Whatever happened to Charlie the Smarmy Tuna?

[salin]

Who could never quite make it to the popular tuna camp *chicken of the sea*... You know the ones - those that ended up as tuna salad.

Where is ole Charlie, today?

[ThoughtCriminal]

1. Cat food?

For tuna that didn't make the cut.

[salin]

4. given his loud mouth hasn't been seen for awhile, it could be that

the cat did indeed get his tongue.

[norml]

2. He got canned.

[salin]

5. :thumbs up:

great quick punny response - shoulda seen it coming - but didn't. :thumbsup:

[norml]

9. Thanks! By the way, Chicken of the Sea had the Mermaid.

Starkist had Charlie the Tuna.

[salin]

14. perhaps that was ole smarmy charlie's problem to begin with...

shoulda hired Karen Hughes - she apparently can mask policy that enrages many, by good slick marketing... (per her new post of "pubic diplomacy")

[norml]

21. I think the main problem was Starkist wanted tuna that tastes good

not tuna with good taste.

[BikeWriter]

3. I ate him. Every time I think of the commercial...

he swims in my stomach acids.

[salin]

6. Maybe he morped into one of the old alkaselzer (sp) ads.

I can't believe I ate the whole thing...

[BikeWriter]

10. That could be. He gives me the glurge feeling now.

[salin]

11. perhaps he ought to get in the biz of pushing tums

push the indegestion - than push the solution - sorta sounds like some GOP $ scams..;

[BikeWriter]

22. Ooh, Tums give me indigestion!

[peekaloo]

7. He found a new porpoise in life.

*groan*

[salin]

8. couldn't outrun his scandanvian roots - the dol-finns finally did him in.

good pun :thumbsup:

[seriousstan]

12. Chicken of the Sea has discontinued it's TV advertising campaign

and now is almost exclusively printed media.

[salin]

16. haven't seen that either.;. begs the question - which

print media - Highlights?

[seriousstan]

18. The newspaper coupon inserts. They are resting on established name

recognition and are now playing toward the coupon and sales draw.

[Deja Q]

13. He's in here:

:9 :9 :9 :9 :9 :9 :9 :9 :9 :9 :9 :9 :9 :9 :9 :9 :9

[salin]

17. Mmmmm

perhaps being "popular" didn't work, in ole charlies case.

[henslee]

15. That question keeps me up at night.

[salin]

19. Hey - for many folks wondering about Charlie, appears to be easier

than wondering about what the current govt/administration is doing "in our name."

[henslee]

20. Actually, I must admit. Charlie was a fave of mine as a glued-to

-the-TV youth.

[Dogmudgeon]

23. He now lives in the Gertie the Dinosaur Retirement Home ...

... for Hollywood Cartoons, along with caricatures like his other animated Rat Pack pal Top Cat, the Incredible Mr. Limpet, D. Michael "Mickey" Mouse (laryngectomy done in 1997; he had been a heavy smoker most of his life), Elizabeth "Betty" Boop, Astro-Boy (now suffering from radiation-induced dementia from growing up in Hiroshima and surviving the atomic explosion as a baby), Allison "Skeezix" Wallet and his wife Nina (each still in fairly good health except for Skeezix' diabetes and diabetic retinopathy induced blindness, and Nina being unable to walk due to several degenerated lumbar discs), Bluto Sagendorf (pals Popeye and Olive O. Segar are at the U.S. Navy Home for Retired Animated Sailors), and 103-year-old Buster Brown (now, sadly, suffering profound dementia from Alzheimer's Disease).

Those are who I've kept up with, anyway.

--p!

[kodi]

24. i believe he died of mercury poisoning

or he was killed in viet nam.

[leftofthedial]

25. red tide

:(