Surprised to see Andy Capp Hot Fries are still a thing the other day. I thought Taki's and Cheeto's had cornered the hot chip market.Got me wondering do Brits or Gen Z Americans even know who he is anymore?
>>153998408My favorite manga of his btw. Showcases his OG NEET status on the cover.
I'm gonna be honest even 25 years ago I had no idea this guy was from a comic. I assumed it was just another mascot, like chester cheeto or captain crunch
>>153998408Zoomer here. I would get this on road trips and sometimes at college. They're good once in a while.I would watch a cartoon show or movie about E. Normous Johnson trying to make money in current year. I know that might be a bit hackish and unrealistic but I think that might actually be interesting if he's like a has-been obscure celeb who posed for novelty tacky t-shirts in that world and then now had to figure out a way to make a living now while still beinf a comedic show/movie.
>>153998596Sorry I posted this without giving more preamble but I just was reminded of these shirts since they kinda look similar in artstyle at a glance. Did not know Andy Capp was an actual comic strip, thought it was just a brand mascot.
>>153998419>pic relYep. This is European comics and Britain alright.
>>153998674I was only aware of modern Andy Capp so I just assumed it was always his wife beating him up for staying at the bar too long. Did not realize the early comics were basically making a joke out of him beating his wife until decades later
>>153998596I remember staring at the booba on these as a kid on trips to beach.
>>153999024Based. The later comics seem to show her beating the shit out of him more.
He barely registers in the UK, and the snacks are completely unknown (they're not sold here at all)
This will never not be funny
>>153998408the quality has gone down, i think they changed the formula but for the longest time they were the superior chip at least for me. chester hot fries are now slightly better but they too have also had a quality drop. rip 2 a couple real niggas. also to answer your question i didnt know who andy capp was until i googled him. as a kid i thought him and the home depot guy were the same dude because they looked the same and they always had their chips there too. id be surprised if any american knows who he is, its kinda of an obscure pull over here
>>153998408Andy succeeded where Dilbert failed.
>>153998408>anymoreDid americans ever know him? I know Simpsons referenced him.
>>154000181His comic showed up in my local newspaper while that was a thing. As a young child I liked the art-style, but the humor went over my head.
>>154000181Family Guy referenced himhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ArmQrWp7ngAnd I know they used to run it in the paper that I got for a long time, so it was definitely being run in some American newspapers>>153999772>also to answer your question i didnt know who andy capp was until i googled him. as a kid i thought him and the home depot guy were the same dude because they looked the sameI had the newspaper that ran Andy Capp and actually initially thought the same thing, back in the 80s.
>>154000181He showed up in Family Guy toohttps://youtu.be/bsLjZvXRM6A
I thought this one was sweet
>>154000423Andy Capp 's from Yorkshire not the East End of London, then again it's most countries out there.
>>154000181MST3K (a Gogglebox mixed with some children's TV stuff type of series about a presenter in a space station with Muppet-like robots watching old films) referenced him in when comparing a scene in a bar to Andy Capp.
