I wonder how much it would cost to get a bronze statue made of (say) me? With or without parrots.
My hometown of Sacramento can only hope for a Dick Van Patten statue.
Milwaukeean here. I think it’s dumb and campy, but who cares?
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Any of you lot live in Milwaukee? Is this new statue of the Fonz as scarcely horrible as it seem?
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:: looks at picture and recoils ::
Okay. Clearly I have to take a road trip to Milwaukee. I’ll need three of you to meet me there: one with a flame-thrower, one with a bazooka, one with a few sticks of dynamite.
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi]
With or without parrots.
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Huh?
(Is there a general “with or without parrots” meme I’m unaware of?)
While were on the subject of odd Milwaukee art, WTF is that orange thing downtown near the lake, made out of a bunch of I-beams. I’ll give you that it slightly resembles the art museam, but it’s been there for at least 20 years. I don’t have a freaken clue how to google it, maybe I can find it on google street view.
[Here it is](<iframe width=“425” height=“240” frameborder=“0” scrolling=“no” marginheight=“0” marginwidth=“0” src=“http://maps.google.com/maps/sv?cbp=1,116.65818763535488,,0,3.414031594487585&cbll=43.039172,-87.899834&panoid=E9BQJKU2JN1bDD7gSln7Gg&v=1&hl=en&gl=us”></iframe><br /><small><a href=“Google Maps” style=“color:#0000FF;text-align:left”>View Larger Map</a></small>)
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi]
I wonder how much it would cost to get a bronze statue made of (say) me? With or without parrots.
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In Britain in 2007, £112,000 was apparently “about right” for a slightly larger than lifesize bronze statue, including the plinth. As is.
Sorry, that’s the best I could do before losing interest.
http://www.sculpture.net/community/archive/index.php/t-5035.html
I’m torn. On the one hand, it’s a vast improvement over the typical downtown corporate-sponsored abstractoid sculpture. On the other hand, it is undeniably horrible.
I suppose if any city is going to host a monument to a greasy fictional motorcycle hoodlum, it might as well be Milwaukee.
[QUOTE=Indistinguishable]
Huh?
(Is there a general “with or without parrots” meme I’m unaware of?)
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No, it’s just that he has parrots.
[QUOTE=mobo85]
No, it’s just that he has parrots.
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I heard that they were planning a Robin Williams as Mork from Ork standing next to a large opened egg on the mall outside the supposed music store in Bolder, Colorado, but Williams said no. But I do not know how valid the story is. I heard it in a bar in Fort Collins, Colorado.
[QUOTE=TV time]
I heard that they were planning a Robin Williams as Mork from Ork standing next to a large opened egg on the mall outside the supposed music store in Bolder, Colorado, but Williams said no. But I do not know how valid the story is. I heard it in a bar in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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Now do one of Pam Dawber and I’ll approve.
What we need is a statue of Phobe Cates in Ridgemont.
[QUOTE=jayjay]
You kind of have to plug into the whole TVLand winking irony-free/irony-full campiness to “get” these statues. In the beginning, the whole thing (the aforementioned TVLand winking campiness) was kind of fun and amusing, if you could get yourself looking at it at the right angle. The conceit is getting old now, though.
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:sniff: Does that mean no Full House/Olsen twins statue here in SF. 
How about one of Geraldo Rivera in a basement in Chicago.
Better yet, just put Geraldo in a basement in Chicago.
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy]
:sniff: Does that mean no Full House/Olsen twins statue here in SF.
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Ugh. I think Cloris Leachman as Phyllis would better fit the TVLand aesthetic.
[QUOTE=sciurophobic]
I’d rather see a statue of Barry Zuckercorn jumping over a shark.
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Oh, COME ON!
[QUOTE=Joey P]
While were on the subject of odd Milwaukee art, WTF is that orange thing downtown near the lake, made out of a bunch of I-beams. I’ll give you that it slightly resembles the art museam, but it’s been there for at least 20 years. I don’t have a freaken clue how to google it, maybe I can find it on google street view.
[Here it is](<iframe width=“425” height=“240” frameborder=“0” scrolling=“no” marginheight=“0” marginwidth=“0” src=“http://maps.google.com/maps/sv?cbp=1,116.65818763535488,,0,3.414031594487585&cbll=43.039172,-87.899834&panoid=E9BQJKU2JN1bDD7gSln7Gg&v=1&hl=en&gl=us”></iframe><br /><small><a href=“Google Maps” style=“color:#0000FF;text-align:left”>View Larger Map</a></small>)
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Here is a Journal Sentinel article about that ugly “sunburst” thing.
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi]
I wonder how much it would cost to get a bronze statue made of (say) me? With or without parrots.
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Definitely with parrots.
And the only San Francisco statue I will accept is one of Karl Malden and Michael Douglas.
[QUOTE=SpoilerVirgin]
Definitely with parrots.
And the only San Francisco statue I will accept is one of Karl Malden and Michael Douglas.
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I thought of that, but dramas aren’t TVLand’s thing, really. They’re more into the sitcoms.