The "MICKEYPHONE" portable gramophone.

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kirtley2012 wrote:
2Bdecided wrote:Where were these cartoons published? Are they still available? They would make great prints to hang on a music room wall.
he draws them!
Yes, I get that! ;) I was asking whether they'd been published.

A calendar or prints would be nice. If old country chemist isn't looking to make money from them, then scanning and uploading high resolution JPEGs would allow any of us to print them out and hang them on our wall - but it seems fairer to buy a print if it benefits the artist.

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David- a few on the forum would like to see a calender. I have eight cartoons at the moment-Duophone, Lumiere, Mickeyphone, Flamephone,Cameraphone,EMG/Ginn, Cascade and Tyrela.
Now, we want some of you to suggest FOUR MORE GRAMOPHONES that I could suitably adapt to cartoons. Then I could spend some time producing them, and later, if they seem acceptable to you chaps, then later in the year I could produce a 12 page calendar of them, which I would have to charge for-but it would not cost very much! So, I await to hear from some of you, with your suggestions. There will hopefully be more than four grams put forward. Then I will have to make up my mind which ones are the best to ridicule-in the nicest possible way, of course. The more obscure, the better!

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old country chemist wrote:David- a few on the forum would like to see a calender. I have eight cartoons at the moment-Duophone, Lumiere, Mickeyphone, Flamephone,Cameraphone,EMG/Ginn, Cascade and Tyrela.
Now, we want some of you to suggest FOUR MORE GRAMOPHONES that I could suitably adapt to cartoons. Then I could spend some time producing them, and later, if they seem acceptable to you chaps, then later in the year I could produce a 12 page calendar of them, which I would have to charge for-but it would not cost very much! So, I await to hear from some of you, with your suggestions. There will hopefully be more than four grams put forward. Then I will have to make up my mind which ones are the best to ridicule-in the nicest possible way, of course. The more obscure, the better!
Peter Pan?

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Bing Pigmyphone :o

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Shell-O-Phone?
Puck (ice hockey)?
Polly Portable (Polly wants a cracker)?
Berliner (German version of a donut)?

Of course, one could also play off the HMV/Victor Monarch, Royal, etc. :lol:

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Hello again, thanks very much to those of you who have suggested some gramophones to caricaturise. I would still like a few more ideas yet, but two or three of those suggested has already got my mind ticking! Thanks very much.

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How about The Gaumont Chronophone System, or The Auxetophone

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chunnybh wrote:How about The Gaumont Chronophone System, or The Auxetophone
Yes of course, the Auxetophone gets my top vote.
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Yes, the Auxetophone sounds like a likely candidate. To the other extreme, I think the PYGMYPHONE sounds as if it could be ridiculed. Thanks for keeping the ideas coming-much appreciated.

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How about a Paillard powered by the Stirling hot air engine?

Spontaneous combustion offers a lot of scope for a cartoonist :idea:

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