Randomly Drawn
April 29, 2026
Another week of random cartoon nonsense, but this week it comes with a bit of scientific knowledge! Looking through all the old advertising mascots last week, I came upon an old favorite. They would play commercials for Chicken of the Sea and the mascot Charlie Tuna had…a death wish? As I recall? He always wanted to be taken and smashed into a tin can for sandwiches? Man, people should be happy Gen X folk are as stable as we are.
Anyways…the cartoon Charlie always made me believe tuna were about the size of people, give or take a little for cartoon physics. Much later I saw a picture of people reeling in an Atlantic bluefin! Those big things can get upwards of 600 lbs. and over 8 feet long for the AVERAGE ones. The biggest ever caught was almost 1500 lbs. and nearly 13 feet long. So I started sketching an accurate Charlie the tuna.
I hope your week is going well and this gave you a nice little factoid for Hump Day. Be safe and take care of yourselves.
-The Paintmonkey
Yeah, these commercials always made as much sense as the barbecue joints with smiling, bib adorned pigs brandishing a knife and fork. Buddy, you weren’t invited for dinner in the way you suspected.
Cool tuna facts!