tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681636933577206972.post7022377480257252438..comments2024-03-27T11:32:49.791-07:00Comments on Papergreat: With apologies in advance...Happy Halloween!Chris Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435979081891289688noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681636933577206972.post-11573420868233314682022-04-19T07:39:37.762-07:002022-04-19T07:39:37.762-07:00"Wimpey the Clown" was Bert Hiles of Swa..."Wimpey the Clown" was Bert Hiles of Swansea, UK. He married Kassie Overend of Holmfirth who was famous in the 1940s for owning a pet tiger named Fenella that she'd take for walks around Holmfirth!Dave Patternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01239379323531515189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681636933577206972.post-37712795301189480812017-01-31T15:53:00.649-07:002017-01-31T15:53:00.649-07:00Also, the Expo featured a performance troupe of co...Also, the Expo featured a performance troupe of costumed performers (something like the Mickey Mouses -- Mice?!? -- who wander around Disneyland taking photos with guests). Source: http://www.kogumaza.co.jp (Best to use Google Translate.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681636933577206972.post-21287484802208322082017-01-31T14:10:33.783-07:002017-01-31T14:10:33.783-07:00As for the Expo '70 card, this is from the 197...As for the Expo '70 card, this is from the 1970 Exposition in Osaka, an event similar to the World's Fair. The card is advertising the "Moving Arts Show", presented by the Koguma Theater, a Western-style puppet show or a "kami-shibai" (Japanese version of puppetry using tableaux and illustrations).<br /><br />In particular, the show lineup included the "Lotte Mates" (entertainment sponsored by the Korean food conglomerate Lotte, whose corporate presence is very large in Japan) and the clown Wimpey.<br /><br />In Japanese, the name of the theater troupe ("Koguma-za") is a play-on-words with the term for the constellation Ursa Minor.<br /><br />Information about the 1970 Expo can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_'70<br /><br />Information about the Lotte conglomerate can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotte_(conglomerate)<br /><br />As to whether there was/is just one Wimpey the Clown in existence, that is a mystery for another day; still, here is a cute photo of Wimpey and his not-very-amused progeny: http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/wimpey-the-clown-seen-here-with-his-baby-daughter-rosalind-news-photo/591978862#wimpey-the-clown-seen-here-with-his-baby-daughter-rosalind-december-picture-id591978862Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com