Sunday
Jan172010
The History of Ten Foot Henry (Rodeo Blog)
Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 11:08PM by Mark Hopkins
2010.01.14
The History of Ten Foot Henry
Speaking of local history, here's an unpublished article that I wrote for the 2009 Rodeo program:
THE HISTORY OF TEN FOOT HENRY
Henry was born in 1932. A young, mute bald boy, he was the star of a pantomime comic strip created by Carl Anderson.
Anderson had tried to break into the comic market previously, with strips like The Filipino and the Chick, Raffles and Bunny and Herr Spiegelberger, the Amateur Cracksman, but none of them caught on, so he returned to a career in carpentry (and invented a patented folding desk) until the debut of Henry in The Saturday Evening Post, which quickly became a bonafide hit. In fact, Henry outlived his creator; after Anderson's death in 1948, Henry was drawn by John Liney and Don Trachte until 2005, and classic strips are still distributed by King Features Syndicate. Henry starred in his own book and in a Fleischer Studios animated film.
In 1981, Henry caught the eye of a young Blake Brooker. "He was the most enigmatic and interesting cartoon character, because he never spoke out loud." Brooker commissioned his friend Gregg Casselman to help create a gigantic, wooden cut-out of the character, and Ten Foot Henry took up residence in Brooker's backyard on 25th Avenue SW, near the Stampede grounds.
"It was boomtime and it seemed as though legions of drunk and out-of-control construction workers were taking over the inner city," remembers Brooker. "We built Henry so that we could put up a thought bubble with messages like 'Depressing, isn't it?' for all the passing commuters."... Read the rest of this article on the Rodeo Blog.
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I've always loved 10 ft Henry, it's one of those great little stories I heard when I first came here. It's these little stories that make up local theatre history, and I love that we're helping to share that a bit. Martin Morrow's book about the history of OYR, "Wild Theatre", is where I first heard the 10 ft Henry story and is a great read, any Canadian theatre nerd would really enjoy it. ps, I just saw a used copy for sale at Books on 4th(next to Casablanca in Mission) for cheap. The library has copies too.
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