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Subject: Was the "Sitting Ducks" picture famous in the 80s?
Written By: BotleyCrew on 06/23/21 at 5:43 pm
This one:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/72/Michael_Bedard%27s_Sitting_Ducks.png
I think of it as culturally important, as I read the book, saw the TV show in the 2000s, and once went to a restaurant that had a bunch of these prints on the wall.
Was it well known at the time, though?
Subject: Re: Was the "Sitting Ducks" picture famous in the 80s?
Written By: violet_shy on 06/23/21 at 7:14 pm
Hmm. I vaguely remember them. Like I've seen them but can't remember too clearly. I think I saw them on a mug or a cup in the 80s. Not too sure. But I' know I've seen them.
Subject: Re: Was the "Sitting Ducks" picture famous in the 80s?
Written By: Contigo on 06/24/21 at 6:30 pm
This is new to me, never seen this.
Subject: Re: Was the "Sitting Ducks" picture famous in the 80s?
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 06/24/21 at 6:38 pm
This is new to me, never seen this.
I must admit, I'm not familiar with it either. Wikipedia indicates it originated in 1978, but I don't recall seeing it then, or in the 80s. I am familiar with most of the famed posters of the 70s. Who could forget the Farrah Fawcett one? And in the earlier 70s there was the "beep beep yurass" poster, which morphed into "beep beep yurgas" poster when the alleged gas shortage hit. Many a college dorm sported these images.
http://cultureposters.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/REDD-2.jpg
http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/jOoAAOSwpORdUeLN/s-l640.jpg
http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/bkkAAOSwATdd-8zj/s-l400.jpg
Subject: Re: Was the "Sitting Ducks" picture famous in the 80s?
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/21 at 2:29 am
As above, it is a new image to me, but my image of the 1980s is that single man standing in front of the tanks in Tiananmen Square, back in June 1989.
https://www.history.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTU3OTIzNTc5MDc1OTYyNTE0/who-was-the-tank-man-of-tiananmen-squares-featured-photo.webp
...till this famous photoshop image.
https://i.redd.it/3k5kwnh1c9l41.jpg
Subject: Re: Was the "Sitting Ducks" picture famous in the 80s?
Written By: Howard on 06/25/21 at 4:40 am
As above, it is a new image to me, but my image of the 1980s is that single man standing in front of the tanks in Tiananmen Square, back in June 1989.
https://www.history.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTU3OTIzNTc5MDc1OTYyNTE0/who-was-the-tank-man-of-tiananmen-squares-featured-photo.webp
...till this famous photoshop image.
https://i.redd.it/3k5kwnh1c9l41.jpg
That's really cool.
Subject: Re: Was the "Sitting Ducks" picture famous in the 80s?
Written By: karen on 06/25/21 at 3:24 pm
This is new to me, never seen this.
Me neither
tennis girl was one of the biggest selling posters in the U.K.
Subject: Re: Was the "Sitting Ducks" picture famous in the 80s?
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/21 at 3:55 pm
Me neither
tennis girl was one of the biggest selling posters in the U.K.
I can recall seeing that in Athena, the Wall Art Prints & Framed Posters shop.
Subject: Re: Was the "Sitting Ducks" picture famous in the 80s?
Written By: Contigo on 06/26/21 at 11:39 am
Me neither
tennis girl was one of the biggest selling posters in the U.K.
Ah yes .
We had this ,got it in the mid 1980s decade.