GUELYLAND: TOPO GIGIO

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Friday, July 31, 2009

TOPO GIGIO

Well, now i'm digging deep into my childhood memories (so deep it could be childish) because i gonna go for something that i use to like when i was like four years old! I think this album of stamps was out around 1969 or 1970 and it was, perhaps, my first ever. This little funny mouse was on TV, the movies, records, figures, and the usual etcetera of merchandise that this kind of characters usually sells. It was very popular in Italy(were it was created at the end of the 1950's by Maria Perego), United States (where he used to appear at the Ed Sullivan show 1964 to 1971), Latin America (where the fever started in 1968 with a show produced first in Perú and later in Mexico featuring partners like the actors Braulio Castillo, Julio Alemán and Raul Astor), Spain and Japan. The album as you can see featured the Topo Gigio in different disguises and the kingdoms of nature, obviously oriented to little kids. As the one i was "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..."

The "real" Topo Gigio

15 comments:

Anonymous said...: Otro album! Que belleza! Este no recuerdo haberlo visto en Mexico. Gracias!; August 1, 2009 at 1:29 AM
Guely of Sweden said...: De 1969, si no me equivoco. Ni habrías nacido! Aunque quizás recuerdes el personaje.; August 1, 2009 at 2:22 AM
Anonymous said...: jajaja, a lo mejor si, pero estaba mas ocupado perdiendo dientes cayendome de los arboles!!
Yo tuve un Topo Gigio de Esponja (hule espuma) muy corrientito, pintado con aerografo! Aun recuerdo que traia una playera a rayas horizontales...; August 1, 2009 at 2:26 AM
Gigi Peligro said...: un ramito de flores cogí yo en la montaña....; August 1, 2009 at 6:40 PM
Guely of Sweden said...: Gigi,qué eso? una canción?; August 1, 2009 at 9:19 PM
#167 Dad said...: You have an incredible memory. I was around when the Ed Sullivan show was on, but the only show I actually rememeber is the Beatles first appearance.; August 2, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Guely of Sweden said...: Actually i have no personal recollection of it. I started investigating about it after(long ago) I saw a Billy joel video where some Sullivan impersonator said "Thank you topo Gigiiiio!" But i remember seen some puertorican actor called Braulio Castillo doing the same in the peruvian TV around 1970. i was like 3 or 4 years old at the time.; August 3, 2009 at 12:03 AM
Gigi Peligro said...: eso es una canción que cantaba topo gigio!; August 3, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Anonymous said...: A la camita, a la camita... Hasta manana, buenas noches, que descansen bien... llego la hora de acostarse y dormir tambien, porque manana sera otro dia, y hay que vivirlo con alegria!
Era otra cancion que recuerdo con Topo Gigio (Tengo un LP que me regalaron)Se llama LAS NUEVAS AVENTURAS DE TOPO GIGIO, 1975, pero trae canciones mexicanas y no infantiles.; August 3, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Dave said...: Topo Gigo, haaa, el album creo que es de otro año mas tardió al que haces mención, podría ser 1972, creo basandome en que yo lo coleccionaba y recuerdo qu eya estaba entrado en edad, jaja es decir, !entre los nueve o diez años de edad!. Pero, me has hecho recordarlo, el álbum que tanto amor y cariño coleccionaba, le tuve mucho aprecio porque mi madre me compraba los cromos casi a diario en el quiosco de la vuelta de mi casa, junto con mis chistes "EN" de periquita y el llanero solitario!!! ohhh esos años.... gracias,me he emocionado hasta los cojones de evocar esa niñez....!!!
¿Podrías mandarme por mi correo las fotos de cada página del álbum si no fuera molestia??? Quisiera imprimirlos... Gracias de ante mano...je!; August 22, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Guely of Sweden said...: El álbum de Topo Gigio fue editado por Sanmarti en 1970. El resto son achaques suyos, usia. Si quieres las fotos clickas en las que quieras y listo te salen incluso más grandes.; August 22, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Dave said...: Si en efecto, tenías razón, ya los puses de papel tapiz en mi monitor, estoy muy alegre, topo gigo alegra mi screen, jajajajaa! Te pasaste....!! Oye la foto con tu amigo terkes, me ha hecho acordar ese video de "Madness" titulado: "one step beyond" ¿No son ustedes?... harharharharrrrr!!; August 24, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Guely of Sweden said...: Que chongo! que te hayas vacilado choclo. Ojalá que por ahi encuentre las fotos(que hasta video había)cuando estamos cantando una de The Who.; August 24, 2009 at 9:01 PM
pilaragrelo said...: Gracias ! muchas gracias, no sabes que alegria me as dado ,por anios lo he estado buscando,todo el mundo compro el albun ,me quedaba facinada con los diamantes y las frutas una ves mas mil gracias,
me gustaria tenerlo si alguna persona lo pusiera en venta ,

pilaragrelo@hotmail.com; July 11, 2010 at 8:04 AM
Guely of Sweden said...: Si,las caras en esas frutas y minerales tienen un raro encanto. O serán acaso los ojos infantiles que las vieron hace ya tantos años. En todo caso me alegro que te haya gustado. Gracias por tu comentario, espero que encuentres más cosas por aquí que lo merezcan :); July 11, 2010 at 8:12 AM

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