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Metapost: Saturday night items of interest

Wasting time on the Internet on this hour-longer, falling-back Saturday night? Perhaps you might enjoy these contributions from various faithful readers! First off, faithful reader Alley Cat offers this comparison between pre- and post-jump Funky Winkerbean (the character, not the strip). Boy, the hard life of a franchise-founding plutocrat will take a toll on a guy:

Those of you who haven’t seen it will probably also enjoy faithful reader Dingo’s video masterpiece, the Saga of Vera and Drew:

Dingo is also responsible for a brilliant Flash animation called “Mary Worth’s Bicycle Ride”; check it out on his site.

This entry was posted on Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 09:39 pm and is filed under Funky Winkerbean, Mary Worth, metaposts.

100 responses to “Metapost: Saturday night items of interest”

edgeways
November 3rd, 2007 at 9:41 pm [Reply]

Funky’s ears got smaller
edgeways
November 3rd, 2007 at 9:42 pm [Reply]

…or perhaps that is just a relative thing as his face got ginormious
AhClem
November 3rd, 2007 at 10:02 pm [Reply]

I just had my DSL service upgraded from 256K to 1.5M. Now I can watch streaming video without all the pauses while the download catches up. It seems appropriate that the first YouTube video I watched with the new service is Dingo’s awesome Drew/Vera creation. Thank you, sir!
Brown-eyed Girl
November 3rd, 2007 at 10:04 pm [Reply]

I’ve been ignoring Funky Winkerbean and hoping it will go away. All the comments about this week’s strip made me look, and I am sorry I did. It’s only been a week, but I hate what Batshit is doing with his characters. I think I need to stop reading FW snark too. Bah.
Brown-eyed Girl
November 3rd, 2007 at 10:05 pm [Reply]

Dingo’s take on Mary’s bicycle ride is a hoot.

Thanks again Dingo for making me laugh.
Anna Nimity
November 3rd, 2007 at 10:10 pm [Reply]

Gah! Funky IS Chunky. And apparently had a botched nose job too. Dingo, is there supposed to be sound with your animation? In any case, the saga of Vera and Drew was too funny. Love the severed Drew head. Quack! Ahhhhhh.
Big Sims
November 3rd, 2007 at 10:19 pm [Reply]

I’ve been lurking and missing posts, and damn it, I’ve missed Dingo’s creations. A thousand thanks to you Josh for reposting it and to Dingo, a bow. A low deep bow to you and your genius. Teach me master!
Drat my decision to drop out of the CC. I’ll have to rethink this…
Harry Paratestes
November 3rd, 2007 at 10:23 pm [Reply]

Chunky’s been eating too much fatback and tater tots for his own good.
Harry Paratestes
November 3rd, 2007 at 10:31 pm [Reply]

Dingo, your talent at multimedia presentations shines through. Brilliant ideas in both, especially with the casserole!
Mooncattie
November 3rd, 2007 at 10:37 pm [Reply]

#4 Brown-eyed Girl – There is wise advice from Marvin, the Paranoid Android from Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy…”Why stop now, just when I’m hating it?” The FW cast is actually HAPPY this week as they remember the cancer victims and watch Funky work himself into an early grave. Just think, the depressing stuff is still to come! I can’t wait!
M-life
November 3rd, 2007 at 10:48 pm [Reply]

I… think I’m addicted to Dingo videos.
Godzooky
November 3rd, 2007 at 10:56 pm [Reply]

After last Sunday’s oh-so-lame depiction of New York’s Halloween Parade, I wonder if this Sunday’s FW will show five joggers on a park path with three people watching and call it the New York City Marathon.

Dingo: Great job with the multimedia.

Btw, Josh, I believe it’s “Allie Cat”…
True Fable
November 3rd, 2007 at 11:40 pm [Reply]

JP Good LORD, why can’t well-endowed women with tons of money and lovin’ on their minds, ever fall out of the sky in Greater Metropolitan Roopville the way they do everywhere Sam Driver goes? First Abbey, then that Theresa chick a couple of years ago, then Rusty and now Trudi.

What the hell, is Truman Fable going to have to become an asexual lawyer with David Caruso Ray-Bans and GQ poseworthy prepwear, in order to have that just-right element of Forbidden Fruit that such women seem to crave? He doesn’t even have Forbidden Fruit, just an unbaked yam and pristine nuts.

To hell with it, it’s not worth it. After all, Sam Driver does not have my Fable charm which ~~makes my smart mouth write checks my ass can’t cover~~ makes me ~~hunted down like the dirty dog that I am~~ a legend all over the ~~state~~ ~~county~~ ~~city~~ ~~block~~ WORLD, and that ~~sucks~~ mollifies me somewhat.
LTBF
November 3rd, 2007 at 11:40 pm [Reply]

Seeing how someone died at the Olympic marathon trials today on the same course, it would be very Funky like if they mentioned it.
Uncle Lumpy
November 4th, 2007 at 12:08 am [Reply]

Phantom –

Holy crap! Ol’ Stripey’s got himself a jet aeroplane! It’s almost as cool as Slylock’s jetpack.

NEXT: Phantom’s going to Saudi Arabia? To stop plutonium smuggling? Arooooooo!
Poteet
November 4th, 2007 at 12:13 am [Reply]

DT — Hey, looky here! The Sunday DT actually contains new information that advances the plot!! Of course it’s a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing, but it’s NEW! *does small tap-dance, followed by crossed eyes and collapse*
Baka Gaijin
November 4th, 2007 at 12:19 am [Reply]

Dingo-Great video. You even included the best part of their romance-THE SLAP!
AMC
November 4th, 2007 at 12:19 am [Reply]

All of the Sunday comics I have read tonight have sucked ass.

That is all.
The Grandstanding Oddball
November 4th, 2007 at 12:21 am [Reply]

So, I went from Cillian Muprhy, to Mary Worth running over, then cooking a dog. I dunno. I guess I shouldn’t have picked today to stop drinking.
Poteet
November 4th, 2007 at 12:22 am [Reply]

# 13 — Sir Fable MTK, if you want a change of pace, you could muse over the same question regarding Steve Canyon. Of course the glamorous women he keeps running into sometimes can’t decide if they want to have carnal congress with him or kill him, but in their own wasp-waisted ways, they are definitely built.

Have fun, night-shift snarkers, and farewell.
Uncle Lumpy
November 4th, 2007 at 12:22 am [Reply]

#18 AMC –

All of the Sunday comics I have read tonight have sucked ass.

This is why God created Steve Canyon.
Uncle Lumpy
November 4th, 2007 at 12:23 am [Reply]

And True Fable gets my vote for Carnal Congress. Hell, I’d back the guy for Carnal Senate!
Len
November 4th, 2007 at 12:24 am [Reply]

In “Over the Hedge,” Verne the Turtle finally met the parents of his girlfriend, Sheila Snail. Considering the relationship problems in most of the soap opera strips, Verne has his work cut out for him. Snails (most snails, anyway) are hermaphroditic. They have BOTH six-guns and holsters. When Sheila’s ‘rents “did it,” they both came away pregnant.

And you thought your sex life was confusing.
Eridani
November 4th, 2007 at 12:25 am [Reply]

Haha the ending of that video is perhaps the best ending ever.
The Grandstanding Oddball
November 4th, 2007 at 12:43 am [Reply]

Regrading other Curmudgeon concerns about Cillian Murphy-bashing on the last thread: My dislike for Murphy does not stem so much from his physical appearance, although he is extraordinarily creepy, with those dead blue eyes and those cheekbones so low that they are pushing his nipples out of the way. His looks actually make him key for those creepy roles he seems so good at.

What really gets me about him is his manner of speaking. I hate it. I hate that low, muttery way he talks, I hate his approximation of an American accent, and I hate the way he always sounds as though he’s having trouble getting his lips to move. He reminds me of Ryan “ex-Mr. Reese Witherspoon” Phillippe in that horrid remake of Dangerous Liaisons (can’t recall the title offhand) – like he was aiming for sultry and could only manage sulky.
The Grandstanding Oddball
November 4th, 2007 at 12:54 am [Reply]

Oh, and again, I’m sure this has been covered, but, nothing, and I mean, nothing pleases me more than the Malotte boy’s outfit.
bats :[
November 4th, 2007 at 1:09 am [Reply]

Sunday funnies!!!

MT: Chinggis Khan says “Remember, only YOU can prevent Bactrian camels!”

FC: gee, thanks, Billy…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9545446@N07/1850602631/

MW: gee, thanks, Mary…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9545446@N07/1850732383/

FOOB: good lord…is St. Michael actually have a Carnal Thought? Get behind me, Flannel!
Buck Ripsnort
November 4th, 2007 at 1:11 am [Reply]

So, anybody taking bets that the Funk’s real problem turns out to be diabetes from the years of booze and bad diet?
Mibbitmaker
November 4th, 2007 at 1:46 am [Reply]

The comments time matches the real time again!! YAY!!

Sunday:

BBailey: …and Zero reads the comics….Hey! Have we just been insulted???

FC: Billy has obsessive-cumpulsive disorder.

S-M: JJJ himself will be history (Old school Letterman additions: …a ghost… vapor)? Hey, Kandis and the Persuader ain’t so bad after all. Now, the Spider who can’t be bothered to quickly solve a crime nearby is a different story…

Zits: “Why, Ms. Guidance Counselor, I do believe you’re trying to seduce me! …….. Aren’t you?”
Plasma
November 4th, 2007 at 1:55 am [Reply]

Any chance anybody could track down a similar image from Act 1 of Funky Winkerbean, for even more comparisony goodness? The actual logo is unlikely to have remained the same over quite that long, I know, but something similar?
Moon Mullins
November 4th, 2007 at 2:23 am [Reply]

Well, back home after a day of events and it appears I might be the first to detail on the NorCal mashup. The meet at Stacy’s went well and Spotted Horse, Helena Handbasket, Mr. Handbasket and Handbasket Futurama were there, along with yo. Good clever folk and plenty of great conversation. Somehow none of us remembered to bring a real camera but we tried to record the event with lo-res cell phones; hopefully recognizable images are to come! Thanks to all for attending, it was great to see the gang.
flodnak
November 4th, 2007 at 3:10 am [Reply]

Poor Funky. Not only did he double his weight and lose half his hair, he appears to have developed some sort of liver disorder, resulting in jaundice.

Oh, and he has some sort of parasitic alien being growing out of his chin.
Saluki
November 4th, 2007 at 6:01 am [Reply]

11/04/07

A&J: True story – I once worked with a woman who asked why leap year day was added in February and not “in the summer when it was warm”.

Monty: The zen of Moondog.

Ziggy: What the hell? I don’t get it. When did Ziggy get so metaphoric?

BB: Insinuating that comic sections are for idiots explains a lot about Beetle Bailey.

Blondie: In Dagwood’s world they don’t have cell phones.

Curtis: Curtis learns a life lesson – honesty is for suckers.

DtM: Not menacing but clever.

OBH: Joe knows he’ll get no sympathy from mom. He’ll just get smacked in the head for doing something stupid.

PBS: Is it wrong to want to be a combination of Rat and Crankshaft when I grow up?

FW: OK, now I’m confused. Why does Funky have Secret Service protection outside of his restaurant?
Alley Cat
November 4th, 2007 at 7:43 am [Reply]

#12, Godzooky – No, in fact it IS Alley Cat, because that’s ME. Josh got it right. Each day’s strip so far since Funky’s dismaying reintroduction has offered a new and unsettling version of his face, inspiring new banners. I could call them The Daily Chunk. If you go to the Stuck Funky blog, at the bottom of the page you can see two of them in an animation. As for getting a similar image from Act 1, that would be cool to add in, though I don’t know how to do it myself.
dreadedcandiru2
November 4th, 2007 at 7:53 am [Reply]

#27- bats:[ Mike doing IT is something I’d rather not think about on a full stomach, especially when you witness the result: a liar and an imbecile. Poopie Pants is s eager to eat up JonBenet’s bullshit as she is to sling it.
Godzooky
November 4th, 2007 at 7:56 am [Reply]

#34 Alley Cat: Oops, my mistake, then. Thought Josh was referring to this Cat.
Godzooky
November 4th, 2007 at 8:20 am [Reply]

#34 Alley Cat re: FW logos: Courtesy of links at FunkyWinkerbean.com leading to Amazon, the many faces of Funky:

Way back Funky.

Late 80s Funky.

Mid-90s Funky.
Allie Cat
November 4th, 2007 at 8:34 am [Reply]

Awesome! I have a doppelganger.

Good thing, because at first, I thought I was doing some amazing things with graphics and I didn’t even know it!

Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome Alley Cat.

Sincerely,
Allie Cat
TB Tabby
November 4th, 2007 at 8:35 am [Reply]

Scans_daily has just uploaded some pages from the DC Infinite Halloween Special.

Do these creepy old men look familiar?
Alley Cat
November 4th, 2007 at 8:36 am [Reply]

Wow, Godzooky, it’s mind-blowing to see Funky through the ages. Esp. that first one. Gotta be something I can do with all this. Thanks for the links. And no problem with the name mix-up. I’m regretting not picking something more original when I started posting on Stuck Funky, but I didn’t, so here I am!
Alley Cat
November 4th, 2007 at 8:39 am [Reply]

Allie Cat, thanks for being cool about another cat coming so close to your turf!
AAckTTpth
November 4th, 2007 at 9:10 am [Reply]

Is Jack Elrod guest drawing RMMD? Why is Morgan, Dr. Rex Morgan’s left nipple talking? Or is last night’s party talking it’s toll on me today?

I honestly cannot see how Rex and Niki will not end up dead. No Abbey the Wonderdog? No chance.
John C Fremont
November 4th, 2007 at 9:13 am [Reply]

Dingo – I love the video!

MW – The sign next to the door to the animal hospital lists their hours. They’re closed on Sundays.

Phantom – So, apparently, there are jet fuel tankers circling the globe like roving BP stations in the sky. Who knew?
bisbane
November 4th, 2007 at 9:15 am [Reply]

Gahh!!! Funky has turned into CRANKSHAFT!! Somehow I find this more disturbing than cancer!
Dingo
November 4th, 2007 at 9:21 am [Reply]

Hmm… could we have a JP-style cat fight in our future? Something involving fluffy pillows or boat wrestling!

Alley Cat and Godzooky, thanks for those links for the funky Funky images. I’ll try to make a morph of them in the next few days. Can’t say when as I’ve got to prepare for a trip to Pennsylvania right now.

In the meantime, here’s a morph of me from birth to 39 using Olin Mills sittings (love that Olin Mills), student IDs, and driver’s licenses: Dingo morph.

Thanks to everyone for their kind comments on the video and the Flash animation. They were fun to make.
Gabacho
November 4th, 2007 at 9:24 am [Reply]

Apt 3G – We can all learn from Margo. By any measure, her life is not working out – her assistant is going to walk and take her business down, she’s living with an amnesiac roommate and her overstuffed unemployed hair burner cousin, the man she loves loves his sister-in-law.

Yet in the midst of all this misery, Margo is always able to take comfort in the misery of others.

Is it a gift? Is it a discipline? No matter, as someone once said, “I cried because I had no shoes. Then I laughed because I met a man who had no feet.”
Godzooky
November 4th, 2007 at 9:28 am [Reply]

Phantom: My inner nitpicker can’t resist:

1. Phantom didn’t fill up the plane’s tank before his flight?
2. Since he’s obsessed with staying undercover (whitewashing grafitti, “Unknown Commander”), why let himself be seen in his tighty purplies, accompanied by a wolf?
3. Since it’s just him and Devil in the cockpit, why even bother with the hood and domino mask?
The Party Sim
November 4th, 2007 at 9:28 am [Reply]

Poor Funky, he’s aged 20 years while everyone else only aged 10.

At least it’s November now, and the online version of the daily strip isn’t bathed in shades of pink. Bad shades of pink.

Love, love, love to Dingo!
commodorejohn
November 4th, 2007 at 9:38 am [Reply]

A3G – This is classic Margo.

BB – Beetle Bailey: unafraid to tackle the corruption in the higher ranks of the armed services! Daring to blow the lid off the amateur-paper censorship scandal!

Crock – At the risk of my sanity, I’m going to take a moment and wonder why the nomads/bandits in Crock are all dressed like the Blues Brothers.

DTM – Wow. Family Circus reaches higher levels of menace than this.

FOOB – Robin is still a retard. Also, Homestar wants his shirt back.

HOTC – Hehehe. Nice one, Dean.

JP – AGH STOP TAUNTING US BARETTO!!!

MW – Cripes, she can’t even stop herself from lecturing to a dog.

RMMD – Rex Morgan tells someone on their honeymoon to “enjoy their stay.” He is possibly the only person in the world who could say this and not mean it in an “if you get my drift” way. Even Mark friggin’ Trail has been racier than this.

SM – “Employees of the Daily Bugle have been attacked and I have a good idea of who may be responsible. Moreover, the suspect is involved with my boss, who may therefore be in danger. Meh, I’ll take care of it later.”

Edison Lee –

“Hey Jules, random slam on business or branch of government controlled by conservatives using an overextended or fundamentally flawed metaphor.”
“Reply to drag out conversation to required number of panels?”
“Punchline that isn’t funny.“

It’s like the Herb & Jamaal of political strips.
True Fable
November 4th, 2007 at 9:38 am [Reply]

RMMD Given the standard rate of Rex Morgan Speed, this story will probably last until the end of the year, so we may as well just settle in and enjoy the ride.

Okay, so what have we got? City boy comes out to the country to learn to fish with very friendly doctor, who evidently hasn’t been fishing much lately so there’s sure to be a few moments of hilarity as they get hooks stuck in each other. (must…resist…comment…!) There may even be the standard “what do you mean, sleeping bags go on the floor, where’s the spring mattresses and feather comforters?” routine, as well as the “Gee Rex, you can’t cook and neither can I, what’ll we eat?” (must…resist…comment!)

And we’ll have more than enough days of Hot Dangerous Brunette and Beat-Up Man, Probably Killer In Story (we’ll call him BUMPKIS for short, shall we?) hashing over their crime and how they are going to get out of there, and HEY, THAT GUY SAID HE WAS A DOCTOR! I need some medical attention because I’m all beat up, see my arm’s in a sling and I have a patchwork bandage on my arm! And you’re a hot dangerous brunette, you ought to be able to entice him over this way!

Yeah, she OUGHT to…(must…resist…comment!) Anyway, BUMPKIS will talk Hot Dangerous Brunette into sashaying down to the other cabin to sweet talk Rex into coming back to her place, then will switch stories and tell him “oooh, my friend has injuries and I just don’t know what to do!!” Rex will gallantly offer to help and Niki will come along to watch a doctor in action. Maybe we’ll even see Rex’s hair get out of place once BUMPKIS plays a few tunes on his head with the butt of that gun. (must…resist….comment!)

Throw in a few more “Oh Rex I’m so worthless, nobody loves me, I’m such a screwup” speeches from Niki NoGood, and the accompanying “No, Niki, you have good inside you” from Rex (must…resist…comment!), and there you have it: at least two months’ worth of spine-numbing action and thinly veiled innuendo and ICE CREAM FOR EVERYBODY at plotline’s end!

I refrained from comments simply because we’re going to get enough “oh hur hur hur, Rex is gay and Niki’s his boytoy”. Commenting on it is like fishing in a barrel, so to speak.

Let’s have fun with the Rex Goes Wild storyline, folks!
CrabbyGenes
November 4th, 2007 at 9:48 am [Reply]

Just a trial post to see what time is recorded. It takes me a while to figure out what the U.S. time change does to certain Internet times over here.

And hi True Fable, at this point right on top of me….no, now THAT doesn’t sound quite right…!
CrabbyGenes
November 4th, 2007 at 9:51 am [Reply]

Right. Fourteen hours difference. It’s 11:48 pm here.

Sorry none of this is comics related. It’s past my bedtime and I’m too tired to think much. Next time I’ll do better.
Hank
November 4th, 2007 at 9:57 am [Reply]

RE: 39. Didio is damn hack in general but that was sick and stupid even for him. Besides, Robot Chicken did the “Great Pumpkin as evil Harvest God” earlier, and better.
Godzooky
November 4th, 2007 at 9:58 am [Reply]

Nitpicking MW:

1. How long has it been since Mary lost her breasts?
2. How long has she been in the habit of conducting extended, one-sided conversations with captive animals?
3. How can the ends of her neckerchief keep blowing back behind her when there’s no indication (riding position, speed lines, etc.) she’s riding at breakneck speed or that it’s a windy day (not even one flying leaf)?
4. How long has she been afflicted with Elrod-itis? (”We are here!” even though she used contractions in previous panels)
Anonymous
November 4th, 2007 at 10:01 am [Reply]

Phantom: “ARROOO! You banged my head against the canopy when you made that sharp banking turn!” Seriously, plutonium thieves are a lot cooler than graffiti.

Rex: But does the other cabin come with a nervous, armed man? And if I go out to the country right now, can I just drive up to a cabin and start living there?

Sally: I don’t mind breaking the “fourth wall” occasionally, but I don’t know about this simply denting it. Tell her, Sally: “You can’t change your haircut, Alice. Only major characters do, and then a week’s worth of strips is made from it.”

Zits: “Mrs Robinson, you’re trying to get me to go to trade school.”
Godzooky
November 4th, 2007 at 10:02 am [Reply]

S-M: “With great power comes great resp…*YAWWN!* After my beauty sleep, that is.”
Kiesha
November 4th, 2007 at 10:16 am [Reply]

Okay, so regarding today’s FOOB:

Last time I checked, five-year-olds:
a.) don’t understand the concept of time
b.) don’t understand the concept of Daylight Savings Time
c.) don’t know how to read analog clocks
and
d.) shouldn’t be left to turn their own clocks back an hour

“Hey, Meredith, after you turn all the clocks back, can you go ahead and get a pot roast working in the oven? Oh, and the dryer’s on the fritz again, wanna take a look at that?”
Baron Von Foobenstein
November 4th, 2007 at 10:18 am [Reply]

I foolishly stumbled onto the Stinky Funkerbean website and looked at the character profiles. Maybe it’s just my perception, but the 46 year old characters all look a helluva lot older than 46.
Skullturf Q. Beavispants
November 4th, 2007 at 10:24 am [Reply]

#57 Kiesha — that makes me feel old to think that nowadays, kids learn to read digital clocks before they learn to read analog clocks. And I’m one of the young commenters here, born in 1974! Don’t they have pictures of clocks in kids’ books anymore, where they talk about the big hand and the little hand?
Baron Von Foobenstein
November 4th, 2007 at 10:24 am [Reply]

Number 55 above: Sally: I don’t mind breaking the “fourth wall” occasionally, but I don’t know about this simply denting it. Tell her, Sally: “You can’t change your haircut, Alice. Only major characters do, and then a week’s worth of strips is made from it.”

I wonder if this is more wonderful self-parody from Ces. Alice’s look, from the gawdawful hair to those comical glasses with the “lightning bolt” shaped ear pieces, is clearly stuck in the 1980’s, like a lot of the strip.

Other than Ralph’s wardrobe (two tone shirts, suspenders), NOTHING in SF needs an update more than Alice!
Cornwhacker
November 4th, 2007 at 10:29 am [Reply]

I’m looking at the new cast page on funkywinkerbean.com and couldn’t help but notice that Funky’s son is drawn smoking a cigarette. At age 15. Cancer by act IV?
Kiesha
November 4th, 2007 at 10:34 am [Reply]

#59 Skullturf – I dunno, maybe it’s just me. I didn’t learn to read an analog clock until the second grade. I just could not figure it out.

But still, a five year old turning her clock back??? I wouldn’t trust a five year old to handle anything more complex than a teddy bear.
Jen
November 4th, 2007 at 10:40 am [Reply]

If we’re doing comparisons…check out the foobish proof that Gerald and Grampa Jim are twins.
Scherzo
November 4th, 2007 at 10:46 am [Reply]

#51
Crabbygenes, none of us know what time it is either — Congress has been monkeying around with the date of going back to standard time and so all the “smart” appliances who were programmed for the old-style method have been showing us the wrong time for over a week now. Sticklers had to manually correct them and then now we’ll have to go back and do it again. I’ll spare you the rest of my “abolish DST” rant, just consider it has been given.
Skullturf Q. Beavispants
November 4th, 2007 at 10:51 am [Reply]

Yeah, my computer changed its time one weekend ago, so I had to reset it manually and then change it again today.

Plus, I forgot about the time change until this morning, so I neglected to stay in bed the extra hour that I could have.

The Saskatchewanians and the Arizonans don’t know what we’re talking about, though.
Dingo
November 4th, 2007 at 11:05 am [Reply]

Does anyone really know what time it is? Does anyone really care?

(Getting that reference will really show how old a ‘mudgeon is. I’m betting over half of the people on here won’t have a clue what that’s from.)
Skullturf Q. Beavispants
November 4th, 2007 at 11:07 am [Reply]

Without cheating and googling it, I’m pretty sure it’s classic rock of some kind… Supertramp? Steely Dan?
Dingo
November 4th, 2007 at 11:14 am [Reply]

Well, it is classic rock but you’d need a transit authority to help you find them today.
dyslexic dog
November 4th, 2007 at 11:19 am [Reply]

#66: Dingo
Chiming in with Chicago, when they were still the Transit Authority, and had a little bit of James Brown inside.

And their cutting edge lyrics! “A man came up to me and asked me what the time was that was on my watch.”
Skullturf Q. Beavispants
November 4th, 2007 at 11:19 am [Reply]

I think I saw them once on a Saturday, in the park… July 4th if I remember correctly. :) (Should have known an Illinoisan would have come up with that one.)
dyslexic dog
November 4th, 2007 at 11:25 am [Reply]

But Skullturf, what was he singing in those Italian songs?
Slither
November 4th, 2007 at 11:25 am [Reply]

Dingo — the animations were absolutely fabulous! I always thought Mary Worth was a dog lover, it’s just we didn’t know in which way. Now, if only we could get her recipe for Beagle Casserole.
John C Fremont
November 4th, 2007 at 11:29 am [Reply]

I was never able to figure out Chicago. They always seemed more like a poor man’s Blood, Sweat And Tears. Not a fan, but I enjoy throwing their lyrics around. But I wouldn’t go so far as to call their work “classic” rock. Mediocre, outdated rock seems more like it.

My apologies to any Chicago fans out there.

Oh, the time? Twenty-five or six to four.
AMC
November 4th, 2007 at 11:36 am [Reply]

“Time, time, everywhere a time. Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind. Do this, don’t do that, can’t read the time?”

In the Foobiverse, even a 5 year old can.
Mibbitmaker
November 4th, 2007 at 11:37 am [Reply]

#37 (Godzooky): I actually have that first FW book. Got it used a few years ago.

Alley Cat/Allie Cat: Somewhere, there’s a comics snarker usernamed Ali Cat… or is it Ally Cat?

#64 (Scherzo): Places like here and Television Without Pity just kept the same time once the Daylight Savings Time changes went into effect, never changing either weekend. The same thing happened this time around, so it’s back to being accurate.

At least on my computer.
AMC
November 4th, 2007 at 11:41 am [Reply]

Ouch. Should be “can’t you read the time”.

(Sort of) by the Five Man Electrical Band. They met at the Local University….
Hobbes Fan
November 4th, 2007 at 12:09 pm [Reply]

Looking at that new FW cast page and all of its example poses, it’s clear that we should all fear 2017, where all young girls will be identified with exposed navels and anyone over 35 will have gray hair.

Apart from that, it’s clear from those sketches that we’re in for Hell on Earth.
BOXCAR!children
November 4th, 2007 at 12:14 pm [Reply]

Dingo, is it a sad reflection on myself that I got that reference, yet I’m 22?

(I listen to a lot of oldies/classic rock)
Dollface
November 4th, 2007 at 12:32 pm [Reply]

Dingo,

I think I love you.
Poteet
November 4th, 2007 at 12:39 pm [Reply]

MW — Today’s MW brings out my occasional fantasy that comics are scripted dramas and the characters are actors. The dog is thinking “Jesus H. Christ, ‘poor innocent one’?! I have GOT to get a new agent. This job really blows!!”
Artist formerly known as Ben
November 4th, 2007 at 12:50 pm [Reply]

Nice work, Dingo. I had never thought of Vera as Salome before, but it fits.

Now onto the Sunday funnies.

FOOB: If a flannel nightgown is gonna bust up Michael’s game, he ain’t got much game.

Zits: Scott and Borgman should show more of Jeremy’s awkward sessions with his guidance counselor. My guess is that he sits silent with a notebook in his lap for most of it.

H&J: And speaking of inappropriate erections, Jamaal’s disturbingly did not go away when he found out it was his mother.

HotC: Gadzooks! The perfectly phrased Bible quotation provides further evidence that Dean is Linus van Pelt. Oh, he discovered styling gel and replaced the blanket with a light saber, but these are superficial changes.

FC: You down with OCD? Yeah you know me!

SFx: Did Slylock just blow your mind, or what? By the way, whatever color the guards eyes are, the slip he’s going to get is very pink.

A3G: Tonight, Alan is going to pretend that the needle is a policeman’s truncheon and his vein is Margo’s head.

JP: So now Trudi is also throwing herself at Sam, but predictably to no avail. This had turned into a Penthouse Forum letter written by Dan Quayle.
Allie Cat
November 4th, 2007 at 1:04 pm [Reply]

75 Mibbit – I’m seriously considering changing my handle to Allison Cat. I don’t know – if O’Fogeyette can pull it off, maybe I can too?

FOOB irritated the snot out of me today, as did MW.

With Funky, at least we get the feeling that maybe Funky’s just in NYC to oversee the opening of one of his new franchises, and it isn’t a relo for him, Holly, and Cancerlungs Cory.

Which is good – because having such a large cast in one city is one thing – going back and forth from OH to NY would only muddle it more.

Also – may I once again say – I love Rhymes with Orange.
Tamex
November 4th, 2007 at 1:05 pm [Reply]

FOOB: Mike Patterson, this song’s for you! [wink]:

“I wear my pink pajamas in the summer when it’s hot,
I wear my flannel nightie in the winter when it’s not,
And sometimes in the springtime and sometimes in the fall,
I jump right in between the sheets with nothing on at all!”
Allison Cat
November 4th, 2007 at 1:07 pm [Reply]

Also…

MW – One nice thing about the beagle – now she can buy dog for er, uh, “for the dog”, and she won’t have to fork out for premium albacore when she makes her next “Tuna Casserole”.

The secret ingredient is Gainesburgers.
Poteet
November 4th, 2007 at 1:19 pm [Reply]

Foob — Monday 4/5 Spoiler — It gives me great pleasure to announce that the Monday Foob features great bodily pain and suffering for one Patterson, caused by another Patterson. I love it. Actual homicide would be better, of course, but I’ll take what I can get.
Onqelos
November 4th, 2007 at 1:25 pm [Reply]

Sunday’s Preteena is wrong in so many ways. I had to re-read Judge Parker and Rex Morgan six or seven times to get the disturbing image of Stick on the Half Shell out of my head.
dimestore lipstick
November 4th, 2007 at 1:41 pm [Reply]

If Montoni’s is franchised, why would Funky have to be opening all these restaurants?

Batuik needs to give Dean Young a call and find out the difference between a franchise, and a branch location.
Our Boarding House with Major Hoople
November 4th, 2007 at 1:46 pm [Reply]

Haven’t been on in awhile, so I’m not sure if this got mentioned.

The most depressing thing about Funky Winkerbeen (or Funky Winkerwill) is that in ten years, medical science still hasn’t come up with a cure or alleviation for breast (and other) cancers.
Canaduck
November 4th, 2007 at 1:51 pm [Reply]

Woohoo, that Dingo page is good. Slap slap!

Is that third one supposed to have an animation?
Our Boarding House with Major Hoople
November 4th, 2007 at 2:00 pm [Reply]

# 15 – Uncle Lumpy said:

Phantom –

Holy crap! Ol’ Stripey’s got himself a jet aeroplane!

.

An F-100?>

He should be flying a F-4!

At least Devil would have his own seat…
bats :[
November 4th, 2007 at 2:16 pm [Reply]

45. Dingo: neat morphs. Dang, I woulda been so smitten with you in high school! What a dreamy, nerdy boy! (Of course, I was a nerdy girl, and back in my time, nothing actually went on between teens. Except the slutty cheerleaders and the stuck-up jocks, who never managed to have more than a 2-8 football season when I was going to school.)

85. Poteet re Monday’s FOOT: damn, that sounds like a retro strip, then. But I can dream that it’s Liz coming back from the laundromat, “accientally” running over Elly, who’s too damned cheap to let her do her laundry at Chez Patterfoob…

Speaking of the Sunday FOOB (yes, we were): rethinking Michael’s *sigh*…maybe he sees, with tired, helpless eyes, that the once-sexy, curvaceous Dee is transforming with a quick flick of the flannel (a la Doug Henning), into his own fat-assed mother. It’s Magic!!
commodorejohn
November 4th, 2007 at 2:20 pm [Reply]

#66 Dingo – I got the reference, but I’d bet I’m one of the few people my age who would.

#81 Artist Formerly Known As Ben – Yeah, count me in on the “Dean is the new Linus” idea.

#82 Allie Cat – Psh, no, “Allie Cat” suits you just fine. Stick with it.
Dr Marion
November 4th, 2007 at 2:30 pm [Reply]

What part of America do the Keanes infest, anyway? Apparently, where they haven’t even got gear- or water-clocks. If little Dolly doesn’t tip the hourglass at the right time, Daddy doesn’t get to work. And his medieval boss will cut him off without a ha’penny, and the children will have to be sold to vivisectionists just like the first batch.

You have to admire their pre-technological urge at self-improvement, though. If I were that pre-industrial, I’d tell Daylight Savings Time to take a hike, and rise at Matins like always,
Little Guy
November 4th, 2007 at 2:30 pm [Reply]

Judge Cuckloid: Go home already, ya rummy. And make sweet love to your cheap Frenchy booze, too!

FWONG: Just wrap the flannel around Michael’s head. It’s his Kryptonite.

Peanuts: I don’t care. I love Les Classics.

Zits: I shudder to think if he crossed paths with Mary Worth.
Mooncity
November 4th, 2007 at 3:58 pm [Reply]

I’ve a bit worried about Devil. Maybe he isn’t baying for the Phantom to roll the jet again, but because he’s in pain from blackouts, nitrogen narcosis, and potential internal organ damage that might result from flying in a jet without a pressurized flight suit.
Jogo
November 4th, 2007 at 4:07 pm [Reply]

The horrible thing about Funky is that he now looks like an out-of-shape George W. Bush
redskull
November 4th, 2007 at 5:58 pm [Reply]

Regarding Funky’s shocking change in appearance: I was hoping that in the world of 2017 they’d have found a cure for obesity. He’s probably too heavy to travel by jetpack like everyone else too.
leathermessiah
November 4th, 2007 at 10:20 pm [Reply]

Dingo’s Drew & Vera video really brings something home – the fact that nobody on the face of this consarned earth can draw horse tack. NOBODY. I really want to create a website for comic artists that just has photos of saddles and bridles as worn by real horses for reference purposes. I mean, seriously, do these guys not know about the internet?

Then again, they can’t really draw humans either, so I suppose I shouldn’t expect so much out of them.
johnny culver
November 7th, 2007 at 9:53 pm [Reply]

Mary, untie that horrible scarf and get the blood back to your head. Vera likes hairy guys, but Von will not be best man at a Vera – dog wedding! Poor dog is already pondering which hell is better, laying on a “country lane” until the cars make him mincemeat, or being the token four footer at Charterstone. I know that Vera is now a “head typist” or whatever, but she is not about to be registered at Petco! for her bridal placeware!

Ahh to the days when Lucy just hugged a dog , then went back to tormernting her younger brother.
nemoErensenuT
February 9th, 2008 at 5:53 pm [Reply]

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