Remembering Clutch Cargo
by Pat Darnell and the Herd
I really don't have much on Clutch and his era. I mentioned that Barry Obama looks a lot like Clutch when I see the Prez speaking on TV.
[SOURCE, Excerpt] " ... Deep in the basement of their archives I came across this relic - a promotional brochure pitching television stations to pick up and run this self-proclaimed Comic Strip For Television which was a source of much amusement and mockery in our household growing up in Chicago in the '60's: the adventures of Clutch Cargo! ... "
I don't expect anyone to realize with me how stale Barry Obama's act really is. It would be moot, except that it spooks an old Baby Boomer like me when I focus on Barry's mouth during speeches. YIKES-A!! Look at these old promotional's from the '60's !! A Clutch Cargo Mask ... try and get that out of your head ...
EXCERPT " ... Life In Legacy - Week of October 4, 2003 -- [HERE]Also, you better hurry if you want to relive the Sixties... I end up on lost sites most of the time:
Edwin Gillette - Cinematographer who invented the Syncro-Vox device used to produce those unique "talking lips" in cartoons like Clutch Cargo, and which is occasionally used on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien", died Sept. 30, 2003 in Los Angeles at age 94. ..."
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