I first met cartoonist Bill Griffith back in the 1980s. I arranged for us to tour a Boston-area Hostess Twinkie plant, which sounds like a weird first date but makes perfect sense if you're familiar with his creation "Zippy the Pinhead," an unwitting surrealist who swims happily through a sea of taco sauce, processed cheese and, well, Twinkies.
Lately, when I've run into Bill he has mentioned a very different kind of project: a memoir about his late mother and specifically about her love affair with, of all things a, cartoonist. Now I've read the memoir which is basically Zippy Meets Freud. It's a great trip and we're going to take you on it now. Bring your own Twinkies.
GUEST:
- Bill Griffith - Cartoonist, creator of "Zippy the Pinhead" and author of Invisible Ink: My Mother's Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist
MUSIC:
- "Sit Down You're Rocking The Boat" from Guys & Dolls
- "Pinhead" by The Ramones
- "Zippy Theme"
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Tucker Ives and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.
