Spielberg Bought Stolen Felt-tip Drawing
A worthless felt-tip drawing done by a 6 year old girl and stolen from the wall of her Kindergarten classroom 2 years ago has been found in Steven Spielbergs private art collection the FBI announced today.
The drawing, 'Plumber Stuck Under The House' was taken during the lunch break at St.Ronaldinho's Elementary School in 2005. The Oscar winning director and star of 'Dude, Where's My Car?' bought the drawing from a legitimate dealer at a car boot sale last year and did not know it was stolen until last week.
The felt-tip on excercise book paper shows the daily struggle of a hard working plumber as he plies his trade and gets comically stuck in a crawl space access door. The work had been stuck to the wall with blue-tak ready for an upcoming parents evening when it was stolen.
Elderly teachers assistant Betty Eggbound remembers the disappointment of the artist when she came back from playing on the swing set and saw that the painting was gone.
"She was devastated, little tears streamed down her face," she said. She confirmed that the drawing was the only one taken saying "The thieves knew what they wanted and they knew exactly where it was. If you ask me this was an inside job." When asked if she had any idea who might have taken the drawing she refused to name the suspect but hinted that the dinner lady had shown up the next day with a new perm and a brand new apron.
The drawing was spotted on eBay last summer but was taken down by the seller after no bids were received.
Calls to Mr.Spielbergs office have not been returned.
8 comments:
This is not authentic.
There's no "Plumber's Butt" depicted.
The real thing shows butt crack.
Jesus, some kids get all the luck. I wish the fuck Mr. Spielberg would rob something belong to me. I'd be assured of my 15 or more minutes of fame. God be with you and Andy and play-mountain
MJ - That is the other version, the one done in crayon, that you are thinking of.
Paddy - Just for legal kicks, I would like to clarify, in no way did I suggest Spielberg stole the picture. That fucker would sue for sure.
Hi Eddy, love the blog. Thanks for dropping by my place :)
I remember drawing a treasure map when I was a child, it mysteriously disappeared! I wonder if it's in Mr Spielbergs collection too?
Hmmmmmm could he have found the treasure?
Was my drawing that accurate?
So many questions which will remain unanswered and my trauma over losing that map returns.
Thanks Eddie!
fair play to you Eddie I notice BBC reporting on the Spielberg only today. You're ahead of the pack.
Paddy, all the really important stories break here first.
This just in from Cub Reporter Sam - assistant to the journalistic genius that is Mr Waring: Earlier this morning, Ms. Phylis Stine, Russian headmistress at the school, was found bound and gagged on the floor in front of her blackboard. There appeared to be strange chalk ciphers all around the unfortunate Ms. Stine and she was spread out in an attitude reminiscent of Dave Itchy's famous drawing "Vitruvian Teacher." Stine herself was unconscious when found, but upon wakening and finding herself almost entirely naked except for one sensible shoe - she passed away unpeacefully.
A rescuer told me: "She was making such a fuss we didn't even untie her so we went and had a cup of tea, just 'til she calmed down, like. Anyway, doc said it was her heart in the end. Looking back on it now, the fact we hadn't ungagged her couldn't have helped. But, to be fair to ourselves, she looked like a real screamer and Bob here gets migraines something chronic. it's too bad though, she'd great thighs for a woman of her years."
Also, Robert Downey Jr. and Robin Williams were seen in cars close by the scene. Just another twist in this ever-deepening mystery. What hasHollywood got to hide?
Oh wait... we're just learning that, yes, Meryl Streep will be playing the role of the barely-cold yet head-mistress. Oh good choice!, noone can do accents like Ms. Streep! Ahem. Over to you in the studio Eddie...
Ellie - Hello and welcome to the LB. I don't want to raise your hopes but I heard a rumour that Scott Baio of Happy Days was trying to sell a crudely drawn map last week on craigs list.
Paddy - Due to an ongoing legal issue I can't say much about it, but look for R**ters to be changing their name to Warings.
MJ - I will be using you as a witness when the case come to court.
Sam - Stellar work. I see big things in store for you miss. Once we get the legal issues sorted out with R**ters. I don't want to be premature but we could be talking Bureau Chief - North America here.
And you are right, Hollywood is hiding something, lots of things and Billy Bob Thornton is sure to be involved somewhere.
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