Was reading the Polar Express to my kiddo the other night and this page stopped me for a minute. Tell me you see it too? It’s not just me, right? So now I need to know is this a chicken or egg situation.
lol before I inadvertently make anyone see anything unseemly, I am talking about the dog puppet and the 🎯 so I’m wondering if Target the store came before or after the book and if it’s just a coincidence that it like exactly like the Target advertising dog.
@amarand @MotherDucker Don’t worry! I saw the same thing. 😬😂
@MotherDucker @AlphaCentauri @Autumn
Polar Express was first published in 1985.
Target first introduced its bull terrier mascot, Bullseye, in 1999.
So, timing-wise, the book came first, but also Target has been around since the 60's.
@amarand @AlphaCentauri @Autumn just a good old fashioned coincidence, then.
@amarand @MotherDucker @Autumn
It could have been subliminal -- the bull terrier puppet next to the target on the wall -- the advertising executive that thought to paint a target on a dog's face might not have connected the idea to the book he read as a child.
@MotherDucker
Okay, I looked it up and will attach links. Apparently that is Fritz the dog, an animal based on the pet of the author's brother-in-law and appears in all of Allsburg's books.
See here in trivia section:
https://polarexpress.fandom.com/wiki/The_Polar_Express_(book)#Reception
@MotherDucker
Both Fritz and the mascot are bull terriers, though.
You have a good eye.
@MotherDucker
Oh gosh. 😳😳😳😳