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1954 Zippo for Warner Brothers 25th
Anniversary with a graphic of Bugs Bunny,
a cocky, wisecracking, good-hearted hare who
battled Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck and other
slapstick opponents in dozens of cartoons in
which he would utter his trademark line,
"What's up, Doc?". It is also engraved with
the name of Norman H. Moray who was involved
in the production of Loney Tunes'
Rocket Squad featuring Daffy Duck and
Porky Pig. Mr. Moray was a key executive of
Warner Bros' Vitaphone short subject
division, most famous for Looney Tunes and
Merrie Melodies.
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1972 Zippo with Porky Pig or his look alike
"Eat at
Short
Sugar's" in Reidsville, North
Carolina. |
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1975 slim Zippo with
Porky Pig
for "T&N RY 999 The Pig
Iron Route" |
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1976 Zippo depicting the wedding of L'il
Abner and Daisy Mae by Marryin' Sam.
L'il Abner was a cartoon strip created
by Al Capp which ran from 1934 to 1977. |
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1981 Zippo with
Heckle & Jeckle,
a couple of mischievous talking magpies
created by Paul Terry of Terrytoons. These
cartoons ran from 1946 to 1966. |
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These three Zippos are from 1981 and
depict
Mighty Mouse flying, golfing and skateboarding.
First produced by Terrytoons, Mighty Mouse first appeared in 1942
as Super Mouse.
He has similar powers like Superman and can fly, is incredibly strong and, has X-Ray vision.
The cartoon's theme always had Mighty Mouse saving the day.
He became a favorite cartoon character on
television during the 1950s with reruns continuing through the
1980s. |
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1994 Zippo with
Popeye & Olive
Oyl framed by a
heart. Popey, a fist-fighting, spinach-loving sailor,
first appeared in a comic strip in 1929. Popeye
the Sailor cartoons were a fixture in movie theaters and television well into the 1960s.
He is credited with saving the spinach
industry in the 1930s. |
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2000 limited edition Zippo for J-J's Saloon
with image of
Yosemite Sam, an extremely grouchy cowboy with a hair-trigger temper and an intense hatred of rabbits, particularly Bugs Bunny. |
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