reddykilowatt.org » Et cetera http://www.reddykilowatt.org All about Reddy Kilowatt (sightings, history, memorabilia, items for sale and more) Sat, 03 Apr 2010 12:50:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Reddy spotted on a t-shirt! http://www.reddykilowatt.org/2009/06/07/reddy-spotted-on-a-t-shirt/ http://www.reddykilowatt.org/2009/06/07/reddy-spotted-on-a-t-shirt/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:41:20 +0000 Bill http://www.reddykilowatt.org/?p=118 Check out this “The Smell Of Progress” t-shirt by Tank Theory…

Hmmm. $30 for a t-shirt?!

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Also, Reddy as the smiling deliverer of death?

]]> http://www.reddykilowatt.org/2009/06/07/reddy-spotted-on-a-t-shirt/feed/ 0 My new book: “50 Sad Chairs” http://www.reddykilowatt.org/2008/03/29/my-new-book-50-sad-chairs/ http://www.reddykilowatt.org/2008/03/29/my-new-book-50-sad-chairs/#comments Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:04:26 +0000 Bill http://www.reddykilowatt.org/?p=63 50 Sad ChairsTotally unrelated to Reddy Kilowatt: I probably should mention that my new book is out. It’s published by the weird and wonderful folks at BlueQ. It’s a nice little photo book of the sad chairs of St. Louis. No, really. Discarded chairs in alleys. Abandoned chairs on street corners. Abused chairs on loading docks. You get the picture. You’re gonna like it.

Check out www.50sadchairs.com to see some page samples and (if you want) by it at Amazon or Blueq.com.

C’mon!

]]> http://www.reddykilowatt.org/2008/03/29/my-new-book-50-sad-chairs/feed/ 2 The Mighty Atom http://www.reddykilowatt.org/2007/05/06/the-mighty-atom/ http://www.reddykilowatt.org/2007/05/06/the-mighty-atom/#comments Sun, 06 May 2007 15:43:44 +0000 Bill http://www.reddykilowatt.org/?p=39 A Yahoo! Group for fans of Reddy. Has 130 members so far.

This group is for people who love Reddy Kilowatt, a long-time symbol for the electric utility business. Reddy was invented by Ashton B. Collins, Sr., who worked for Alabama Power Company. Reddy debuted on March 11, 1926 as the symbol for electric service. If you love Reddy Kilowatt…this is the place to be!

]]> http://www.reddykilowatt.org/2007/05/06/the-mighty-atom/feed/ 1 Wild electricity videos http://www.reddykilowatt.org/2007/03/27/wild-electricity-videos/ http://www.reddykilowatt.org/2007/03/27/wild-electricity-videos/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:58:49 +0000 Bill http://www.reddykilowatt.org/?p=31 Not actually Reddy Kilowatt, but a guest appearance by crazy, out of control electricity:

“Let’s take a break from the daily grind, and just sit back and enjoy life. Life is good. And never more so then when we’re watching our old friend Reddy Kilowatt getting a little playful…”

]]> http://www.reddykilowatt.org/2007/03/27/wild-electricity-videos/feed/ 0 Who was Walter Tetley? http://www.reddykilowatt.org/2007/03/18/who-was-walter-tetley/ http://www.reddykilowatt.org/2007/03/18/who-was-walter-tetley/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2007 03:13:19 +0000 Bill http://www.reddykilowatt.org/?p=27 Walter TetleyWFMU’s Beware of the Blog has a great post on Walter Tetley, the man who voiced the Reddy video I linked a couple weeks ago.

Walter Tetley was a prolific character actor in the mediums of film, radio, and animation for many years… Walter Tetley had the voice of a pre-pubescent schoolboy. Born with a rare hormonal disease that prevented him from fully experiencing the changes that puberty normally brings, Tetley’s voice is best remembered today as the bespeckled cartoon nerd Sherman, boy companion to Mister Peabody on The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show. Many would surely be surprised to discover that the brainiac dog’s boy companion in all ninety-one segments of Peabody’s Improbable History was actually a man in his late forties.

]]> http://www.reddykilowatt.org/2007/03/18/who-was-walter-tetley/feed/ 1 Whoa — there’s a Reddy Kilowatt credit union? http://www.reddykilowatt.org/2007/02/15/whoa-%e2%80%94-theres-a-reddy-kilowatt-credit-union/ http://www.reddykilowatt.org/2007/02/15/whoa-%e2%80%94-theres-a-reddy-kilowatt-credit-union/#comments Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:32:40 +0000 Bill http://www.reddykilowatt.org/?p=7 It’s in St. John’s, Newfoundland, but it’s not for you or me (and nowhere does the site mention Reddy as electricity’s most famous “spokesthing”):

Who can become a customer-owner of Reddy Kilowatt Credit Union? All employees and retirees of the Fortis Group of Companies and their extended families can.

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