Talk:Googly eyes

Googly Goggles
I would like to mention that the word "googly" is a play on the word "goggle" as in goggles. I have read a few, ahem..., internet sources that indicate this is true. And, it makes sence as goggles make your eyes googly.

The problem comes in with the fact that the word goggle is defined as:

1. To stare with wide and bulging eyes. 2. To roll or bulge. Used of the eyes. This is not exactly correct sir! Specify specify specify... HERE YA GO... Verb: Look with wide open eyes, typically in amazement or wonder. Adjective: (of the eyes) Protuberant or rolling. Noun: Close-fitting eyeglasses with side shields, for protection from glare, dust, water, etc. Synonyms: verb. stare noun. stare — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.26.240.241 (talk) 14:53, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

So what came first, the googly eyes or the term refering to eyes goggling? It seems to me that I have run into a chicken and an egg... and the egg is a brilliant orator.

jphofmann 00:39, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

OH NO! While reading my own post I just realized that "goggles" may be a play on the word "googly"... you are a sexy egg indeed.

jphofmann 00:43, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

New picture
I made a clearer picture. Is it OK to replace the old one with mine?



--Caustic Armadillo 16:55, 9 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Guess I just did. --Caustic Armadillo 19:35, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Removed section
I removed the following section:

==Who invented googly eyes==

In 1919, Billy DeBeck began drawing a comic called "Barney Google and Snuffy Smith". After he had drawn his comic he began creating the plastic craft accessory. This was the inspiration for a 1923 song called "Barney Google (With Your Goo-Goo-Googly Eyes)." lyrics

I've searched and searched and I can't find anything to suggest that De Beck had anything to do with the plastic eyes, and the comic strip and song are dealt with elsewhere in the article and in greater depth at the article on the strip, to which the article still links. The assertion that De Beck was the inventor was inserted by an anonymous editor with a record of bad or pointless edits. If anyone has well-documented information on the inventor of googly eyes, that is, of course, always welcome. --Kineticman 01:41, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

WTF etymology?
So, I see there's a whole paragraph on far-fetched etymological origins of the term "googly eyes", that look for the meaning of the term in baby sounds, cricket balls and comic strip characters. Upon seeing this I asked Wiktionary what "googly" as an adjective meant, and it said:

googly (comparative googlier, superlative'' googliest) So I think the term "googly eyes" probably just refer to the fact that they look like bulging eyes. But this mind-bogglingly obvious etymological origin isn't even mentioned. What's with that? Fyrius (talk) 13:52, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Of the eyes, bulging.


 * As this isn't Wiktionary, the etymology section is not relevant at all. It's also pure, unfounded speculation. Any objections to my removing it? Saint|swithin 09:44, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

No objections here. - Fyrius (talk) 22:07, 17 February 2009 (UTC)


 * (I took the liberty of removing it myself.) - Fyrius (talk) 22:11, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Cartoons as "examples"?
Several cartoons ("Barney Google and Snuffy Smith", "Watch My Chops", "Happy Tree Friends") are listed as examples; as the article is specifically about the plastic craft supplies, these really have nothing to do with the article. Likewise, Yume Nikki (a computer game) has the same issue.
 * An episode of SpongeBob SquarePants (The Googly Artiste") specifically named the product. Patrick became a sensation in the art world by simply pasting googly eyes on rocks, and, later, Krabby Patties.  --The_Iconoclast (talk) 00:08, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

152.51.56.1 (talk) 16:40, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Do Benracassa
A new user has recently been working to add a note about Do Benracassa having started an art project essentially identical to "eyebombing" in the 1980s. Right now the only reference is to a post on Medium and I would like to find a better source (i.e. in an edited publication). It seems worth mentioning, I would just like to use the best sources we have available.

I saw this recent post on the French Wikipedia mentions that Medium post, two primary sources and this article, which is based on an interview and includes some recent (and very entertaining!) photos. Is anyone able to find a more encylopedic reference that we can use? I didn't get far with my search.

Also,, from your username I wonder, are you M. Benracassa? Welcome to Wikipedia! It might be best if you not make edits that are about yourself directly. There's some guidance at WP:COI (some of which doesn't apply because it's about new, dedicated articles, and people who are being paid) &rsaquo; Mortee  talk 21:42, 9 May 2021 (UTC)