html#comment-1088632 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1088632 "Unibrow" is a derogatory and insulting term. We prefer the designation of "single browed" to describe the immaculate and transcendent phenomenon of two brows coming together to meet in the center of one's brow. For centuries, "unibrows" have been used to depict characters of a nefarious temperament, or beset by madness, or as irritable roommates. Well, no more! My brothers and sisters of the single brow! Now is the time to reclaim our birthright as the sole heir to this miraculous, glorious and unimpeded strip of hair. Be warned, there are those that would shave, tweeze, and dare i say it, even wax away our mark. These are our comrades, but their spirit has been broken by a society which mocks and defames our legacy. The revolution starts here. We will hide no more! Let your "third eye cozy" grow long and strong and keep it real in the middle... “Unibrow” is a derogatory and insulting term. We prefer the designation of “single browed” to describe the immaculate and transcendent phenomenon of two brows coming together to meet in the center of one’s brow. For centuries, “unibrows” have been used to depict characters of a nefarious temperament, or beset by madness, or as irritable roommates. Well, no more! My brothers and sisters of the single brow! Now is the time to reclaim our birthright as the sole heir to this miraculous, glorious and unimpeded strip of hair. Be warned, there are those that would shave, tweeze, and dare i say it, even wax away our mark. These are our comrades, but their spirit has been broken by a society which mocks and defames our legacy. The revolution starts here. We will hide no more! Let your “third eye cozy” grow long and strong and keep it real in the middle…

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html#comment-1089163 Donald Petersen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089163 Tonight's Nightmare: this Bert "Doin' The Pigeon." Tonight’s Nightmare: this Bert “Doin’ The Pigeon.”

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html#comment-1088666 Teller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1088666 Tod Browning approves. Tod Browning approves.

]]> By: License Farm http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html#comment-1088676 License Farm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1088676 In high school I drew a pic of what I thought Bert & Ernie would look like as people. My rendering was not quite so terrifying. Muppet eyes are not meant to be approximated with actual anatomy! In high school I drew a pic of what I thought Bert & Ernie would look like as people. My rendering was not quite so terrifying. Muppet eyes are not meant to be approximated with actual anatomy!

]]> By: Muse http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html#comment-1090777 Muse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1090777 It doesn't have arms because it is just a sculpted bust made by a talented sculptor named Nacho Diaz. Scroll to the bottom of this linked page to see the <a href="http://www.theeffectslab.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13804&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=20">original clay</a> sculpture. There are more views of the finished <a href="http://www.theeffectslab.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=116223#116223">silicone</a> version too. He also has a <a href="http://www.myspace.com/nachfx/photos/39665181#{%22ImageId%22%3A39665181}">Miss Piggy</a> costume on his Myspace page. It doesn’t have arms because it is just a sculpted bust made by a talented sculptor named Nacho Diaz. Scroll to the bottom of this linked page to see the original clay sculpture. There are more views of the finished silicone version too.

He also has a Miss Piggy costume on his Myspace page.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html#comment-1088756 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1088756 This is a hyper-realistic sculpture. This is a hyper-realistic sculpture.

]]> By: psychicwhoosh http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/bert.html#comment-1089279 psychicwhoosh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089279 One red bow away from being Zippy the Pinhead. One red bow away from being Zippy the Pinhead.

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