8 CARTOON CHARACTERS THAT RAN FOR PRESIDENT
WOULD YOU RATHER VOTE FOR A CAT OR A DOG?
Fictional characters run for president all the time. In the 1970s, television denizens Archie Bunker ('72) and the Fonz ('76) had satirical campaigns for the highest office in the land.
Yet more even imaginary candidates have been put forth for POTUS over the decades. Hardly an election passes without a cereal mascot or popular Saturday Morning cartoon throwing his hat in the ring.
Here are vintage campaign buttons from animated presidential bids. Did you ever spot someone wearing one?
POGO (1952)
Walt Kelly's beloved possum reluctantly ran in 1952, with a "I Go Pogo" slogan that played on "I Like Ike."
HUCKLEBERRY HOUND (1960)
Hanna-Barbera was a veritable Super PAC for cartoon candidates back in the day. At the start of the 1960s, the blue dog with a Southern drawl had a rather robust campaign with tie-in comic book, record album and rallies, which were brainstormed by Kellogg's and ad agency Leo Burnett.
YOGI BEAR (1964)
Guess who his vice president was? No, not Boo-Boo. Ol' Huckleberry Hound, who had to settle for the undercard.
SNOOPY (1968 )
The Royal Guardsman scored a hit novelty song in that year with "Snoopy for President," which was honestly rather political.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QddHVitk7KA
KERMIT THE FROG (1980)
For the Green Party, we assume?
BILL THE CAT (1984, 1988 )
The two characters from the wonderful Bloom County daily comic strip became regular candidates in the 1980s. Jaded voters could pick up "Don't blame me, I voted for Bill and Opus" T-shirts.
PAPA SMURF (1984, 1988 )
These buttons came in boxes of Smurfberry Crunch cereal. As did buttons for Handy Smurf's campaign. Ouch, that must cause some tension back in the mushroom.
FRED FLINTSTONE (1996)
As the "Candidate for Growth" slogan suggests, this was indeed an advertising campaign for vitamins on the part of Bayer. Now, if he had ran three decades earlier, he might have polled better. Certainly the rock mining industry was behind him.
source: MeTV Network | 8 cartoon characters that ran for President
WOULD YOU RATHER VOTE FOR A CAT OR A DOG?
Fictional characters run for president all the time. In the 1970s, television denizens Archie Bunker ('72) and the Fonz ('76) had satirical campaigns for the highest office in the land.
Yet more even imaginary candidates have been put forth for POTUS over the decades. Hardly an election passes without a cereal mascot or popular Saturday Morning cartoon throwing his hat in the ring.
Here are vintage campaign buttons from animated presidential bids. Did you ever spot someone wearing one?
POGO (1952)
Walt Kelly's beloved possum reluctantly ran in 1952, with a "I Go Pogo" slogan that played on "I Like Ike."
HUCKLEBERRY HOUND (1960)
Hanna-Barbera was a veritable Super PAC for cartoon candidates back in the day. At the start of the 1960s, the blue dog with a Southern drawl had a rather robust campaign with tie-in comic book, record album and rallies, which were brainstormed by Kellogg's and ad agency Leo Burnett.
YOGI BEAR (1964)
Guess who his vice president was? No, not Boo-Boo. Ol' Huckleberry Hound, who had to settle for the undercard.
SNOOPY (1968 )
The Royal Guardsman scored a hit novelty song in that year with "Snoopy for President," which was honestly rather political.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QddHVitk7KA
KERMIT THE FROG (1980)
For the Green Party, we assume?
BILL THE CAT (1984, 1988 )
The two characters from the wonderful Bloom County daily comic strip became regular candidates in the 1980s. Jaded voters could pick up "Don't blame me, I voted for Bill and Opus" T-shirts.
PAPA SMURF (1984, 1988 )
These buttons came in boxes of Smurfberry Crunch cereal. As did buttons for Handy Smurf's campaign. Ouch, that must cause some tension back in the mushroom.
FRED FLINTSTONE (1996)
As the "Candidate for Growth" slogan suggests, this was indeed an advertising campaign for vitamins on the part of Bayer. Now, if he had ran three decades earlier, he might have polled better. Certainly the rock mining industry was behind him.
source: MeTV Network | 8 cartoon characters that ran for President
