Librarian Action Figure...

[headscratcher4]

http://www.mcphee.com/laf/index.html

If George Bush can be one, why not someone who can actually read?;)

[zakur]

Librarians oppose shushing action figure (http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/09/08/offbeat.librarian.ap/) (CNN)On Web sites and discussion groups, in phone calls and e-mails, librarians from as far as Australia have made it clear how annoyed they are with the doll and Nancy Pearl, the 58-year-old real-life librarian who posed for the action figure.

One unsigned e-mail accused Pearl of setting the profession back 30 years.

[Leif Roar]

Originally posted by zakur
Librarians oppose shushing action figure (http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/09/08/offbeat.librarian.ap/) (CNN)

I suppose they would have preferred it if the action figure had been based on this mighty warrior of knowledge:

http://www.grudge-match.com/Images/conan.jpg

Yes, it is he: Conan - the Librarian (from the movie UHF)

[sorgoth]

Leif, the link's broken.

[Leif Roar]

Originally posted by sorgoth
Leif, the link's broken.

Should be fixed now.

[Nyarlathotep]

I think it is silly to be annoyed at the action figure. I know that if they made a Computer Programmer action figure (with "Coffe Swigging action") I would be more amused than anything and would likely buy one myself, even if it played into every thinkable stereotype that exists about the profession.

[arcticpenguin]

Saying "Shuush" has to be better than getting bitten: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&ncid=757&e=10&u=/ap/20030923/ap_on_fe_st/bitten_librarians

[zakur]

Originally posted by arcticpenguin
Saying "Shuush" has to be better than getting bitten: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&ncid=757&e=10&u=/ap/20030923/ap_on_fe_st/bitten_librarians I love this line:"When I grabbed her it was kind of stupid," Barry told the Journal Review newspaper. "What I should have done was yanked her hair and sat on her, but I didn't think of it at the time." From the toddler-jutsu school of martial arts, obviously. Juvenile, but effective.

[Selvedge]

Yeah, well, the Archie McPhee figure isn't as cool as Super Librarian! (http://www.njlibraries.org/)

No limits.
No boundaries.
Know your library.

[Prospero]

I'd much rather have my child play with a plastic librarian than a plastic Bush. My mother always said "Dumb rubs off" and I have a feeling that Bush in his "action ready" flight suit is just about the sumbest thing ever conceived by a PR team.

[arcticpenguin]

Originally posted by Prospero
I'd much rather have my child play with a plastic librarian than a plastic Bush. My mother always said "Dumb rubs off" and I have a feeling that Bush in his "action ready" flight suit is just about the sumbest thing ever conceived by a PR team.
Your mother was wrong. In Bush's case, the dumb doesn't rub off, it goes all the way to the marrow.

[LawnOven]

I remember my mother was pretty pissed off when she heard about this action figure on NPR (she's a librarian).

[DrMatt]

Originally posted by Nyarlathotep
I think it is silly to be annoyed at the action figure. I know that if they made a Computer Programmer action figure (with "Coffe Swigging action") I would be more amused than anything and would likely buy one myself, even if it played into every thinkable stereotype that exists about the profession.

Would you settle for a squeeky zen monk with espresso and cell phone? http://www.mcphee.com/bigindex/current/10127.html

[Soapy Sam]

Should a Librarian action figure not feature a (scaled down) 300lb orang-outan which says "Oook!" ?

[zakur]

http://www.ucomics.com/stonesoup/2003/11/02/