This little piggy got to roam...
This little piggy drank some vodka...
This little piggy had none...
This little piggy cried *Oy! Oy! Oy!*
*All this for a mockumentary!*
Ran across these photos at EnglishRussia.com and was really puzzled about this "First Pig in Space." For one thing, in researching for previous articles about the space race nothing was mentioned about launching a pig. Lots of other animals – but no pig. Besides that, the launching of animals was in the late 50’s and early 60's, the clothing of the scientists here is of an earlier era. Bottom line, things weren't adding up.
But the mystery is now solved. According to a Wikipedia entry, these photos are stills from a Russian mockumentary – that is, a tongue-in-cheek documentary -- called *First on the Moon,* (2005) about Russia landing on the moon in the 1930s.
2 comments:
I'm speechless. I honestly don't know what to say after gazing at that foto a good 10-12 minutes.
Anyway...I saw Igor and Natasha in St. Pete two weeks ago. Such wonderful people they are. You too!!!!
Hey Rob, Thanks much for your comment and for stopping by. Say, I think you'll find the update on this post interesting. Check out the link at Wikipedia. Now these photos are starting to make some sense! EE
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