FRANCE ON HIGH ALERT
Mr Yummy battles Mr Whippy in Blackburn Ice Cream War
(Thanks to Janice Gelb)
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June 10, 2012
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Four thousand calories in Blackburn, Lancashire...
Posted by: SW | June 10, 2012 at 11:55 AM
well he sure licked him
Posted by: ligirl | June 10, 2012 at 12:07 PM
"... and though the calories were rather small,
they had to count them all.
Now they know how many prats it takes to fill the local jail ..."
Posted by: Omniskeptic | June 10, 2012 at 12:35 PM
At last, a conflict which U.N. intervention might possibly solve.
Posted by: Clankie | June 10, 2012 at 01:13 PM
In the 1984 Scottish comedy Comfort & Joy by director Bill Forsyth, that deals in a humorous fashion with actually quite deadly Glascow Ice Cream Wars of the time, one of the vendors goes by the trade name "Mr. Bunny".
Definitely worth seeking out, as far as I know Comfort & Joy has never been officially released on DVD for Zone 1 (USA) but Zone 2(UK, etc.) copies can be had and with the right software the Zone 2 DVD can be converted to Zone 1.
Posted by: Marc | June 10, 2012 at 02:09 PM
Whenever I see "Mr. Whippy" written down it makes me think of a pet nickname for a personal masculine appendage.
Posted by: max | June 10, 2012 at 02:52 PM
I'm gonna guess that he had a lot of "nuts" with his ice cream ...
Posted by: O the Umanity | June 10, 2012 at 03:17 PM
Were the beleaguered parents standing on the sidelines, cheering both sides?
Posted by: Steve | June 10, 2012 at 04:30 PM
Anything you want to share with us, max?
No? Good.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 10, 2012 at 04:30 PM
Marc, that is one of my favorites movies. My sister and brother-in-law have the VHS, which they managed to burn onto a dvd recently. WONDERFUL movie.
Posted by: Guin | June 10, 2012 at 05:27 PM