Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Randolph Scott My Ass

Wikipedia says a bisexual actor named Randolph Scott was the inspiration for the Raiders Logo.

Here's the logo:



That can't be right. It was clear to me as a six year old and it is still clear to me. The Raiders logo is circa 1963.

Here's Space Angel, a cartoon series dating from 1962:





There really is no doubt. All the raiders did was move the eye patch from the right eye to the left.

Is someone trying to avoid an obvious TM infringement claim? Or is a small bit of cartoon history being lost?

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