Comments on: Pussy Meow kids' toy from 1966 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/pussy-meow-kids-toy-from-196.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 00:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Laurent Dubois http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/pussy-meow-kids-toy-from-196.html#comment-1440909 Laurent Dubois Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163615#comment-1440909 This is disturbing... these "legs" are really looking phallic... I don't know much about the 60's but I would not give this to a kid.  This is disturbing… these “legs” are really looking phallic… I don’t know much about the 60′s but I would not give this to a kid. 

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/pussy-meow-kids-toy-from-196.html#comment-1438823 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 31 May 2012 21:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163615#comment-1438823 Well, that's another night's sleep lost forever. Well, that’s another night’s sleep lost forever.

]]> By: Arlene http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/pussy-meow-kids-toy-from-196.html#comment-1438549 Arlene Thu, 31 May 2012 19:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163615#comment-1438549 http://catswithlips.blogspot.com/ http://catswithlips.blogspot.com/

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/pussy-meow-kids-toy-from-196.html#comment-1438001 timquinn Thu, 31 May 2012 14:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163615#comment-1438001 "Push the magic button she moves her head and says meow" “Push the magic button she moves her head and says meow”

]]> By: Dan Century http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/pussy-meow-kids-toy-from-196.html#comment-1437965 Dan Century Thu, 31 May 2012 13:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163615#comment-1437965 My favorite 007 movie character. My favorite 007 movie character.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/pussy-meow-kids-toy-from-196.html#comment-1437692 pjcamp Thu, 31 May 2012 02:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163615#comment-1437692 Is it inflatable? Mmrrowww! Is it inflatable?

Mmrrowww!

]]> By: voiceinthedistance http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/pussy-meow-kids-toy-from-196.html#comment-1437671 voiceinthedistance Thu, 31 May 2012 01:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163615#comment-1437671 Something looks to be inflamed on the end of those, um, body parts.  From the look on her face, I think she sleeps around, too. Something looks to be inflamed on the end of those, um, body parts.  From the look on her face, I think she sleeps around, too.

]]> By: Culturedropout http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/pussy-meow-kids-toy-from-196.html#comment-1437645 Culturedropout Thu, 31 May 2012 01:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163615#comment-1437645 Gah!  I'm going to have nightmares about this thing... Gah!  I’m going to have nightmares about this thing…

]]> By: redesigned http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/pussy-meow-kids-toy-from-196.html#comment-1437586 redesigned Wed, 30 May 2012 23:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163615#comment-1437586 beat me to it. beat me to it.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/pussy-meow-kids-toy-from-196.html#comment-1437567 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 May 2012 23:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163615#comment-1437567 Wouldn't it be cool if the writers of Mad Men worked this toy into a script? Like, not-so-little Sally Draper receives TV Jones and several accessories for Christmas, screams that she isn't a kid any more, and catches a bus to San Francisco? Wouldn’t it be cool if the writers of Mad Men worked this toy into a script? Like, not-so-little Sally Draper receives TV Jones and several accessories for Christmas, screams that she isn’t a kid any more, and catches a bus to San Francisco?

]]> By: Shibi_SF http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/pussy-meow-kids-toy-from-196.html#comment-1437469 Shibi_SF Wed, 30 May 2012 21:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163615#comment-1437469 That actually looks like some sort of cat-horse-penis hybrid that works in those sexy-sex windows... where you can stroll up and check out the goods before buying. (New password phrase to try:  "cat horse penis sexy sex" <-- SO much less hackable than "correct horse battery staple") That actually looks like some sort of cat-horse-penis hybrid that works in those sexy-sex windows… where you can stroll up and check out the goods before buying.

(New password phrase to try:  “cat horse penis sexy sex” <– SO much less hackable than "correct horse battery staple")

]]> By: CvilleJohn1234 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/pussy-meow-kids-toy-from-196.html#comment-1437467 CvilleJohn1234 Wed, 30 May 2012 21:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163615#comment-1437467 Also could be a good name for a band! Also could be a good name for a band!

]]> By: Grey Eyed Man of Destiny http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/pussy-meow-kids-toy-from-196.html#comment-1437416 Grey Eyed Man of Destiny Wed, 30 May 2012 20:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163615#comment-1437416 Dicks for legs. (someone had to say it) Dicks for legs.

(someone had to say it)

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/pussy-meow-kids-toy-from-196.html#comment-1437406 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 May 2012 20:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163615#comment-1437406 Whoa . . . . there's a unnerving inflatable-love-doll vibe to Pussy Meow. I suspect she was meant be be dressed in that yellow garment tucked in the back of the box.  Although I'm not sure if being decked out in a yellow raincoat and shiny red boots would help. TV Jones provided the name of an early-70s Australian band: http://www.moistworks.com/2005/06/brian_24.html Whoa . . . . there’s a unnerving inflatable-love-doll vibe to Pussy Meow.

I suspect she was meant be be dressed in that yellow garment tucked in the back of the box.  Although I’m not sure if being decked out in a yellow raincoat and shiny red boots would help.

TV Jones provided the name of an early-70s Australian band: http://www.moistworks.com/2005/06/brian_24.html

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/pussy-meow-kids-toy-from-196.html#comment-1437397 Rich Keller Wed, 30 May 2012 20:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163615#comment-1437397 That looks like something that would figure prominently in a Mark Ryden exhibit. Just add Abraham Lincoln's head floating nearby and some steaks hanging from hooks. That looks like something that would figure prominently in a Mark Ryden exhibit. Just add Abraham Lincoln’s head floating nearby and some steaks hanging from hooks.

]]> By: pupdog http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/pussy-meow-kids-toy-from-196.html#comment-1437389 pupdog Wed, 30 May 2012 20:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163615#comment-1437389 Punched so hard it got sent back in time! Punched so hard it got sent back in time!

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/pussy-meow-kids-toy-from-196.html#comment-1437388 Christopher Wed, 30 May 2012 20:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163615#comment-1437388 That looks suspiciously like a My Little Pony that got punched in the face. That looks suspiciously like a My Little Pony that got punched in the face.

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