Comments on: Mr. Yuk

By: Ashley Brown

Ashley Brown — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:17:24 +0000

My mother, Wendy, created the Mr. Yuk design. As part of a contest held by the poison center of the Pittsburgh Childrens Hospital, she drew the now-familiar face, along with a stick-figure body that was not included in the finished sticker design. Her design won, and she was compensated for her time and talent with a prize: a tape recorder (that she still has). Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital now (unfortunately) owns all exclusive rights to the Mr. Yuk design. I have the original newspaper clipping in my hand dated April 9, 1974. My family and I often wonder how we may be living had the rights to the logo been granted to her. At least I have a good ice-breaker for conversations! “Hey, did you know that my mom created Mr. Yuk?” Awesome. =)

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:18:00 +0000

Yay Lina! I tried to describe Officer Ugh to some friends and nobody had ever heard of him! I was beginning to believe I had imagined the whole thing.

By: Lina

Lina — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:53:00 +0000

That’s funny… we didn’t have Mr. Yuk. We had Officer Ugh. He was a little man with a police hat and his hands crossed in front of his mouth. Maybe I’m older??

By: Kristin

Kristin — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:35:45 +0000

I actually have a 2 yr old and a 9 month old, and my son listens to the Mr. Yuk theme song in the car all the time (I downloaded it and put it on CD, sue me). He loves it. We recently ordered a page of Mr Yuk stickers, and I look forward to using them. We had them all over the house when I was a kid. Worked for us. Plus he recently got into the rubbing alcohol, so I think it’s time to use Mr Yuk in our home. And the safety latches don’t work for him because he figured them out!

By: Will

Will — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:05:02 +0000

Hey Chris, weren’t you in a band named after this character in High School?

Starting trouble,
;Will.

By: Tdave

Tdave — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:37:04 +0000

Ya Know, I’ve had that dang song in my head for several days now! [Ha-Ha-ha]

By: Schneh

Schneh — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:58:33 +0000

Wow. That’s terrifying. The evil cackle is a nice touch, though.

By: Sally

Sally — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:37:09 +0000

When I was younger, my family used to shop at a grocery store called Cashwise. For some odd reason, my child brain connected the two so everytime I see a Mr. Yuk sticker I think of that grocery store.

By: Seth

Seth — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:21:47 +0000

Wow. That was very, very creepy. I remember the stickers but never saw the PSA. I think I’m glad; with all the warnings I might have never left my bed.

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:40:38 +0000

I wouldn’t call my Mr. Yuk memories FOND, but maybe that’s because they happened after I drank the rubbing alcohol. I remember walking around the house with my mom and Mr. Yuk-ing things I wasn’t allowed to drink anymore. I never did drink the rubbing alcohol again, so I suppose the stickers were a success?