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As one of the longest-domesticated animals, cows have played a significant role within Western popular culture. Sometimes carrying the power of life-directing myth, and sometimes merely depicted so as to evoke a hearty belly laugh, they have been portrayed in art, nursery rhymes, language idioms, advertisements, and cartoons and comics since the early 1800s. | {{subpages}} | ||
As one of the longest-domesticated animals, cows and [[cattle]] have played a significant role within Western popular culture. Sometimes carrying the power of life-directing myth, and sometimes merely depicted so as to evoke a hearty belly laugh, they have been portrayed in art, nursery rhymes, language idioms, advertisements, and cartoons and comics since the early 1800s. | |||
==Cows in the myth of the American West== | ==Cows in the myth of the American West== | ||
==Nursery rhymes== | ==Literature== | ||
The cow jumped over the moon | ;''The Cow Puncher'' by Robert J. C. Stead[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19173] | ||
;''Pete Cow Puncher: A Story of the Texas Plains'' by Joseph B. Ames | |||
===Nursery rhymes=== | |||
;''Hey Diddlle Diddle (The cow jumped over the moon) | |||
==Language idioms== | ==Language idioms== | ||
{{Image|American revolution cow commerce cartoon.jpg}} | |||
;The fatted calf/kill the fatted calf | |||
;Until the cows come home | |||
;Cash cow | ;Cash cow | ||
;How now brown cow? | ;How now brown cow? | ||
;Holy cow | ;Holy cow | ||
;Have a cow | ;Have a cow | ||
;A sacred cow | |||
;Cow-punch | |||
;As awkward as a cow on roller skates | |||
;Cowboy | |||
;Cow poke | |||
==Film== | ==Film== | ||
;Hundreds of iconic and B-grade cowboy movies, see filmography and catalogues at [[cowboy]] and [[western (film)]] | |||
;Edison's films of County Fairs | |||
;Barnyard | ;Barnyard | ||
;Cow and Chicken | ;Cow and Chicken | ||
==Comics== | ==Comics== | ||
;Civil War Era | |||
;The Far Side | ;The Far Side | ||
;The Man-Eating-Cow | ;London's Times | ||
;The Man-Eating-Cow (Tick Comics) | |||
==Advertisements== | ==Advertisements== | ||
{{Image|Joe_cow_t-shirt.jpg|right|200px|T-shirt designed by Woody Jackson, creator of the Ben and Jerry's cows. The shirt reads: "Moo. Deja Moo."}} | |||
;Ben and Jerry's | |||
In 1983, [[Ben Cohen]] approached Vermont artist [[Woody Jackson]] about using Jackson's distinctive cow themed artwork as the hallmark of the fledgling [[Ben and Jerry's]] ice cream company.<ref>Woody Jackson. The Ben and Jerry's Story. Electronic document, http://www.woodyjackson.com/bennjerry.html. '''<<== DEAD LINK/PAGE''' [http://www.webcitation.org/5PHKxwBoI | |||
Archived] June 1, 2007.</ref> The company has since grown to be a household name, operating around the world. The "Woody cow" remains a prominent part of the Ben and Jerry's brand. | |||
;Cow Brand Baking Soda | |||
;Milk Maids | |||
;BMW | ;BMW | ||
;Borden - Elsie the Cow | |||
;Chik-fil-a - The "Eat More Chikin" cows | ;Chik-fil-a - The "Eat More Chikin" cows | ||
==Music== | |||
;Early American Folk | |||
;The Dead Milkmen (band) | |||
;Pink Floyd, Atom Heart Mother | |||
==Other== | ==Other== | ||
;Cow tipping | ;Cow tipping | ||
;Furniture | ;Furniture | ||
;Moofia | |||
;Postage stamps | ;Postage stamps | ||
;I Never Saw a Purple Cow | |||
;Dropping the Cow (comedy troupe)[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11069-2005Jan14.html] | |||
;Clothing[http://www.cows.ca/] | |||
==Notes== | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:30, 12 November 2013
As one of the longest-domesticated animals, cows and cattle have played a significant role within Western popular culture. Sometimes carrying the power of life-directing myth, and sometimes merely depicted so as to evoke a hearty belly laugh, they have been portrayed in art, nursery rhymes, language idioms, advertisements, and cartoons and comics since the early 1800s.
Cows in the myth of the American West
Literature
- The Cow Puncher by Robert J. C. Stead[1]
- Pete Cow Puncher: A Story of the Texas Plains by Joseph B. Ames
Nursery rhymes
- Hey Diddlle Diddle (The cow jumped over the moon)
Language idioms
- The fatted calf/kill the fatted calf
- Until the cows come home
- Cash cow
- How now brown cow?
- Holy cow
- Have a cow
- A sacred cow
- Cow-punch
- As awkward as a cow on roller skates
- Cowboy
- Cow poke
Film
- Hundreds of iconic and B-grade cowboy movies, see filmography and catalogues at cowboy and western (film)
- Edison's films of County Fairs
- Barnyard
- Cow and Chicken
Comics
- Civil War Era
- The Far Side
- London's Times
- The Man-Eating-Cow (Tick Comics)
Advertisements
- Ben and Jerry's
In 1983, Ben Cohen approached Vermont artist Woody Jackson about using Jackson's distinctive cow themed artwork as the hallmark of the fledgling Ben and Jerry's ice cream company.[1] The company has since grown to be a household name, operating around the world. The "Woody cow" remains a prominent part of the Ben and Jerry's brand.
- Cow Brand Baking Soda
- Milk Maids
- BMW
- Borden - Elsie the Cow
- Chik-fil-a - The "Eat More Chikin" cows
Music
- Early American Folk
- The Dead Milkmen (band)
- Pink Floyd, Atom Heart Mother
Other
- Cow tipping
- Furniture
- Moofia
- Postage stamps
- I Never Saw a Purple Cow
- Dropping the Cow (comedy troupe)[2]
- Clothing[3]
Notes
- ↑ Woody Jackson. The Ben and Jerry's Story. Electronic document, http://www.woodyjackson.com/bennjerry.html. <<== DEAD LINK/PAGE [http://www.webcitation.org/5PHKxwBoI Archived] June 1, 2007.