tomwiii
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posted on January 16, 2003 08:30:29 AM
This "composition" figurine looks like Don Q's trusty stead to me, but my antiques supplier says it is a 1940's cartoon character?? Anybody recognoze him??
THANKS!!
"What we have heah is a fail-ure to communicate!"
http://tinyurl.com/315v
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tomwiii
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posted on January 16, 2003 09:13:11 AM
Come on all ye brainiacs!! Ralphie needs to EAT this week, right??
"What we have heah is a fail-ure to communicate!"
http://tinyurl.com/315v
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kiara
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posted on January 16, 2003 09:19:13 AM
lol, looks like the horse didn't get enough to eat either. 
I don't know but I'd be interested in finding out as they are doing resin horses like this now in different poses, all with a comical look. Seems that this one is where they got the idea from.
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kiara
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posted on January 16, 2003 09:50:53 AM
What did Barney Google's horse, Sparkplug look like?
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Libra63
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posted on January 16, 2003 10:00:06 AM
Thanks tomwii...what can I say. You made my day......
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tomwiii
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posted on January 16, 2003 10:14:12 AM
I'm truly happy for you...HOWEVER, does ANYBODY know who thos guy be?? 
"What we have heah is a fail-ure to communicate!"
http://tinyurl.com/315v
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dadofstickboy
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posted on January 16, 2003 10:17:02 AM
kiara:
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dadofstickboy
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posted on January 16, 2003 10:18:53 AM
From Every pic I looked at:
Don Q.
seems to be the best match!
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trai
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posted on January 16, 2003 10:43:24 AM
Might be "Gumby". That was a cartoon show. I forget what the other guy was called. Looked like a walking eraser. There was this skinny horse for a side kick.[pokey]
Just found the other one.
Gumby&Pokey
Other than that its just a strange looking horse figure.
[ edited by trai on Jan 16, 2003 10:59 AM ]
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tomwiii
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posted on January 16, 2003 01:59:46 PM
"A horse is a horse,
Of course, of course..."
Come on all ye Wilburs out there in AW-LAND!
Shirley we can come up with better clues than:
Gumby! Nice trai, btw! 
"What we have heah is a fail-ure to communicate!"
http://tinyurl.com/315v
[ edited by tomwiii on Jan 16, 2003 02:01 PM ]
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dadofstickboy
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posted on January 16, 2003 02:06:59 PM
It looks like the horses they used to have at: Silver Saddle Ranch.
Back in the 60's
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tomwiii
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posted on January 16, 2003 02:14:49 PM
Is that anything like the Chicken Ranch in Nevada?? They use whips, but I don't tink on the horsies! Where's Fetish when ya need him??
"What we have heah is a fail-ure to communicate!"
http://tinyurl.com/315v
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kiara
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posted on January 16, 2003 02:27:55 PM
Thanks, dadofstickboy. Maybe Spark Plug is all bony under that blanket? He looks really sad.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3107558621&category=723
tomwiii, here is one like yours.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=751279613&category=1341
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tomwiii
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posted on January 16, 2003 02:31:02 PM
kiara: That's him, the old nag!!
THANKEE!!
Ralphie sends a big slobbery KISS your way!
"What we have heah is a fail-ure to communicate!"
http://tinyurl.com/315v
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tooltimes
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posted on January 16, 2003 02:41:37 PM
I think the 1940's cartoon character the antiques supplier may have been thinking of was Chuck Jones's ( Bugs Bunny, etc. at Warner Bros. ) "The Draft Horse" from a 1942 release. The imdb ( internet movie database ) at http://www.imdb.com gives this info on the cartoon.
A farm horse tries to enlist in the army, but despite his virtuoso display of wartime histrionics, he's rejected when he flunks the physical. Dejected, he wanders into a mock battlefield, which tells him what war is really like.
I can't find a picture of the old worn out nag of a horse anywhere but I think the antiques supplier may be correct.
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kiara
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posted on January 16, 2003 02:42:23 PM
You could maybe do better than the other seller if you wrote a good description.
If it's Spark Plug there was even a song.
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes.
Barney Google had a wife three times his size
She stood Barney for divorce
Now he's living with his horse
The song about Barney Google says he was really cheap. Maybe he never fed his horse too much.
[ edited by kiara on Jan 16, 2003 02:46 PM ]
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trai
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posted on January 16, 2003 02:44:52 PM
Thank god thats over with. What a nag, wheres a glue factory when you need it.
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Libra63
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posted on January 16, 2003 05:03:47 PM
trai-Glue factory not to far from my house but far enough that we don't get the smell.
So there are more of these critters around who would of thought that. Thank goodness Ralphie can eat this week but maybe you will have to ration as it doesn't look like a big ticket item. Good Luck
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tomwiii
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posted on January 16, 2003 05:45:35 PM
ESPECIALLY, since he's such a gormandoggie!
Entree ala MightyDog served over a bed of EloquentEukanuba by candle light! Not to mention this frisky little Merlot he's become so fond of lately! I haven't the heart to tell him MoganDavid is gauche -- ah well, ignorance is bliss!
"What we have heah is a fail-ure to communicate!"
http://tinyurl.com/315v
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kiara
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posted on January 16, 2003 10:42:43 PM
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