He donated his eyes, and consequently can’t see. Although a starch stumbling into produce does invite more complicated interpretations.
There has to be a better way to depict a potato with no eyes than by having him stumble into more produce.
But also, what’s the joke, then? Anyone who donated his eyes while still alive would be liable to find it hard to navigate. Why Mr. Potato Head? What does that add to the joke?
Does it have something to do with the fact that potatoes are not fruit?
For a setup as stupid as a shop called “Organ Donors” that takes organs from the living, you need a much better joke than knocking over a fruit stand.
If you look carefully you can see his nose and the tiny holes above it that his eyes were stuck into.
Although for many cartoon characters, tiny dots above the nose are what they see out of.
It seems a bit too cluttered to work well. You would have to know something about Mr. Potato Head, which the “Toy Story” films might fill, except that the original Mr. Potato Head kits were just the features. You had to use a real potato.
I think what might have worked better would be if he had to walk miserably past something smelly, like a sewage treatment plant, went into the Organ Donors store, and came out happily without his nose.
How did he open the door to begin with? There’s no handle on either side (yes I’m nitpicking since we’re all confused on the intended joke)
beckoningchasm – As I recall a styrofoam potato shaped piece was enclosed early on (am talking about the 1950s) to use instead of an actual potato. My mom would have a fit if I used a real potato or if later on my sisters did – by the time baby sister came along in the mid 1960s it was a formed, hollow, plastic potato enclosed instead of the styrofoam flat shape.
It occurs to me – he was planning on going into “fruit world” to buy some fruit for himself and by accident he walked into the organ donation center which is next door.
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He donated his eyes, and consequently can’t see. Although a starch stumbling into produce does invite more complicated interpretations.
There has to be a better way to depict a potato with no eyes than by having him stumble into more produce.
But also, what’s the joke, then? Anyone who donated his eyes while still alive would be liable to find it hard to navigate. Why Mr. Potato Head? What does that add to the joke?
Does it have something to do with the fact that potatoes are not fruit?
For a setup as stupid as a shop called “Organ Donors” that takes organs from the living, you need a much better joke than knocking over a fruit stand.
If you look carefully you can see his nose and the tiny holes above it that his eyes were stuck into.
Although for many cartoon characters, tiny dots above the nose are what they see out of.
It seems a bit too cluttered to work well. You would have to know something about Mr. Potato Head, which the “Toy Story” films might fill, except that the original Mr. Potato Head kits were just the features. You had to use a real potato.
I think what might have worked better would be if he had to walk miserably past something smelly, like a sewage treatment plant, went into the Organ Donors store, and came out happily without his nose.
How did he open the door to begin with? There’s no handle on either side (yes I’m nitpicking since we’re all confused on the intended joke)
beckoningchasm – As I recall a styrofoam potato shaped piece was enclosed early on (am talking about the 1950s) to use instead of an actual potato. My mom would have a fit if I used a real potato or if later on my sisters did – by the time baby sister came along in the mid 1960s it was a formed, hollow, plastic potato enclosed instead of the styrofoam flat shape.
It occurs to me – he was planning on going into “fruit world” to buy some fruit for himself and by accident he walked into the organ donation center which is next door.