Slopfest #25 · Spring 1952 · Vienna
Eyes Where the Mouth Goes
A new toy let you stick any face on a potato. The committee did the same with its portraits.
#25Photo lost in the Great Slop Flood.
Museum status: Pending acquisition by a museum of modern art. Pending since the day it was made.
- Venue
- Karmelitermarkt, the potato stalls
- Attendance
- 229
- Guest of honour
- Groucho Marx (moved his moustache onto the winning potato and preferred it)
- Fun fact
- 200 potatoes, 1 recognisable face, repeated
What happened
Every guest got a potato and a bag of face parts cut from old committee portraits. Every potato came out looking slightly like Dr. Kranzl, which nobody could explain. The best 200 were exhibited in rows. Groucho Marx, in town on tour, moved his moustache onto the winning potato and declared it an improvement.
Elsewhere in 1952
Mr. Potato Head goes on sale, a kit of plastic face parts for real potatoes and the first toy advertised on television.
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