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Modern fashion doesn't bar | Modern fashion doesn't bar | ||
A Cuddly-Tyrannosaur! | A Cuddly-Tyrannosaur! | ||
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The creatrix of the horrors was [[Evelyn E. Smith|Evelyn Smith]]. | The creatrix of the horrors was [[Evelyn E. Smith|Evelyn Smith]]. | ||
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| + | In fact, Cuddlypets were created by [[R. Bretnor]] and [[Kris Neville]] in their story “Gratitude Guaranteed” (''[[F&SF]]'', [https://archive.org/details/Fantasy_Science_Fiction_v005n02_1953-08 August 1953]), which featured such jingles as: | ||
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| + | Cuddlypets are clean and tidy,<br>Cuddlypets don’t need a didy.<br>Junior’s ooky? Junior’s wet?<br>Trade him for a CUDD-LEE-PET! | ||
| − | [[Phyllis Economou]] sent this | + | [[Phyllis Economou]] sent this version in a [[loc]] to ''[[Grue]]'' 20 ([https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Grue/Grue20.pdf Spring 1954]): |
You can have your Cuddlee-beast | You can have your Cuddlee-beast | ||
Cuddlee-cougar tempts me least. | Cuddlee-cougar tempts me least. | ||
Revision as of 10:49, 12 November 2021
| 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. |
In fact, Cuddlypets were created by R. Bretnor and Kris Neville in their story “Gratitude Guaranteed” (F&SF, August 1953), which featured such jingles as:
Cuddlypets are clean and tidy,
Cuddlypets don’t need a didy.
Junior’s ooky? Junior’s wet?
Trade him for a CUDD-LEE-PET!
Phyllis Economou sent this version in a loc to Grue 20 (Spring 1954):
You can have your Cuddlee-beast Cuddlee-cougar tempts me least. All I ask, please, if you can Just give me a Cuddlee-MAN!!
See Poetry.
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