Tuesday PSA: Binky Presents ‘Pioneers of 1976!’
November 17th, 2009
Filed under: Comics
In this public service ad, Binky’s younger Allergy and his friends ponder the future — the far, far distant future — of 1976.
Let’s see how Allergy and his friends did in their predictions:
Moon crater tours. Nope, not there yet.
Video conferencing. Good call, though not quite as predicted.
Large bulky electronic machines. Passed it by and left it in the dust.
Moon crater tours. Nope, not there yet.Video conferencing. Good call, though not quite as predicted.Large bulky electronic machines. Passed it by and left it in the dust.
This PSA is found in DC comics from June 1956. The writer, as always, was Jack Schiff. Art by Win Mortimer.
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November 18th, 2009 at 6:54 am
I disagree on the large, bulky machine X. It could be part of the Large Hadron Collider!
Or not.
But, it’s strange that Richard Nixon would want to shake his hand for it.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:37 am
#arkonbey You stole my comment!
November 18th, 2009 at 10:03 am
I swear you’ve done this PSA before. I specifically remember Richard Nixon.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Official Comment
No, this is the first time I’ve done this one, though Binky and Allergy are some of my favorites
November 18th, 2009 at 11:47 am
Ooh, they were SO CLOSE on predicting that Nixon would be president in 1976, if not for Watergate.
November 18th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Huh. Must’ve seen it on another site, I guess.
November 18th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
“Large bulky electronic machines. Passed it by and left it in the dust.”
Not quite by 1976. See http://www.thegalleryofoldiron.com/370_115.JPG
November 18th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
“Video conferencing. Good call, though not quite as predicted.”
They were Skyping fullscreen to me.
I think one thing they discovered is the hair gel and hair scissors… In this PSA, both Binky’s and Allergy’s hair look particularly up.
November 19th, 2009 at 7:29 am
Exty Years From Now…
November 19th, 2009 at 11:02 am
Successfully predicted flat screen tvs
November 19th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Turns out it was covered over at What Were They Thinking?! ages ago, which is where I saw it.
November 30th, 2009 at 8:11 am
You forgot to add: women heading their own labs. (Not that there weren’t women scientist much longer ago, but given that this was the 50s, panel #4 seems like it’s bucking stereotypes.)
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