Great thread George! Reminded me to dig up this thread from the 2012 Officially Unofficial National Wacky Packages Day:
For the past few years, it feels like I've drawn a gazillion wacky sketch cards and spent hours (and hours!) looking at old wacky titles that I thought I knew pretty well. But as it turns out, I found a bunch of anomalies that I somehow overlooked and thought I'd share some of my favorites with you:
1) Series 1, Horrid Deodorant - There's a distinct "A" on the can in the character's hand. Is that an "A" for "Arid", the original product?!
2) Series 2, Fishbone Dressing - The small bottle in the character's hand shows the same character but as a skeleton!
3) Series 3, Sledge - The small can in the character's hand looks to be the original product motif, not the wacky parody!
4) Series 4, Wormy Packages - Norm Saunders initials appear on the toothpaste tube on the left hand side!
5) Series 4, Grazin Bran - Is that a 7up bottle cap in the horses bowl?!
6) Series 5, Sludge -The NBS Co on one of the bricks certainly stands for Norm Blane Saunders Company!
7) Series 7, DimWit Dots - The watch on the characters wrist is actually a bunged up compass!
Series 7, Boozo - The text on the original art differs from the printed sticker. Instead of "You'll Have to Be Drunk" it says, "You'ld Have to Be Drunk". Was Boozo to blame?!
9) Series 7, Mr Goodcents/Contrac - The cars on the two stickers look to be the same vehicle - one coming and one going!
10) Series 11, Stinkertoy - The skunk in the diagram actually has a raccoon tail!
And of course no wacky list would be complete without a few bonuses:
11) Series 14, Weakinson Blades - Norm was famous for using his likeness in many of his paintings. Take a look at the character in the background on the right side. Look familiar?!
12) Series 11, (from forum member Crust): Sleepy - Is the issue number "7474" the date that the art was painted (July 4, 1974)?!
13) Series 11, (from forum member Bigtomi): 61 Magazine - A parody of 16 Magazine, the date on the cover is Dec 2020. The difference between 61 and 16 is 45. If you add 45 to the year the sticker was released, you get 2020 (1975 + 45). Not coincidence, it was done to reflect when 16 year olds then would be 61.
There are lots of other anomalies to be found but these are a few of my favorites! If anyone has more to share, post 'em here!!!
HAPPY OFFICIALLY UNOFFICIAL NATIONAL WACKY PACKAGES DAY!!