Attempts at answering the question:
1) A Swiss Army Frog?
2) I don’t know, but it seems to be what you get when you cross a cockroach with a wing wine corkscrew
Hm. That *is* a two-prong plug on the power cord. I hope whatever it’s powering is double-insulated to prevent electric shocks.
When I looked at the large version, there are definintely banana plugs on the ends of the two wires. Maybe they’re to connect to the extended external antenna for better reception in fringe areas….
@GSSxN: You must have passed the alien sommelier test. GSS!
@ Hammy: In olden times there were ads on late night TV for bizarre gadgets from the Popeil company (parodied by the original SNL crew, like Dan Ackroyd’s Bass-o-matic). This might have fit in there.
November 23rd, 2021 at 9:13 am
Not. That.
Geez, that was easy?
November 23rd, 2021 at 9:52 am
The doom that came to Turducken?
November 23rd, 2021 at 10:23 am
Early attempts at creating the Swiss Army Frog were less than successful.
November 23rd, 2021 at 10:28 am
“Naw, naw, let’s just see how it tastes.”
November 23rd, 2021 at 12:23 pm
Is this book a Jodie Whittaker reference?
November 23rd, 2021 at 3:25 pm
Well, I know that Who can’t replace Moon.
November 23rd, 2021 at 3:58 pm
In related news… https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/23/crazy-frog-returns-like-it-or-not-there-will-always-be-a-place-for-novelty-songs
November 23rd, 2021 at 4:42 pm
Well, now I know where the cover artists go when they’re fired from Baen.
November 23rd, 2021 at 6:47 pm
Isn’t that the card game we used play – we called it “MixMax” – where you have to match various body part pictures with each other?
November 23rd, 2021 at 8:17 pm
A stepladder, a jar opener, and a vibrator.
None of which will stare at you like this thing does.
(Kidding. At least for the men of GSS.)
This must be the little-known and less-popular Mr. Potato Head Expansion Playset. “Now with animal parts! Sold separately.”
Is the strapline giving the original title pasted on crooked? Indeed, is it pasted on?
@TagW: how about “words words words”.
@THX: GSS!
November 23rd, 2021 at 9:43 pm
For some reason a German publisher slapped this cover on a Samuel R Delaney book.
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?439818
November 23rd, 2021 at 10:20 pm
Early reconstructions of Homo Sapiens by future robo-paleontologists were a bit speculative.
November 23rd, 2021 at 10:56 pm
At first I thought is was the same face as dino-rhino from yesterday’s cover!
November 25th, 2021 at 2:51 am
@BC: Along with the oil/gas crises of the 70s, SF cover artists also suffered a face shortage.
June 24th, 2023 at 4:02 am
Attempts at answering the question:
1) A Swiss Army Frog?
2) I don’t know, but it seems to be what you get when you cross a cockroach with a wing wine corkscrew
June 24th, 2023 at 9:18 pm
@JJYoyo: Note that whatever it is, it’s electric. It’s got a power cord and a couple of wires.
With chicken, frog, and fish parts, I’m thinking it’d go with white wine.
June 25th, 2023 at 4:36 am
@GSSx-n (prev.) and JJYoyo (#15):
Hm. That *is* a two-prong plug on the power cord. I hope whatever it’s powering is double-insulated to prevent electric shocks.
When I looked at the large version, there are definintely banana plugs on the ends of the two wires. Maybe they’re to connect to the extended external antenna for better reception in fringe areas….
June 25th, 2023 at 1:13 pm
@GSSxN: You must have passed the alien sommelier test. GSS!
@ Hammy: In olden times there were ads on late night TV for bizarre gadgets from the Popeil company (parodied by the original SNL crew, like Dan Ackroyd’s Bass-o-matic). This might have fit in there.
June 25th, 2023 at 1:44 pm
I’m thinking with the stereo leads this might be the late Robert Moog’s true form…
June 25th, 2023 at 4:51 pm
Wait! Here’s the definitive GSS answer to the question “who can replace a man?”
https://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/?p=13686
June 25th, 2023 at 9:35 pm
@Hammy: All that ungrounded wiring looks dangerous. Maybe that’s how you cook the thing?