Difference between revisions of "Cuddlypets"
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| − | A [[fannish]] verse-fad set off, like many of our gags, by a [[stfyarn]]. Cuddlypets were animals tamed by artificial stimulation of their affection-centers, but the thing that [[fans]] went for was the advertising-verse used by salesmen of this peculiar merchandise. Below is a sample of a [[fannish]] adaptation. | + | A [[fannish]] [[verse]]-fad set off, like many of our gags, by a [[stfyarn]]. Cuddlypets were animals tamed by artificial stimulation of their affection-centers, but the thing that [[fans]] went for was the advertising-verse used by salesmen of this peculiar merchandise. Below is a sample of a [[fannish]] adaptation. |
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Revision as of 03:39, 5 October 2020
| From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959 |
A fannish verse-fad set off, like many of our gags, by a stfyarn. Cuddlypets were animals tamed by artificial stimulation of their affection-centers, but the thing that fans went for was the advertising-verse used by salesmen of this peculiar merchandise. Below is a sample of a fannish adaptation.
Lately Cuddly-Crocodile Rivals Cuddly-Lion in style; Modern fashion doesn't bar A Cuddly-Tyrannosaur! from Fancyclopedia 2 Supplement ca. 1960: The creatrix of the horrors was Evelyn Smith. |
See Poetry.
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