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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tor predates Uncle Fester what with him having been born in 1903 and Charles Addams having been born in 1912.

Also, he actually existed.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And yet Tor Johnson still existed.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Neat! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_Johnson

Relevant:

"Johnson was featured extensively in the early work of cartoonist Drew Friedman, where Johnson was depicted as "Tor", a slow-witted, white-eyed lummox based on Johnson's persona in Ed Wood's films.[9] The first of the one-page comics, "Tor Johnson at Home", was published in a 1981 issue of Robert Crumb's Weirdo,[10] and the original artwork was purchased by television writer and producer Eddie Gorodetsky.[11]"

Not at all relevant, but cool:

"A latex mask based on Johnson's face, sculpted by Pat Newman for Don Post Studios, is described as "the best-selling Halloween horror mask of the late 1960s-early 1970s".[12]"

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Max used the mask in a scene where he was kidding around with his wife in the first Mad Max movie, but I can't find a still.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Didn't know it was a real person until I googled more!