A spread from Justin Green’s “The Sign Game,” which suggests that the rules of sign painting should be bent in unique situations, like near a city jail. Via Justin Green.
For more info, check out Artisanal Advertising: Reviving the Tradition of Hand-Painted Signs
Harley Warrick was an American barn painter, best known for his work painting Mail Pouch tobacco advertising on barns across 13 states in the American Midwest and Appalachian states. Over his 55 year career, Warrick painted or retouched over 20,000 Mail Pouch signs. When he retired, he was the last of the Mail Pouch sign painters in America.
So I guess Letterman’s retiring.
I honestly haven’t been paying attention in the twenty-some-odd years since Dave took the 11:35 slot on CBS after Leno landed Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show gig on NBC in the early nineties.
But my memories are still fond. Letterman and Paul Shaffer were the guys who kept life worth living between SNL episodes. I even had the VCR set to 12:35AM, M-F, NBC. Were you there?
The most sobering part about this news is that the last time I even tuned in, Dave was younger than I am right now. The hell.
Top Ten Munchies I’d Eat During Late Night with David Letterman
10. Pillsbury cinnamon rolls with ice-cold* milk
9. Otis Spunkmeyer chocolate chip cookies with ice-cold* milk
8. Apple Jacks with ice-cold* milk
7. Baskin-Robbins Chocolate Fudge ice cream with sugar cones with ice-cold* milk
6. Cap’n Crunch with ice-cold* milk
5. Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies with ice-cold* milk
4. Oreo ice cream sandwiches with ice-cold* milk
3. Haagen-Dazs Coffee Chip ice cream with ice-cold* milk
2. Cheesecake Factory Blackout cake with ice-cold* milk
1. Mrs. Fields semisweet with no nuts cookies with ice-cold* milk
*STONER POWERTIP: About 45 minutes before needing milk, throw the carton into the freezer until slushy. Then shake well before drinking straight from the carton or applying to your favorite cereal.
