Talk:Richard Scarry

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[edit] Rotten.com Link

I don't believe that a page hosted on rotten.com is entirely appropriate, despite the innocence of the page itself. The entire domain is blacklisted by my work proxy server and, given the content of the main site, I don't think this is a suitable external link for Wikipedia.

While there are some interesting and valuable pages on that website (and the page itself is pretty innocuous), I'm more concerned about the accuracy. I haven't seen any corroboration for claims that he was a plagiarizer, a womanizer, etc. Maybe I'm just under-informed, but if not, Wikipedia shouldn't be linking to inaccurate information. Wolfychan 03:54, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

I agree...I have been seeing rotten.com links to their semi-factual, semi-humorous links popping up all over wikipedia. I'm gonna go on a gnome-crusade against 'em.--Zaorish 02:22, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Smokey Bear

The article says: In 1955, he designed the character Smokey Bear for Little Golden Books.

But Smokey Bear says: Smokey Bear is a mascot of the United States Forest Service created in 1944

Doesn't sound like the same character.

Bovlb 02:19, 2005 Jun 18 (UTC)

I think what's going on (and I am editing both this article and Smokey Bear to reflect this) is that in 1955 Little Golden Books came out with a book about Smokey Bear, who was by then well known, and that their book version was drawn by Scarry. According to a couple of U.S. Forest service sites (see here and here), the official artist (i.e. for the bear on all the Firestry Service posters and whatnot) was Rudolph (Rudy) Wendelin. —Steve Summit (talk) 18:12, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] pronunciation

Okay, anybody know for sure how Scarry pronounced his last name? Saying, as we do here, "pronounced like 'scarry'", doesn't help so much! We should make it unambiguous and use "starry" or "scary" (or maybe even "hairy"), as the case may be. —Steve Summit (talk) 19:16, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Surely his name is not really pronounced "scary", as the article now states. I suspect very much that one would only pronounce his name the same as "scary" if one has an accent in which "Mary" and "marry" (and probably also "merry") are pronounced the same. It's a bit like saying that the name of someone called Patty is pronounced the same as "Paddy". The dialectal features of the article writer (or indeed the person who is the subject of the article) should have no bearing on these matters of English pronunciation. — Chameleon 11:47, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] some of his best-known characters

Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm, Sergeant Murphy, Mr. Frumble, Mr. Fixit, Sally, and Uncle Willy are just a few of his best-known creations. I will add to the list as I remember their names! This is definitely info that people want when researching Mr. Scarry. It would be lovely to see a list of character names with a picture (or link to a picture, if copyright is an issue) next to each. —Lilly Williams (talk) 21:02, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Little Bear

The Little Bear link says that the linked series was by others, not Sacrry. Is Good Night, Little Bear actually part of that series? If so, the page on the series should be updated. If not, the link on the Sarry page should be removed. Dvd Avins 21:33, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Place of origin categorisation

The article states he was born in Boston, Mass., but is currently categorised under 'People from Ridgefield, Connecticut'. It should be one or the other - which was it? --Thoughtcat (talk) 20:10, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Biographical background

There is no hint of how his life might have impacted on his art. To an adult eye much of his work has a satiric edge. This would be worth adding.--Jack Upland (talk) 10:03, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Scarry

To clear the issue up, his surname is pronounced Ska Ree. It's a very old Irish name. I know because it's also my surname and I happen to be Irish. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DocScarry (talk • contribs) 7 March 2008

I'm sorry, but that doesn't clear it up for me. Do you really mean that the first syllable is pronounced the same as the musical genre ska, which rhymes with ma and the note fa? That would make the name sound the same as "scarry," meaning "covered with scars", and I don't think that's what you really mean. I have put in an IPA pronunciation and a claim about what it rhymes with. I also took out the part about the regional origins of the name on the grounds that it's a tangent that doesn't belong in an article like this. If the "a" really is an "ah" sound, then please clarify. Also, if you really want the name origin stuff to be in there, just uncomment it. Mark Foskey (talk) 03:36, 2 June 2008 (UTC)