“And who is in charge of these treasures? A policeman? An armed guard? No, it’s usually a helpful, attractive lady called a librarian. All she would know about police work is that there are excellent manuals on the subject in Section II, shelf 8.”
- John Hancock insurance ad, LIFE Magazine (04-04-55)
Am…am I the only one who has questions about this?
Why is there a prison in the library?!
You wouldn’t want the skeleton to have free run of the library, now, would you?
Je veux ça * soupir *
Well, you see, Mr Bones over there was the old librarian. A necromancer raised him from the dead to keep sorting the library because nobody else managed to wrap their head around the elaborate filing system Mr Bones had created. Unfortunately, Bones came back even more single-minded and obsessive than he started. Oh, he’ll sort the books alright. Always. Every moment he can. The minute you try to take a book from a shelf to read it, he’ll snatch it from your hands and put it back where it belongs. So they keep him in a cage all day, and once everybody’s done reading, then they let him out to clear the mess.
Has anyone ever seen this cartoon before? I’m having trouble finding any info on the web (the fact that “Star Fox” is in the title is throwing off the results) …
