Smash Boom 呈现：很久以前与泰迪熊的历史

嗨，朋友们。

Hi, friends.

你们可能已经听说，马克、桑丁和我正在与《Brains On Live》一起巡演。

You may have heard that Mark and Sandin and I are on the road with Brains On Live.

我们非常开心能亲自见到这么多你们，也非常期待接下来的行程。

We've had so much fun seeing so many of you in person, and we are so looking forward to our upcoming stops.

我们的下两站是田纳西州的查塔努加和北卡罗来纳州的达勒姆。

Our next two stops are in Chattanooga and Durham, North Carolina.

那是四月。

That's April.

然后我们有个令人兴奋的消息。

And then we have some exciting news.

旧金山和多伦多的场次已经售罄，因此我们在这些城市加开了第二场演出。

San Francisco and Toronto were sold out, so we added second shows in those cities.

所以，旧金山和多伦多的门票再次开放出售。

So San Francisco and Toronto, tickets are available again.

我们还将前往波特兰、堪萨斯州的劳伦斯、纽约州的布法罗、密歇根州的安娜堡、俄亥俄州的哥伦布和威斯康星州的密尔沃基。

We're also going to be going to Portland, Lawrence, Kansas, Buffalo, New York, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Columbus, Ohio, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

我们非常期待见到你们所有人。

We cannot wait to see all of you.

如果你们想购买门票或获取更多信息，请访问 brainson.org/events。

If you'd like tickets or more info, head to brainson.org/events.

网址是 brainson.org/events。

That's brainson.org/events.

我们迫不及待想见到你们。

We can't wait to see you.

大脑探索宇宙。

Brains on universe.

嗨，朋友们。

Hi, friends.

是我，莫莉。

It's me, Molly.

我们正在忙着制作一批全新的《Smash Boom Best》节目。

We are busy working on a whole batch of new Smash Boom Best episodes.

我们非常期待你们听到这些新节目。

We can't wait for you to hear them.

我们将在五月带着这些新节目回来。

We'll be back in May with those new episodes.

但在这期间，我们想让你们知道，很久以前我们的历史节目已经回归，并且现在已有新集上线。

But in the meantime, we wanted you to know that forever ago, our history show is back with new episodes right now.

因此，我们想和你们分享这一集，内容是关于泰迪熊的历史，以及另一个没怎么火起来的小家伙——比利负鼠。

So we wanted to share this episode all about the history of teddy bears and another little fellow named Billy possum who didn't quite catch on.

本集由大家最爱的辩手乔伊·多洛主持。

It's hosted by everyone's favorite debater, Joy Dolo.

祝你们观看愉快。

Enjoy the show.

乔伊，我觉得我终于把赫尔墨斯大象的鼻子做得刚刚好了。

Joy, I think I finally got Hermes the elephant's trunk just right.

卢克，你做得太棒了。

Luke, you nailed it.

这是我见过最完美的毛绒玩具。

That's the most perfect plushie I've ever seen.

大多数人会想到给他们的宠物大象买花生作为生日礼物。

Most people would think to buy peanuts for their pet elephant's birthday.

但住在我衣柜里的赫米象可不是普通的宠物。

But Hermie the elephant who lives in my closet is no ordinary pet.

他值得拥有像他自己的微型毛绒版本这样特别的礼物。

He deserves something special like a tiny stuffed version of himself.

你觉得我做的这个毛绒玩具怎么样？

What do you think of the stuffy I made?

那是毛绒玩具开罐器吗？

Is that a plushie can opener?

是的。

Yes.

我给它取名叫坎迪斯。

I'm naming it Candice.

谁会想到一个开罐器竟然这么可爱呢？

Who knew a can opener could be so cuddly?

我。

Me.

是我。

I did.

我知道的，卢克。

I knew it, Luke.

因为我每晚都抱着一个睡觉。

Because I sleep with one every night.

你觉得赫米为什么会一开始就这么迷恋它们呢？

How do you think Hermey got so obsessed with them in the first place?

我的影响力可强大了。

My influence is powerful.

好吧。

Okay.

所以我们有了开罐器卡珊德拉，还有一个小小的赫米的玩偶大象。

So we've got Candace the can opener, a tiny stuffed elephant version of Hermey.

那关于

What about

泰迪熊？

a teddy bear?

泰迪熊是毛绒动物。

Teddy bears are the stuffed animal.

是的。

Yeah.

为什么呢？

Why is that?

为什么不是一只玩偶兔子、猫或者墨西哥钝口螈？

Why not a stuffed bunny or cat or axolotl?

那为什么叫泰迪呢？

And what's with the name Teddy?

泰迪熊的名气全靠几位玩具制造商和一位美国总统。

Well, the teddy bears fame is all thanks to a couple of toy makers and an American president.

哇哦。

Woah.

总统？

A president?

听起来是个绝佳的播客主题。

Sounds like an excellent podcast topic.

哦，这让我又想到了一个新的毛绒玩具点子。

Oh, that just inspired another plushie idea.

让我猜猜，是毛绒麦克风吗？

Let me guess, the stuffed microphone?

我想到的是一个毛绒麦克风支架。

I was thinking of a plushie microphone stand.

总是跳出框架思考。

Always thinking outside the box.

你知道的，他们叫我‘跳出框架思考者’多洛，可不是白叫的。

Well, you know, they don't call me Joy outside of the box thinker Dolo for nothing.

你正在收听来自《大脑与宇宙》的《永远的过去》。

You're listening to Forever Ago from Brains on Universe.

我是你的主持人乔伊·多洛，今天我和来自马萨诸塞州哈诺弗的卢克在一起。

I'm your host, Joy Dolo, and I'm here today with Luke from Hanover, Massachusetts.

嗨，乔伊。

Hi, Joy.

你好。

Hello.

今天，我们要聊聊毛绒玩具的历史，也就是那些毛茸茸的填充动物。

Today, we're talking all about the history of stuffies, which are fluffy stuffed animals.

其中最受欢迎的毛绒玩具之一——泰迪熊。

And one of the most popular plushies The teddy bear.

卢克，我想知道。

Luke, I wanna know.

你喜欢毛绒玩具吗？

Do you like stuffed animals?

我喜欢毛绒玩具。

I do like stuffed animals.

我有一个最喜欢的。

I have a favorite one.

他很小，我其实不知道他是什么动物。

He's a tiny I don't actually know what he is.

有点像麋鹿。

It's kind of like an elk.

哦。

Oh.

他的名字叫泰德。

And his name is Ted.

它长什么样？

What does it look like?

它大约有半英尺高。

It's like half a foot tall.

它有

It has

一个大头。

a big head.

它有角。

It has horns.

哦，哇。

Oh, wow.

你以前有过泰迪熊吗？

Have you ever had a teddy bear before?

有。

Yeah.

我现在有一个泰迪熊。

I have a teddy bear now.

我有时候会去Build A Bear。

I go to Build A Bear sometimes.

而且

And

哦。

Oh.

上次我去的时候，做了一个哈利·波特熊，只要按它的爪子，它就会说‘呼神护卫’。

The last time I went, I made a Harry Potter bear that when you clicked its paw, it said expecto patronum.

所以，哇哦。

So Oh, wow.

这太酷了。

That's so neat.

你呢，乔伊？

What about you, Joy?

你小时候有最喜欢的毛绒玩具吗？

Did you have a favorite stuffed animal?

我小时候其实有很多毛绒玩具，因为我有四个姐姐，我是第三个。

I actually grew up with a lot of stuffed animals because I have four sisters and I'm the third one.

所以每当我的大姐玩腻了她的玩具，我就会接手。

So like whenever my oldest sister was done with her toys, I would get them.

因此我总是能收到各种熊和其他玩具。

So I always had bears and things coming down.

但我印象最深的并不是毛绒玩具，而是一匹小马宝莉。

But the one that I remember the most wasn't a stuffed animal, it was, My Little Pony.

你看过那个动画片吗？

Do you have you seen that show?

就是那个小马宝莉？

That My Little Pony?

那是一匹粉色的小马，头上有个角，应该是很久以前的东西了。

It's like a little pink pony with a It horn with a must be from a long time ago.

但它们并不柔软。

But, but they were not fluffy.

它们是硬的，而且是塑料的，但它们的毛发非常丝滑。

They were hard and they were plastic, but their hair was really silky.

所以我喜欢经常给它们梳毛、编辫子。

So I used to love to just like brush their hair and braid it.

我总是抱着我的小马睡觉。

And I used to sleep with mine all the time.

乔伊，你说泰迪熊的起源跟巡游者和一位美国总统有关？

Joy, you said the teddy bears started with tour makers and an American president?

确实如此，但你别急。

It's true, but hold your horses.

我早就等着了。

I'm already holding my horses.

我给赫米做了这个毛绒小马。

This stuffed horse I made for Hermie.

好软啊。

So soft.

在泰迪熊出现之前，人们就已经制作毛绒玩具几千年了。

People have been making stuffed toys for thousands of years, long before the teddy bear.

古埃及和古罗马的人们用纸和碎布制作布娃娃。

Folks in ancient Egypt and Rome made fabric dolls stuffed with paper and rags.

用碎布做的娃娃，也叫布娃娃。

Dolls made from rags, also known as rag dolls.

这些布娃娃在不同文化中盛行了数百年。

And these rag dolls were popular across different cultures for centuries.

但毛绒动物玩具，至少是我们现在所熟知的那种，直到工业革命才流行起来。

But stuffed animal toys, at least how we know them, didn't become popular until the industrial revolution.

工业革命。

Industrial revolution.

工业革命是19世纪的一个历史时期，当时人们开始在工厂里大规模生产各种物品，而不是手工制作。

The industrial revolution was a period in history during the eighteen hundreds when people started making all sorts of different stuff in factories instead of by hand.

人们可以使用机器更快地制造更多东西。

People could use machines to make more things more quickly.

包括毛绒玩具。

Including stuffed animals.

最早大批量生产的毛绒玩具之一，是由一位名叫玛格丽塔·施泰夫的德国女裁缝在1880年制作的。

One of the first mass produced stuffed animals was made by a German seamstress named Margarita Steiff in 1880.

这和电话、电灯泡等许多其他发明差不多是同一时期出现的。

That's around the same time as lots of other stuff stuff was invented, like the telephone or light bulb.

对。

Right.

而这个最早的毛绒玩具并不是玩具。

And this first stuffed animal wasn't a toy.

它最初是一只毛毡大象，被当作针垫出售，供裁缝们插针和针线用。

It was a felted elephant originally sold as a pin cushion for sewers to stick their pins and needles in.

哎呀。

Aw.

一只毛绒大象，就像我做的赫尔墨斯毛绒玩具一样。

A stuffed elephant, just like the Hermes plushie I made.

没错。

Exactly.

就像你的赫尔墨斯毛绒玩具一样，这个针垫太可爱了，很多孩子开始把它当玩具玩。

And just like your stuffed Hermes, the pincushion was so cute that lots of kids started using it as a toy.

好吧。

Okay.

那么，我们是怎么从一只毛绒大象针垫变成泰迪熊的呢？

So how do we get from a stuffed elephant pincushion to a teddy bear?

嗯，有两个版本的故事。

Well, there's two stories.

其中一个版本发生在几年后，由玛格丽塔的侄子理查德开启，他开始在姑姑的玩具工厂工作。

So one starts a few years later with Margarita's nephew, Richard, who started working at his aunt's toy factory.

理查德不像他姑姑那样是裁缝。

Richard wasn't a seamstress like his aunt.

我是个艺术家。

I'm an artiste.

理查德热爱绘画，经常去动物园画动物。

Richard loved to draw and often visited the zoo to sketch animals.

就在那里，灵感来了。

That's where inspiration struck.

这只棕色的熊真可爱。

That brown bear is so cute.

哦，这简直是最完美的玩具。

Oh, it would make the perfect toy.

于是，在1902年，理查德发明了史泰夫熊，一种带有可动四肢的毛绒熊。

So in nineteen o two, Richard created the Steiff Bear, a plush stuffed bear with movable limbs.

可对握的毛绒熊？

Opposable stuffed bear?

这简直可爱得让人受不了。

That's unbearably cute.

但为什么我们开始叫它们泰迪熊呢？

But why did we start calling them teddy bears?

这跟我们美国第二十六任总统有关。

That has to do with our twenty sixth president of The United States.

但在我们深入之前，我实在忍不了了。

But before we dive any deeper, I can't bear it any longer.

是时候玩‘先来先说’了。

It's time to play First things first.

这个游戏是让我们从历史中选出三件事，尝试按时间先后顺序排列——哪个最早、哪个居中、哪个最近。

This is the game where we take three things from history and try to put them in order of which came first, second, and most recent in time.

今天要讨论的三件事是三只著名的熊。

Today's three things are three famous bears.

我们有小熊维尼、功夫熊猫和帕丁顿熊。

We've got Winnie the Pooh, Kung Fu Panda, and Paddington Bear.

所以，卢克，你认识这三只熊吗？

So Luke, do you know these three bears?

是的

Yeah.

我听说过它们所有。

I've heard of them all.

是的

Yeah.

是的

Yeah.

那么你认为哪个最早出现，哪个第二，哪个最近呢？

So which do you think came first, which came second, and which came most recently in history?

因为我看过《功夫熊猫》的电影。

Because I've, like, watched the Kung Fu Panda, like, movies.

我觉得那是最近的，像

I think that's most recent, like

哦，是的

Oh, yeah.

然后是帕丁顿熊在中间，因为我觉得小熊维尼有点老了。

And then Paddington in the middle because, like, I just feel like Winnie the Pooh is kinda old.

所以小熊维尼大概是上世纪四十年代的吧。

So, like, Winnie the Pooh is from, like, the nineteen forties maybe.

哦，是的。

Oh, yeah.

这说得通。

That makes sense.

是的。

Yeah.

所以我认为顺序是：小熊维尼最老，帕丁顿熊第二，功夫熊猫第三。

So I think the order is Winnie the Pooh oldest, Paddington Bear second, and Kung Fu Panda third.

好的。

Alright.

好了，我们会在片尾字幕结束后听到正确答案。

Well, we'll hear the answers at the end of the episode right after the credits.

所以请继续关注。

So stick around.

嘿。

Hey.

我们很快就会做一期关于俚语的节目。

We're doing an episode soon all about slang words.

你知道那些词吗，比如 riz、slay、flex，所有的俚语。

You know words like riz, slay, flex, all the slang.

你知道你也可以自己创造新的吗？

Did you know you can just make up your own too?

比如 'beastie'。

Like beastie.

这是一个既是猛兽又是你最好朋友的词。

That's a beast who's also your best friend.

Beastie。

Beastie.

是的

Yeah.

你知道我说的就是你，赫米，我的挚友。

You know I'm talking about you, Hermie, my beastie.

我们也想听听你的俚语。

We wanna hear your slang words too.

创造一个词，说明它的意思，然后发送到 brains dot org slash contact 给我们。

Make up a word and tell what it means, then send it to us at brains on dot org slash contact.

如果你能用它造一个句子，会有额外加分。

Bonus points if you use it in a sentence.

哦，我真期待听到你们想出的词，朋友们。

Oh, I can't wait to hear what you cook up, beasties.

你正在收听《Forever Ago》。

You're listening to Forever Ago.

我是乔伊。

I'm Joy.

我是卢克。

And I'm Luke.

今天，我们要聊聊毛绒玩具的历史。

And today, we're talking about the history of stuffed animals.

特别是最著名的毛绒玩具之一——泰迪熊。

Especially one of the most iconic stuffed animals, the teddy bear.

在广告插播前，我们了解到人们已经制作毛绒玩具好几个世纪了。

Before the break, we learned people have been making stuffed toys for centuries.

但毛绒熊直到工业革命后才流行起来。

But stuffed bears didn't become popular until after the industrial revolution.

工业革命。

Industrial revolution.

有些人说毛绒熊起源于德国的玩具制造商。

Some people say stuffed bears started with German toymakers.

另一些人则指向美国第26任总统西奥多·罗斯福。

Others point to the twenty sixth president of The United States, Theodore Roosevelt.

我听说过这位总统。

I've heard of that president.

他喜欢户外活动。

He loved being outside.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yeah.

罗斯福热爱大自然、冒险和狩猎，这在20世纪初是非常流行的运动。

Roosevelt loved the great outdoors, adventure, and hunting, which was a very popular sport back in the early nineteen hundreds.

而我们的下一个故事就始于一次狩猎之旅。

And a hunting trip is where our next story starts.

那是1902年，就在德国玩具制造商制作出可动玩偶熊的同一年。

It was nineteen o two, the same year the stifed German toymakers made their posable stuffed bear.

与此同时，罗斯福总统正在密西西比州猎熊。

Meanwhile, president Roosevelt was in Mississippi hunting for bears.

只有一个问题。

There was just one problem.

没有熊。

There are no bears.

罗斯福找不到任何熊来猎捕。

Roosevelt couldn't find any bears to hunt.

他的助手们惊慌之下，找到一只年老的黑熊，把它绑在树上，好让罗斯福射击。

Panicked, his assistants found an old black bear and tied it up to a tree for Roosevelt to shoot.

总统先生，我们为您找到一只熊。

Mister president, we found a bear for you.

但罗斯福不喜欢射杀这只可怜的老熊。

But Roosevelt didn't like the idea of shooting this poor old bear.

这感觉一点都不像绅士的狩猎行为。

It didn't feel very sportsman like.

据说他曾说过

He was rumored to have said

如果我射杀一只被绑在树上、又老又累的熊，我根本无法为自己感到骄傲。

I couldn't be proud of myself if I shot an old, tired, worn out bear that was tied to a tree.

救下这样的动物在我看来只是最基本的要求。

Saving an animal like that sounds like the bare minimum to me.

完全同意。

Totally.

但这个故事在当时可是个大笑话。

But this story was quite a hoot at the time.

关于罗斯福和这只熊的消息迅速传开了。

News spread fast about Roosevelt and the bear.

一位漫画家甚至为报纸画出了这一幕，描绘罗斯福拒绝射杀这只可爱的小熊。

A cartoonist even drew up the scene for the newspaper showing Roosevelt refusing to shoot the cuddly bear.

看到了吗？

See?

这只熊看起来非常毛茸茸的，耳朵还像米老鼠的形状。

It's a very fluffy looking bear with Mickey Mouse shaped ears.

真是个可爱的小宝贝。

A certifiable cutie patootie.

这幅漫画启发了纽约糖果店老板罗斯和莫里斯·米丘姆制作并销售他们自己的毛绒熊。

This cartoon inspired New York candy shop owners Rose and Morris Mitchum to make and sell a stuffed bear of their own.

他们称之为泰迪熊，以总统泰迪·罗斯福命名。

They called it Teddy's Bear named after President Teddy Roosevelt.

他们甚至获得了总统的许可使用他的名字。

They even got the president's permission to use his name.

你说的是泰迪熊？

Teddy's Bear, you say?

这名字听起来确实挺顺耳的。

It does have a nice ring to it.

泰迪熊大获成功。

Teddy's Bear was a wild success.

成功到米丘姆夫妇干脆彻底停止了糖果生意，全职转做玩具。

So much so that the Mitchum stopped making candy altogether just to become full time toy makers.

所以泰迪熊的名字来源于总统西奥多·泰迪·罗斯福。

So Teddy Bears got their name from president Theodore Teddy Roosevelt.

为什么总是叫泰迪熊，而不是比利负鼠呢？

Why is it always Teddy Bear and never Billy possum?

一只巨大的负鼠走进了演播室。

A giant possum just walked into the studio.

哦，好吧。

Oh, okay.

它有尖尖的牙齿、长长的鼻子和细长的尾巴。

It has pointy teeth, long snout, and long skinny tail.

看起来有点像只大老鼠。

Kind of looks like a big rat.

但乔伊，负鼠没那么大。

But Joy, possums are not that big.

那是因为那就是我。

That's because it's me.

让我快速摘下这个头饰。

Let me take off this headpiece real quick.

这是《Forever Ago》的制作人、专业话痨尼科·冈萨雷斯·惠斯勒。

It's Forever Ago producer and professional yapper, Nico Gonzalez Whistler.

别忘了，你是比利负鼠粉丝俱乐部的主席。

Don't forget, president of the Billy possum fan club.

嗨，尼科。

Hi, Nico.

我想这解释了你为什么穿着这套负鼠服装。

I guess that explains why you're in that possum suit.

这什么都没解释。

That explains nothing.

我见过尼科穿着这身去杂货店。

I've seen Nico wear that to the grocery store.

没有。

No.

我去超市购物时会穿我的浣熊服。

I wear my raccoon suit when I go grocery shopping.

这完全是另一条尾巴。

It's a totally different tail.

哦，是的。

Oh, yeah.

而且牙齿也少得多。

And way fewer teeth.

我的错。

My mistake.

所以你是负鼠粉丝俱乐部的主席，

So you're the president of a possum fan club,

不是普通的负鼠，是比利负鼠。

Not just any possum, Billy possum.

比利负鼠是谁？

Who is Billy possum?

只有最伟大的、以美国总统为灵感的毛绒玩具。

Only the greatest stuffed animal inspired by an American president ever.

又一个总统玩偶？

Another presidential plushie?

我得听听这个故事。

I gotta hear more about this.

广告结束后我们马上继续。

And we will right after the break.

我们非常喜欢听众寄来的粉丝艺术作品。

We love getting fan art from our listeners.

我们喜欢粉丝艺术，就像尼科喜欢比利负鼠一样。

We love fan art like Nico loves Billy possum.

由于这是一个纯音频播客，我无法直接展示给你们。

Since this is an audio only podcast, I can't exactly show them to you.

所以我会描述其中一幅精彩的画作。

So I'm gonna describe one of these wonderful drawings.

好的。

Okay.

所以我在那里，阳光明媚，穿着一件漂亮的紫色上衣和一条牛仔裤。

So I am there with the beautiful sunshine and a beautiful purple top and some jeans.

我最好的朋友赫米在我旁边，有着圆圆的耳朵、长长的鼻子，还有一个小小的气泡里写着‘嗨’，这真是典型的赫米。

And my best friend, Hermie, is next to me with these lovely round ears and a giant trunk and a little bubble that says, hi, which is classic, Hermie.

这是一幅很棒的画。

It's a wonderful drawing.

非常感谢。

Thank you so much.

所以，如果你想要寄给我们一幅泰迪熊和比利负鼠跳线舞的画，或者写一首献给你最爱毛绒玩具的十四行诗，请给我们寄信。

So if you wanna send us a drawing of a teddy bear and Billy possum line dancing or a sonnet to your favorite stuffy, please send us mail.

你可以访问 brainson.org/contact 来联系我们。

You can visit brainson.org/contact to reach out.

谢谢。

Thanks.

想摆脱广告，回到很久以前吗？

Want forever ago without the ads?

加入 Smarty Pass 吧。

Join Smarty Pass.

你可以获得无广告的全部《Brains on Universe》节目内容，还有独家附加内容等更多福利。

You get an ad free feed of all the Brains on Universe shows, plus bonus content and more.

请前往 smartypass.org 注册。

Sign up at smartypass.org.

谢谢。

Thanks.

我是卢克。

I'm Luke.

我是乔伊。

I'm Joy.

我是尼科，比莉负鼠粉丝俱乐部的主席，也就是有史以来最棒的玩偶总统。

And I'm Nico, president of the Billy possum fan club, aka the best presidential stuffed animal ever invented.

我怎么现在才听说比利负鼠？

Why am I just learning about Billy possum now?

因为我们的世界充满了泰迪熊的宣传。

Because our world is filled with teddy bear propaganda.

你别跟我提小熊维尼了。

Don't even get me started on Care Bears.

这一切始于西奥多·罗斯福之后的下一位总统，威廉·霍华德·塔夫脱。

It all started with the next president after Teddy Roosevelt, president William Howard Taft.

那是1899年1月，距离塔夫脱总统正式就职还有几个月。

It was January '9, a couple of months before president Taft was officially inaugurated.

他受邀参加在佐治亚州亚特兰大举行的一场荣誉晚宴，当时这位候任总统点了一道他想第一次尝试的菜——负鼠配土豆，也就是烤负鼠配红薯。

He was invited to an honorary dinner in Atlanta, Georgia, where the president-elect requested a dish he was excited to try for the first time, possums and taters, aka roasted possum and sweet potatoes.

等等。

Wait.

人们以前真的吃负鼠吗？

People used to eat possum?

是的

Yep.

那时这被认为是南方的美味佳肴。

It was considered a southern delicacy back then.

塔夫特说，品尝这道菜是他一生的梦想。

Taff said it was his lifelong dream to taste it.

哇。

Wow.

所以这家伙真的想吃负鼠？

So this dude really wanted to eat possum?

是的

Yeah.

这是一场盛大的场面。

It was a big spectacle.

晚餐的消息传遍了各地。

News of the dinner spread far and wide.

再次激发了一位漫画家绘制塔夫特举起负鼠的图画。

Once again, inspiring a cartoonist to draw a picture of Taft holding up a possum.

看吧？

See?

让我仔细瞧瞧。

Let me take a little look sees.

这幅漫画上写着：既然有泰迪熊，为什么不能有比利负鼠？

The cartoon reads, if Teddy Bear, why not Billy possum?

它甚至称比利负鼠为新的国家玩具。

It even calls Billy possum the new national toy.

那位漫画家在负鼠与甘薯晚宴上，将一只微型负鼠毛绒胸针送给了塔夫特。

That very cartoonist presented Taft with a tiny stuffed possum pin at his possums and taters dinner.

这本来是个玩笑，但却激励了一位名叫苏西·赖特·奥尔古德的女性全身心投入负鼠热潮。

It was sort of a joke, but it inspired a woman named Susie Wright Allgood to go all in on possum mania.

苏西开始大规模生产比利负鼠毛绒玩具，希望用它取代罗斯福的泰迪熊。

Susie started mass producing Billy possum stuffed animals in hopes of replacing Roosevelt's teddy bear.

负鼠热潮

Possum mania.

苏西的女老板，负鼠，负鼠玩偶

Susie's girl bossing, possum, possies.

是的

Oh, yeah.

她向佐治亚州代表分发了负鼠徽章，以庆祝塔夫脱的就职典礼

She handed out possum pins to Georgia delegates for Taft's inauguration.

负鼠热潮，给政客们发放负鼠徽章

Possum mania, possum pins for politicians.

她组织了真实负鼠的活动，包括负鼠派对和百老汇亮相

She staged events with real possums, including possum parties and an appearance on Broadway.

负鼠热潮，花哨夸张的公众负鼠表演

Possum mania, razzle dazzle public possum stunts.

还有比利负鼠的歌曲、书籍和明信片

There were Billy possum songs, books, and postcards.

负鼠媒体。

Possum media.

棒极了的负鼠周边商品。

Awesome possum merchandise.

是的。

Yes.

还有各种尺寸的比利负鼠玩具。

And Billy possum toys of all sizes.

真人大小，中号，四英寸长。

Lifesize medium, four inches long.

真人大小？

Lifesize?

中号。

Medium.

负鼠中号。

Possum medium.

听起来苏西对比利负鼠可是全情投入啊。

It sounds like Susie was all in on Billy possum.

它们的受欢迎程度有泰迪熊那么高吗？

Were they as popular as teddy bears?

嗯，没有。

Well, no.

结果发现，有些人觉得毛绒负鼠没有毛绒熊那么可爱。

Turns out, some people don't find stuffed possums very cuddly compared to stuffed bears.

甚至有一篇论文声称比利负鼠让婴儿做噩梦。

One paper even claimed Billy possum gave babies nightmares.

哎哟。

Oof.

这可真是个糟糕的评价。

That's a tough review.

更糟糕的是，他们的公司还因合同问题和仓库火灾被起诉了。

It also didn't help that their company got hit with a lawsuit over contracts and a warehouse fire.

简直是倒霉透顶。

Impossibly bad luck.

比利负鼠热潮来得快，去得也快。

Billy possum mania ended as quickly as it started.

但他永远活在我的心里。

But he lives in my heart forever.

而我穿着这只负鼠服装，活在他的脑子里。

And I live inside his head in this possum suit.

作为比利负鼠粉丝俱乐部的主席，我决心复兴他那混乱的遗产。

As president of the Billy possum fan club, I'm determined to revive his chaotic legacy.

我愿意为这个事业出力。

I'm down for the cause.

我能加入吗？

Can I join?

我也要加入。

Me too.