Via UrbanVelo, One Got Fat, a 1963 bicycle safety film, featuring 9 kids, wearing monkey masks and tails, 8 of whom meet grisly ends to goofy music. Great bikes, great clothes, outstanding acting. The plot… the subtext… it’s truly excellent. Think you can recognize the voice of the narrator?

It’s Edward Everett Horton, a distinguished performer in radio, television, and movies over 5 decades, and who was the narrator for the Fractured Fairy Tales segment of Rocky and Bullwinkle. (That’s the one that made the light bulb appear over my head.)

Tags: bicycle safety, bicycling, Entertaining Interludes, humor, nostalgia

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