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Edvard Munch's "The Scream" Magnetic Finger Puppet

Edvard Munch's "The Scream" Magnetic Finger Puppet

The Unemployed Philosopher's Guild

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The horror! The existential anguish! A Scream magnetic finger puppet! On your finger, it's a puppet; on your fridge, it's a magnet!
  • Recommended for ages 5 and up due to small parts.
  • Information card included

Product Details

  • Product type: Finger Puppet
  • Shipping Dimensions: 4.0 × 2.0 × 1.0 inches  (10.2 × 5.1 × 2.5 cm)
  • Shipping Weight: 0.19 lb (3.0 oz; 85 g)
  • SKU: SKU: SKU010002648
  • UPC: 814229006343

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    Edvard Munch Self-Portrait, 1895

    About the Artist

    Edvard Munch

    Edvard Munch (1863–1944) was born in Løten, Norway, and studied design and art in Oslo. In May of 1885 he traveled to Paris on a scholarship, and after the deaths of his sister and father the following year, he began to spend most of his time in France. His painting first achieved fame with an 1892 exhibition in Berlin, which also led directly to his influence upon the German Expressionists. Despite struggles with alcohol and mental health, Munch lived to the age of 80.

    The Unemployed Philosopher's Guild

    About the Brand

    The Unemployed Philosopher's Guild

    The origins of the Unemployed Philosophers Guild are shrouded in mystery. Some accounts trace the Guild's birth to Athens in the latter half of the 4th century BCE. Allegedly, several lesser philosophers grew weary of the endless Socratic dialogue endemic in their trade and turned to crafting household implements and playthings. (Hence the assertions that Socrates quaffed his hemlock poison from a Guild-designed chalice, though vigorous debate surrounds the question of whether it was a "disappearing" chalice.)

    Others argue that the UPG dates from the High Middle Ages, when the Philosophers Guild entered the world of commerce by selling bawdy pamphlets to pilgrims facing long lines for the restroom. Business boomed until 1211 when Pope Innocent III condemned the publications. Not surprisingly, this led to increased sales, even as half our membership was burned at the stake.

    More recently, revisionist historians have pinpointed the birth of the Guild to the time it was still cool to live in New York City's Lower East Side. Two brothers turned their inner creativity and love of paying rent towards fulfilling the people's needs for finger puppets, warm slippers, coffee cups, and cracking up at stuff.

    Most of the proceeds go to unemployed philosophers (and their associates). A portion also goes to some groups working on profound causes.

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