Disappointing SpongeBob popsicle
Susan says: "While at the Austin City Limits music festival this past weekend, I came across a rather terrifying version of Spongebob. Even his frosted gum ball eyes are terrifying, reminiscent of a crawfish. Not two things I like to think of together, crawfish and popsicles! I was hoping you could find some joy in the disturbing frosty treat."
Previously on Boing Boing:
• Popsicle parody ad
• Turtle popsicle reflects pride in workmanship
• Bugs Bunny popsicle
• Tweety Bird popsicle doesn't look like Tweety Bird
• Ice cream patent wars in the 1930s
• Expertly produced Korean red bean ice cream fish
• Ice cream treat resembles heinous murderer
• An exquisite popsicle that puts all other ice cream bars to shame
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I've been thinking about this a lot since the first post on character ice-cream pops was posted - thinking back to my own childhood when you couldn't stick two gumballs onto the approximation of a face period, let alone inaccurately, anything that came out of an ice-cream truck and wasn't a sphere on a cone was FANTASTIC.
It was initially kind of interesting to ponder the manufacturing and marketing of character ice-cream, but it's kind of turned into "ha ha, lookit the stupid ice-cream. they suck."
I know there's a cynical sort of fun in critiquing these frozen treats, but since I'm sure kids will still eat it and enjoy it, it's not as much fun anymore. I'm getting that same feeling I used to get watching adult fanboys fight for a Power of the Force Boba Fett at Toys R Us, and realizing that toy wasn't ever going to be touched by a child.
I look at that popsicle and all I see are the cold, dead eyes of a killer.
All I see is a Trident of Power and two Orbs of Destruction. Ganon apparently went all Chorom on poor little Spongebob.
Ew, his eyes remind me of a lotus pod for some reason, and lotus pods are always gross now due to the wtftit picture.
Oh, but sea-sponges and ice cream are fine to think of together I suppose?
Yeah, the ice cream is creepy ugly, but Spongebob himself is certainly no sight for sore eyes.
Just a heads up that not everyone believes crawfish popsicles are so odd. Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips and super fontographer Chank Diesel created a font called "Crawfish Popsicle" in the late 90's. You can still download it at the Flaming Lips website: http://www.flaminglips.com/content/downloads/index.html
Yes, for some reason an ice cream sea sponge is just fine... maybe it's because of eating sponge candy as child? And this is by no means meant to say that the ice cream wasn't still fabulous! It was both tasty and highly enjoyable- if not for the odd construction, then for the fact that character ice-cream is one of the best things, ever.
-Susan
If you leave out the red, what's left looks like something from the Day of the Dead. Those eyes!
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jesus what is that thing!
"My leg!"
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I had one of these six years ago - I still remember, July 2001. Actually my first time ever getting something from an ice cream truck. And since I love Spongebob I decided to get this one - it looked just as horrid back then. BUT DELICIOUS NONETHELESS!
And the thing about a Spongebob popsicle is he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, he doesn't even seem to be livin'... 'til he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then... ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin'. The ocean turns red, and despite all your poundin' and your hollerin' those sharks come in and... they rip you to pieces.
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THEY ARE MY ALL TIME FAVORITE EVVEN though they dont look like sponge bobbb theyy taste like an angel!!!!!!!!!!!! I JUST GOT ONE TODAY IN houston THEY ARE THE BESSSSTTT