Comments on: Was Where’s Waldo? Removed From a School Because it Contained an Exposed Female Breast?

By: Charlie Ward

Charlie Ward — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:24:57 +0000

Wally is actually an insult in ENGLAND (if you don’t believe me watch the talent show scene in About A Boy; the principal or teacher or whatever calls Marcus one when he chokes), so why they changed it for America is just kind of baffling. Follow-up legend, Brian?

By: ParanoidObsessive

ParanoidObsessive — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:22:24 +0000

I always heard that the reason that the name was changed to Waldo was that Wally was slang for idiot in America at the time. I certainly remember hearing people being called Wallies in the ’80s.

Maybe it was a regional thing, but I don’t remember a single person calling anyone a Wally (good OR bad) in the 80′s in the US Northeast area (well, NYC/NJ area, anyway). That’s slang that never even remotely reached my consciousness.

Oddly enough, though, if someone told me “Wally” was an Australian insult, I’d probably believe it without hesitation. It just sounds like something that fits their slang scheme to me for some reason.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 08:14:37 +0000

Right, Benn, the full illustration is from later on when they edited it to cover up her breast.

By the way…

SPOILER ALERT

Going from left to right, Waldo is in the center of the piece, more towards the top than the bottom (he’s behind a striped…something. I think they’re some sort of chair).

By: Benn

Benn — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:11:46 +0000

Haven’t found Waldo, but interestingly enough when you see the woman whose breast was exposed in the close up you provided Brian, when you see her in the full illustration, she clearly has a bikini top on. At any rate, her boob is colored the same shade of green as her bikini bottom.

By: Bouncing Boy

Bouncing Boy — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:42:17 +0000

I always heard that the reason that the name was changed to Waldo was that Wally was slang for idiot in America at the time. I certainly remember hearing people being called Wallies in the ’80s. Hey, that would be a good follow up topic.