Talk:Richard Scarry
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[edit] Rotten.com Link
I don't believe that a page hosted on rotten.com is entirely appropriate, despite the innocence of the page itself. The entire domain is blacklisted by my work proxy server and, given the content of the main site, I don't think this is a suitable external link for Wikipedia.
While there are some interesting and valuable pages on that website (and the page itself is pretty innocuous), I'm more concerned about the accuracy. I haven't seen any corroboration for claims that he was a plagiarizer, a womanizer, etc. Maybe I'm just under-informed, but if not, Wikipedia shouldn't be linking to inaccurate information. Wolfychan 03:54, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
I agree...I have been seeing rotten.com links to their semi-factual, semi-humorous links popping up all over wikipedia. I'm gonna go on a gnome-crusade against 'em.--Zaorish 02:22, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Smokey Bear
The article says: In 1955, he designed the character Smokey Bear for Little Golden Books.
But Smokey Bear says: Smokey Bear is a mascot of the United States Forest Service created in 1944
Doesn't sound like the same character.
Bovlb 02:19, 2005 Jun 18 (UTC)
I think what's going on (and I am editing both this article and Smokey Bear to reflect this) is that in 1955 Little Golden Books came out with a book about Smokey Bear, who was by then well known, and that their book version was drawn by Scarry. According to a couple of U.S. Forest service sites (see here and here), the official artist (i.e. for the bear on all the Firestry Service posters and whatnot) was Rudolph (Rudy) Wendelin. —Steve Summit (talk) 18:12, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] pronunciation
Okay, anybody know for sure how Scarry pronounced his last name? Saying, as we do here, "pronounced like 'scarry'", doesn't help so much! We should make it unambiguous and use "starry" or "scary" (or maybe even "hairy"), as the case may be. —Steve Summit (talk) 19:16, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] some of his best-known characters
Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm, Sergeant Murphy, Mr. Frumble, Mr. Fixit, Sally, and Uncle Willy are just a few of his best-known creations. I will add to the list as I remember their names! This is definitely info that people want when researching Mr. Scarry. It would be lovely to see a list of character names with a picture (or link to a picture, if copyright is an issue) next to each. —Lilly Williams (talk) 21:02, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
