Anyone out there remember Slim Goodbody? The guy in the organ-coated unitard? He told us 80s kids all about the wonders of our bodies while chatting with robots (seriously, what 80s show was without a robot friend?) wearing an organ-coated unitard and a nice little fro-perm. I’ll admit, something about a man dressed in a flesh-and-guts unitard always kinda gave me the creeps, but Slim was definitely a memorable character — I think he was on Captain Kangaroo. Believe it or not, Slim is still taking his message of health and fitness to classrooms all over the country (now without the perm). Their color and learn tee is pretty fresh, check out the snap of Goodbody with a gang of kids all wearing their own hand-colored guts tees.
Posts Tagged ‘organs’
I See Right Through You
Posted: Wednesday, October 1st, 2008Muttering About
Posted: Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
When a museum calls itself “disturbingly informative” you know it’s got to be great. The Mutter Museum, part of the College of Physician’s of Philadelphia, is chock full of bones, preserved guts floating in jars and other creepy stuff from the bodily world. They are perhaps best known for having a replica of Siamese twins Chang & Eng, who had a conjoined liver (hey, if you can’t share your liver with your own brother, who can you share it with?) that is preserved and on display at Mutter. This place is the original Body Worlds. Best of all, this emporium of body parts will soon carry I Heart Guts plushies, stickers and buttons, so if you’re in the Philly area and you just can’t wait, get your guts there.
Gutsy Glamour
Posted: Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
These gorgeous guts, made from leather and found objects, are the work of Kelly Steinauer, and you should check out her guts. One of our fabulous customers turned us on to her, and we becamne instantly entranced by the clever melancholy of her stomachs, spleens and other innards. We especially love the intestine, which looks — appropriately enough — like some seriously crazy plumbing, seen here at left. The super-cool uterus, pictured at right, caught our eye with her tough looks. She looks about ready to gun up a badass motorcycle and zoom off into the sunset.
The future of tissue (no, no, not Kleenex)
Posted: Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
For anyone who has ever wished they could trade in their broken pancreas for a new one, here’s some good news: Canadian scientists are getting closer to making replacement organs. The researchers encouraged stem cells to make the building blocks for what could turn into lungs, livers and pancreases, reported the journal Stem Cell. It will likely be decades before you’ll be able to order up a new set of lungs along with a pack of Marlboros at your local 7-11, but it’s still really cool science.
Guts on the road
Posted: Saturday, August 16th, 2008
Heart and kidney visited the esteemed Mayo Clinic a few days ago, on a special road trip. The I Heart Guts team (that would be my wonderful husband, our 9-month-old baby and me) hit the highway to investigate a rare affliction that’s troubling my man (more on that later), so we had some fun driving through the desert. While we were there, we checked out the gift shop to see if they needed any guts, but I think the answer has got to be no way, stocked as it was with purple boa-clad bears that, when a paw was pressed, sang Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to have Fun.” I won’t tell you about the singing chihuahua. On the bright side, the Mayo Scottsdale has a great medical library for patients, so if you’re in Phoenix, check it out! There’s tons of books, scientific journals, a giant glob of fake fat, a skeleton, and a really nice librarian. We wanted to stop by Red Hot Robot, an awesome vinyl toy shop in Phoenix, but we ran out of time. Pooper.
Renegades in San Fran
Posted: Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
We have long loved the Renegade Craft Fair, and lamented its absence from the west coast craft scene. Well hoo-ray and yee-haw, the fair is coming to San Francisco and the Guts will be there! Our pals over at The Particle Zoo will also be in effect, along with hundreds of other indie-rock vendors and maker-type geeks. Our hope is that Renegade continues its national domination and sets up shop down here in old Los Angeles, where we have a big, gaping, empty sad hole where Bazaar Bizarre used to be (Greg, come back! We miss you). And we’re not sure what’s going on with Felt Club for the summer, either. Our best guess is that Felt Clubmaster Jenny is still exhausted from last year’s two XL events. We hope she’s enjoying a wine cooler poolside somewhere during her well-deserved break.
What Am I, Chopped Liver?
Posted: Friday, June 6th, 2008
Attention to those who need a liver transplant — it helps to be well-connected. News that Japanese gang members got themselves some livers during an organ donor drought in the early 00s through the UCLA Transplant Services comes as a shock to those who think transplant lists are fair and egalitarian. They sure aren’t. The main gang boss, Tadamasa Goto, was allowed inside the US as a guest of the FBI, which hoped to elicit some juicy inside scoop on Japanese gangs (which, as it turns out, are legal in Japan). Instead, Goto and his cronies got four livers, donating $100,000 for each one, and went on home. (Are these guys drinking tubs of sake every day?)
