~~~ A COOL LITTLE REDDY KILOWATT ZIPPO WITH BOX FROM 1963~~~
BRADFORD IN TOP LEFT, PA. IN TOP RIGHT
ZIPPO SCRIPT IN THE CENTER
2 DOTS ON THE LEFT, 1 DOT ON THE RIGHT
PAT. 2517191 CENTERED ON THE BOTTOM
LIGHTER WORKS FINE CONSIDERING THE OUTER APPEARANCE
~~~SUPER CONDITION FOR A COLLECTOR~~~
Also noted: Reddy Kilowatt auction items, including a frisbee, beanie baby, golf balls, cooler, hat, t-shirt and mousepad. Donated by Xcel Energy. Retail value of $250.00.
Someone used Reddy in a photography class assignment:
Made on an obsolescent machine with an obsolescent editing program running under an obsolescent operating system, putting together 6 frames shot with an obsolescent camera of a bobble-head doll in a pile of downright obsolete equipment, including the voltage regulator from a B-17. Darn.
What do you get when you combine a famous commercial spokescharacter who’s gotta bolt of lightning jutting out from between his legs…dinosaurs…E.C. Comics…and the Hollywood studio responsible for “Woody Woodpecker” cartoons? How about “REDDY MADE MAGIC”, a comic book — that originally bore a cover-price of only a nickel! — starring ODDBALL icon REDDY KILOWATT as he tells us “the amazing true story of electricity”! Shocking stuff, eh?
REDDY KILOWATT IN “REDDY MADE MAGIC” is a glue-bound, 16-page — including pulp-pager “covers” — comic that’s not exactly a “giveaway” due to its “5¢” price tag. It’s the very first of a number of comics starring Reddy Kilowatt published over the years. It bears the description, “Story based on cartoon TECHNICOLOR motion picture, ‘Reddy Made Magic’, produced by Walter Lantz Productions, Universal City, California.”
Did you know that Reddy Kilowatt was also a high school mascot? Minnesota’s Granite Falls High School had Reddy as their mascot for nearly 60 years until school consolidation led to his retirement. NSP had a power plant in Granite Falls for many years.
Big, big thanks to GFHS alum Kari H. for the bit of trivia and for sending in these photos!
Something from reader Roger Caudron, which I am way late in posting….
Here’s a photo of Reddy in place in the ISU Design West Studio. This photo is free for your use in promoting Reddy Kilowatt, your web site, www.reddykilowatt.org and his display in Downtown Sioux City.
What do you get when you combine a famous commercial spokescharacter who’s gotta bolt of lightning jutting out from between his legs…dinosaurs…E.C. Comics…and the Hollywood studio responsible for “Woody Woodpecker” cartoons? How about “REDDY MADE MAGIC”, a comic book — that originally bore a cover-price of only a nickel! — starring ODDBALL icon REDDY KILOWATT as he tells us “the amazing true story of electricity”! Shocking stuff, eh?
