01 December 2016

Give Me Some of Your Tots!

Tim Shinn is an artist I follow on eBay. I picked up a couple of comic cover sketches from him a while ago that never got posted here on my blog. He's usually got a decent inventory on his eBay page, although he doesn't have anything up right now (because that's how the universe works when I want to post a link to something). Anyway, he does some pretty cool stuff and sometimes it's for sale on his eBay page.


I had to put in a bid on this Napoleon Dynamite sketch card when I saw it. I live in Napoleon's home state of Idaho. I don't know how it is in other places, but in the Gem State this movie is a big part of the cultural landscape. Many lines from the film are a regular part of everyday conversations, and I probably don't go more than a day without hearing someone use a line from the movie. Napoleon was born from Idaho/Utah culture, and in turn it has become an essential part of that same culture.


Napoleon and his friend, Pedro, recently reappeared in the mainstream, doing a Cheesy Tots commercial for Burger King. My wife must have seen this video, as she sent me a message today announcing a craving for some Cheesy Tots. I may have to try them out. It seems like they would be good, but fast food restaurants have a way of taking something that sounds really good and making it taste not as good as it sounds.

6 comments:

  1. Gosh! That card is freakin' sweet. One of my favorite "kick back & think about nothing" movies. I just ordered a box of Napoleon Dynamite trading cards from DA.

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    1. I've thought about ordering some of those cards, but I just never get around to it. It would be really cool if the cards had come out a few years later, when autographs and relics really started being put into entertainment cards. I would love a Napoleon Dynamite set put out by Cryptozoic or a similar card producer.

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    2. Yeah... I'm a little bummed that there aren't any autos, sketches, or costume cards. Maybe someone over at Cryptozoic is reading these comments ;)

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    3. It would be nice. I don't know how much of a market there would be for it this long after the film's release.

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    1. I agree!

      I went and got some Cheesy Tots, though, and they were not that cool. I wasn't a fan. I'll be sticking with regular tots.

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