Rebuses in Popular Culture
- In the 1958 children's book Tom's Midnight Garden, Tom uses an elongated image of a cat as his signature to represent his name, Tom Long.
- In the TV show The Electric Company, Danny can throw a word ball with his secret code named after the article.
- Lionshead beer, Lone Star beer, and Ballantine Ale feature rebuses on the underside of the caps of their glass bottles.
- In the underground comic Zap #8 from 1975, Robert Williams' story 'Innocence Squandered' features a character called Counselor Rebus. He is the defense attorney in a courtroom scene for the protagonist of the story, F. Leonoid Baldpubis. Mr. Willams' fanciful artwork style comes into play here as well as his sense of humour: Counselor Rebus has a body made of Rebuses (glass of beer for the 'head', ruler for a foot) and speaks entirely in rebuses throughout the story.
- Narragansett Beer Uses rebus puzzles on their bottle caps, and bar coasters.
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