The Comics Curmudgeon

75 responses to “Metapost: Comments of the week that was”

1. indichik
   January 28th, 2008 at 11:19 pm [Reply]

   First? Though last to join the Jungle Patrol. I’m there.

2. True Fable of the Roopville Jungle
   January 28th, 2008 at 11:20 pm [Reply]

   Congratulations are in order, and well deserved!

   Considering it was Jungle Patrol Recruitment Week, we couldn’t help but have some winners from it!

3. Capt Big Sims of the Jungle Patrol
   January 28th, 2008 at 11:20 pm [Reply]

   Congrats all! Very funny stuff – again!

4. Sherm
   January 28th, 2008 at 11:21 pm [Reply]

   Did anyone else read today’s FBoFW and think that the dialog would have been more realistic if the exchange had gone more along the lines of:
   Elly-You never used to do the dishes.
   John-Well, I never used to be resigned to you being a castrating bitch.

5. Weaselboy
   January 28th, 2008 at 11:24 pm [Reply]

   Congrats to Francis and all the runners up. Premium quality snark this week.

6. bats, Avian Division of the Jungle Patrol :[
   January 28th, 2008 at 11:47 pm [Reply]

   Faboo comments! Trilobite represents Tucson! Woo! And isn’t Francis one of the newer snarkers at CC?

7. Non-Shannon (of Jungle Patrol fame)
   January 28th, 2008 at 11:48 pm [Reply]

   Oh my God, guys. I’m in a play with Joe Mathlete himself, of Joe Mathlete Explains Today’s Marmaduke fame! I’m not worthy!!!

   http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/

   We’re both in an upcoming production of Speeding Motorcycle, a play based on the songs of Daniel Johnston. I just figured out who he is this evening. How should I approach him regarding his supreme Marmaduke-lampooning skillz? I don’t want to seem like too much of a squealing fangirl. Help!!!

8. Moon Mullins
   January 28th, 2008 at 11:52 pm [Reply]

   Way to get all of us to lighten up, Francis!

9. mumbles
   January 28th, 2008 at 11:59 pm [Reply]

   Day-um! You know, every week I read these comments and laugh and think, this is the funniest bunch in a long time, but seriously, all of these made me howl in laughter. Good job and thank you!

10. mumbles
    January 29th, 2008 at 12:01 am [Reply]

    Okay that came out sounding weird. What I meant was, every time I read the COTWs I think, “this is the all time best group ever”, and then the next week is just as funny if not funnier….

    Off to check on the latest Ingmar-Bergman-esque bleakness of a tired middle-aged marriage in its last wheezes of life that is FOOB. Later, gators.

11. Moon Mullins
    January 29th, 2008 at 12:02 am [Reply]

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/comics/king.htm?name=Rex_Morgan

    Oh, man. I’m pretty tired tonight and this one is just too easy. Somebody else please take it away!

12. Godzooky
    January 29th, 2008 at 12:03 am [Reply]

    Congratulations to all! This was a highly competitive week, thanks to all the mill grist provided by Phantom, MW, and others. When I first read Inspector Dim’s S-M comment, I knew I’d be seeing it again today.

    Unfortunately, my personal favorite didn’t make the cut:

    Tweeks_Jungle_Patrol re: 1/25 Phantom:

    Now that’s dedication, wearing your leotard 24/7. God, that thing must reek by now.

13. Gadge Cubic, Jungle Patrol Preener
    January 29th, 2008 at 12:04 am [Reply]

    I gotta say, it’s Kurdt’s comment that caused the remains of my orange bageldonuts to come out my nose.

14. Lt. Deena, of the Jungle Patrol
    January 29th, 2008 at 12:08 am [Reply]

    11. Wilson’s just messing with us now. That’s the only possible explanation. I’ve heard less turgid dialogue in your average episode of Queer as Folk.

15. alamo
    January 29th, 2008 at 12:10 am [Reply]

    yee-haw francis — the best of the week and tip from the old alamo dome topper to you.

    congrats to all the rest – you are a merit to your craft.

    continuing my flight under the radar.

16. alamo
    January 29th, 2008 at 12:14 am [Reply]

    11:

    rmmd — is that a candy bar in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?

    i said firearms – not love rocket!

    next!

17. ltrftp Hedly
    January 29th, 2008 at 12:20 am [Reply]

    Uncle Lumpy
    Before I forget, thanks for id’ing what’s his name from FW. One more question – Is he dead, dying, or just visiting?

18. ltrftp Hedly
    January 29th, 2008 at 12:24 am [Reply]

    Moon

    The clean version but not particularly apt: I’m a son of a gun, just ask my fodder.

    The other version: He said I was better than mom at shortarm inspections!

19. Jamus Of The Jungle Patrol
    January 29th, 2008 at 12:26 am [Reply]

    11/RMMD. Dear Lord in Heaven, yes….I think the writer’s just teasing us now…

20. bats, Avian Division of the Jungle Patrol :[
    January 29th, 2008 at 12:37 am [Reply]

    Our four-days-in-a-row-going-out-to-see-a-movie culminated in seeing the 80th anniversary/restoration of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. Robots! Mad Scientists! Ruthless industrialists! Workers! Parasites! All in glorious black and white. Honest to gosh, more than once as I watched this with the caption boards and all, and the strange expressions of various characters (commonplace for silent movies), I kept thinking this was like watching a live (more or less) film of Mary Worth…

    Some Tuesday musings:

    JP: and as he hangs up the phone, Steve contemplates bringing Sam and Gloria a welcome gift of squab.

    MT: if only there were rocs in Lost Forest. That plane wouldn’t have a chance!
    Considering the gits flying it, that plane doesn’t have a chance anyway!

    MW: and Dr. Drew, Manwhore and Third Wheel, squeaks away, quietly and unnoticed. There’s always Dawn…

    RMMD: so easy. So damn, damn easy… If this were any easier, the setting would be New Orleans, or a cabin on a bayou, at the very least. (Hey, what kind of kid is Niki, anyway? Cripes, if I ever forget that I have a candy bar in my pocket, just bury me, because I’m well and truly dead.)
    Nevertheless, this one’s for you, Moon Mullins:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/9545446@N07/2228042148/

21. mollificent
    January 29th, 2008 at 12:49 am [Reply]

    oh god oh god oh god

    http://www.geocities.com/mollydoyle.geo/tomorrow.html

    OK, if anyone needs me, I’ll be hiding under a rock over there, fingers in my ears, trilling “lalala I can’t hear you listening to this…”

    but let no one say I’m not a woman of my word. ;)

22. mollificent
    January 29th, 2008 at 12:52 am [Reply]

    damn damn damn! it’s not working. :P

    stupid geocities! I’m probably over my download limit or something. :( sorry everyone…it worked the three test times I tried it!!! :P

    sigh. I’ll try to think of somewhere else to post it.

23. Johnny Cat
    January 29th, 2008 at 1:04 am [Reply]

    RYAN! ALRIGHT!

    Finally a character I can look up to in Mary Worth. Someone who can make Drew contort into a rage-filled demeanor as he prepares to thrown the shards of his broken dream at Vera, and her stupid, stupid idea of meeting at the EXACT SAME PLACE she was to meet Ryan to tell him she’s “met someone else.”

24. Capt Big Sims of the Jungle Patrol
    January 29th, 2008 at 1:30 am [Reply]

    Aw man! Coach Thorp’s house is gonna burn!

25. ChattyGenes of the Jungle Patrol
    January 29th, 2008 at 1:31 am [Reply]

    #21, #22 mollificent. Wow! You just made my (rather rainy) day! I haven’t heard it yet, but what a tribute! THANK YOU! Of COURSE I can’t wait to hear it, but even if I never do, I’m so honored!

    I’ll keep trying that link periodically–as well as checking this and subsequent threads for performance updates. Maybe so many Mudgies are trying to click on it that it’s overloaded or something?

    Anyway, thank you, thank you, thank you…!!!:-):-):-)

26. ChattyGenes of the Jungle Patrol
    January 29th, 2008 at 1:36 am [Reply]

    PS to my #25. In case anyone missed it, the parody was #50 in the thread that mollificent linked to (the Metapost Jungle Patrol thread).

27. True Fable of the Roopville Jungle
    January 29th, 2008 at 1:47 am [Reply]

    (WT)DT The last panel is a WINNER!
    Doonesbury NOW we’ll get the real skinny on aphasia, instead of the “I think this is what it’s like” treatment in LJ’s Foobland.
    FBoFW Well, we can sleep in this week; Lynn’s mining her ancient strips again. Subject: Rod John has always been a lying bastard. Move along, nothing to see here.
    (DT)GT Gil exposes his team to RADIATION!!
    HotC *raises hand meekly* Guilty as charged!
    Scenes from Surburban Hell Very confusing; I thought Trixie was pretending to write a horrible book, or was quoting directly from Stone Season.
    MT I predict Mark will be wounded and it will be up to ANDY THE HEROIC DOG to run to Sgt. Steve, pantomine the action, spell out additional words with dog biscuits, and finally lead everyone back to Mark “just in the nick of time.”
    And then that ginormous bird will swoop down and feast on them all. All but ANDY THE HEROIC DOG!
    MW So what now? Are we in for another five days of Drew beating himself up for being such a hound-dog? Will there be fisticuffs, threats, guns? Will there be nuclear meddling? I WANT TO KNOW, DAMMIT!!
    MC HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!! Tha’t as bad as having a serious meeting interrupted with someone’s cell playing the opening part of Barry White’s “Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love”.
    Phantom Those are some shiny, shiny black tops that cling to every curve. Make them a part of the Jungle Patrol uniform at once!
    RMMD “Well, I’m going to let you hold mine, Niki!” squick!
    Zits I actually liked today’s strip. Not a whiff of Insufferable Brat Teen to be found.
    A3G Luann honey; when your main squeeze starts thinking of you in a word balloon with the word WORSE, it’s time you moved on, baby.

28. mollificent
    January 29th, 2008 at 1:51 am [Reply]

    all right, here it is. It ended up on Youtube after all…LOL! (even without graphics). It was the only other way I could think of to post it online! :PIf anyone here wants to mess with adding some pertinent graphics, I’ll happily email you the file…as long as Chatty is cool widdit!)

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KsIOt3ls9VI

    Chatty…yup, the mp3 file was too big. It’s about 4.5 MB by itself, and my site host only allows 4 MB data transfer per hour. D’oh! Did I mention I am CLUELESS??? *g*

    OK, now I really am going to go hide under that rock now.

29. ChattyGenes of the Jungle Patrol
    January 29th, 2008 at 2:07 am [Reply]

    #28 mollificent. Oh, my God, mollificent. You. Are. MAGNIFICENT! You have such a VOICE! And you sang it so BEAUTIFULLY! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you x a million!!!

    I’m in my office at school in Japan, and I want to run screaming through the halls and tell everyone listen to it! Unfortunately, I’m one of the few people who can understand it, but so what!!

    At the very least, I’m going to send the link to everyone I know! Thank you so much!

30. ChattyGenes of the Jungle Patrol
    January 29th, 2008 at 2:09 am [Reply]

    #28 mollificent.

    “If anyone here wants to mess with adding some pertinent graphics, I’ll happily email you the file…as long as Chatty is cool widdit!)”

    Fine with me! I’d love to see what some talented Mudgie could do with it!

31. Godzooky
    January 29th, 2008 at 2:16 am [Reply]

    #28 mollificent: CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! Bravo! (or is that “Brava?”)

    Hopefully, someone here will come up with a nice soap strip montage to go with it (paging the talented ‘Mudge who came up with that “Mary Worth Kung Fu Fighting” video…).

32. Uncle Lumpy of the Jungle Patrol
    January 29th, 2008 at 2:26 am [Reply]

    Tuesday Phantom: http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20080129&name=Phantom

    “Highly irregular” — that’s what he said –
    And it looks like their chances are just about dead!
    The Army is proud to give women a role,
    But that’s just not enough for the Jungle Patrol!

    Having buttressed their case with their chestiest charms,
    The girls can’t do much but recoil in alarm!
    But if this guy’s a dud maybe they can cajole
    The Unknown Commander of Jungle Patrol!

    Oh, the Jungle Patrol is an armpit of Sin,
    With no way to advance if the fix isn’t in –
    But if you’ve got the goods, baby, you’re in control:
    It’s a Predator’s Ball at the Jungle Patrol!

33. ChattyGenes of the Jungle Patrol
    January 29th, 2008 at 2:27 am [Reply]

    #28 mollificent. Forgot to say that I loved the sniffling Foob fans in the third verse!:-)

34. mollificent
    January 29th, 2008 at 2:34 am [Reply]

    #33 CG: Tee hee! :D Yup, I came up with that on the second take. As I said in the website blurb, I decided egregious chewing of the scenery was the only way to go. *g*

    Thanks so much everyone, I’m glad you’re enjoying it! I tossed it off in GarageBand in about fifteen minutes, so it sure as hell ain’t perfect, but…what in this workaday world is, eh? ;)

35. True Fable of the Roopville Jungle
    January 29th, 2008 at 2:39 am [Reply]

    #28 mollificent – You have a terrific voice, honeydoll, especially when you sing my name (!!)
    You can bivouac in my Jungle Patrol tent anytime.
    >;-D

36. Helena Handbasket of the Jungle Patrol
    January 29th, 2008 at 2:42 am [Reply]

    Ok, I predict the next eternity of Phantom storyline goes like this:
    1. Unknown Commander says women can join if they pass some sort of Stupid Test
    2. Women have some difficulties but are well on the way to passing Stupid Test
    3. Stupid Test intersects with some other storyline, like smugglers or pirates
    4. Women nearly defeat evildoers, but get caught
    5. Unknown Commander rescues women and defeats evil via punching and/or pygmies
    6. Women decide to go back to boring city jobs

37. Uncle Lumpy
    January 29th, 2008 at 2:42 am [Reply]

    Tuesday TDIET: http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20080129&name=TDIE

    I sincerely hope that at this exact moment, Al Scaduto is standing in a warm pool with good friends, wearing a hat and smoking a big cigar while a hot redhead in a swimsuit looks on and smiles.

    Arrividerci, Al!

38. Mibbitmaker
    January 29th, 2008 at 2:43 am [Reply]

    Although not until after I wrote it, I really thought my response to Alan’s query in Monday’s A3G had a chance as COTW runner-up. Well, I always remind myself that I’ve gotten 6 of these babies since the listings began, so that I feel better. Of course, the last one was in 1970….

    Tuesday:

    Shoe: Gee, that was a lame, pseudo-hip attempt at a joke, so th- Wait—-WHO THE HECK IS CHARLIE CRONE????

    A3G: …or even worse than that: Margo!!

    GT: Lessee… first panel… Coach T, spouting some basketball gobbledegook… hmm, next panel… empty void wall screws things up as Z-Train just stands there… okay, par for the course….. so, we get to panel three…. and there—WAAAAAUUUUUUUGHHH!!!!! Yikes!! (Okay, MST3K did those suddenly scared snarks much better….)

    FC: Okay Bil, see your outstretched hand there? Yeah, that one. Well, just lower it…. riiiiiight there, to Billy’s face…gooood….. Okay! Now, just begin slapping his idiot face. Thattaboy!

    FOOB: So, John’s been going through a very long dishwashing Purgatory, apparently.

    FW: I originally thought, hey, that one’s not bad. But suddenly, it reads like Batiuk (through Dinkle) is whining about making this strip back when it was good. Tommy-boy, just leave the Bizarro World immediately (Reference to Bizarro World reflects commenter discovering the concept from a 1981 SNL sketch or two narrated by Michael O’Donoghue, NOT from superhero comic books. All rights reserved. Any words repeating are a quirk of italic posting, not a bad case of the stutters. Copywrong 2008. A Quinn Martin Production. potrzebie)

39. NJP
    January 29th, 2008 at 2:43 am [Reply]

    Wow, Mollificent! That was tremendous! What a voice! Bravo.

40. Helena Handbasket of the Jungle Patrol
    January 29th, 2008 at 2:45 am [Reply]

    Oh, I forgot, plot point 5.5 is Women are deemed tough enough for Jungle Patrol

41. Trilobite
    January 29th, 2008 at 3:24 am [Reply]

    Tuesday’s comics:

    Gil Thorp: Oh no, Andrew made Gil Thorp mad! I don’t like Gil Thorp when he’s mad. Or any other time, for that matter.

    Mark Trail: At first I thought the bad guy’s cunning plan to fly back and surprise Mark Trail was unusually idiotic, even for this comic strip. An airplane is LOUD, after all, so how can you possibly sneak around in one? But looking at the first two panels where Mark is loudly narrating every single thought that passes through his wooden head, I’m beginning to realize that Caveman Butler is on to something here. There’s no way that Mark’s going to hear anything but the drone of his own voice. Why, if that first bullet hadn’t nicked the boat and nearly hit Andy, he might not have even figured out that he was being shot at in the first place!

    Phantom: I think the colonel just figured out the problem with having an Unknown Commander: when some uppity dames show up and challenge the Jungle Patrol’s sexist policies, you have no one you can pass the buck to. Plus, it’s REALLY embarrassing when they ask if they can talk to your superior and you have to admit that you have absolutely no idea who that is.

    This is why your military/law-enforcement group should always have a KNOWN commander. Putting a question mark in the top box of your organizational chart just doesn’t cut it, Colonel.

    Rex Morgan: That last panel gets funnier every time you read it, doesn’t it? Well, funny in a sad, “okay, WE GET IT, can you please just shoot the bad guy and stop with the inappropriate sexual dialogue already?” kind of way. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I miss the days when this comic strip was about how little chemistry there was between Rex and June.

42. Dub Not Dubya
    January 29th, 2008 at 4:00 am [Reply]

    Mollificent, that was amazing! BTW, I went to the Geocities link before seeing your subsequent note, and it did work for me, go figure.

43. Kurdt
    January 29th, 2008 at 4:53 am [Reply]

    Wahoo, second time runner up! Congrats to all my runner up qotw brothers and sisters! This site rocks my socks! My day would be less bright without my intake of snark from Pope Josh and all the Mudges. And thats not just my morning can of Monster talking either…

44. Alfred E. Neuman
    January 29th, 2008 at 5:01 am [Reply]

    Absolutely superb, mollificent! You are definitely the Julie Andrews of Mudgeworld.
    MADly yours,
    Alfred

45. Alfred E. Neuman
    January 29th, 2008 at 5:11 am [Reply]

    Has Curtis been taken over by Moy and Giella? The current conversation between Curtis and Chutney looks like it will be strung out for days. Oh well, I guess it’s one way for strip artists/writers to meet their contractual obligations without working very hard.

46. SecretMargo, Jungle Patrol (Secret Service, of course)
    January 29th, 2008 at 5:28 am [Reply]

    mollificent – Magnificent! And hysterical. Is it creepy to say you sung the heck out of the word “pedophile”?

    CG – good song-scritchin’ too. Bon travail to you both!

47. And The
    January 29th, 2008 at 6:21 am [Reply]

    DT: Wow, thank goodness Liz called Tracy in from his time off to handle this emergency! It’s about time someone took on Thomas Kinkaide….

    Crankshaft: What are those wavy lines supposed to represent? Is this what his daughter is imagining Crankshaft to be motivated by? In which case, ick.

    MW: Hmmm, Ryan shows up early to Cafe and Vera replies “As if we don’t see enough of each other.” Drew, I think you’ve got a shot. But it’s not worth taking.

48. yellojkt
    January 29th, 2008 at 6:21 am [Reply]

    I’m a runner-up! After a long dry spell, I’m back in the game! I feel like Dr. Drew after getting to second base. Woot!

49. gleeb
    January 29th, 2008 at 6:36 am [Reply]

    ’shaft: In a fit of hot-nurseless fury, Ed will deliberately mix up test results, giving us more cancer-related wackiness.

    Curtis: No, Chutney, Curtis isn’t going to be saying anything sweet or tender to you. And you’ll be left with a look of chagrin. Or maybe you’ll just belt him one. Let’s pick up the pace, folks!

    FBoFW: Dude’s got his hands in a bunch of wet mouths all day, you want him to come home and put them in a wet sink? Cold, Elly, cold.

    ‘bean: Don’t gamble, huh? Then what the devil are you doing there?

    Mark: And now, Mark goes deep into the country, like Walter Pigeon in Man Hunt.

    Momma: I don’t want to think about Momma’s emptiness being stuffed.

    Rex: “You held Mom’s old boyfriend’s, eh Niki? Well, let the ol’ Doc show you a high-caliber pistol.”

50. monsieurjohn
    January 29th, 2008 at 7:25 am [Reply]

    RMMD: “My mom’s boyfriend let me hold his once… that’s all.”

    …oh my.

51. monsieurjohn
    January 29th, 2008 at 7:30 am [Reply]

    DT: Whew! It’s hard to believe Halloween is already over! Time for a nice Thanksgiving story. Or maybe a story about gross art to which people willfully expose themselves (grow up) and then complain to the police by the hundreds. Credit where credit is due, I couldn’t think of a stupider storyline.

52. Scherzo
    January 29th, 2008 at 7:43 am [Reply]

    BTW, if you wonder why Pibgorn hasn’t updated, McEldowney is reported to be in the hospital for gall bladder surgery — unexpected gall bladder surgery (this from his daughter, the Snark).

    Don’t know why it blindsided him — if there’s a person with a lot of gall, it’s Brooke McEldowney.

    *rimshot*

53. Gagott68
    January 29th, 2008 at 7:45 am [Reply]

    27. True Fable of the Roopville Jungle: I must respectfully disagree with your take on Tuesday’sZits. Now Jeremy is blaming God for his stupid actions. Since the “I’m a product of my environment” argument didn’t take, he’s moved on to blaming his Creator.

    Luann: I would not have thought it possible, but is Brad’s idiocy actually making T.J. the less-annoying character? Or is that just splitting hairs?

    S-M: You’re being sent to get Godero while Krandis makes a play for MJ because you are the hired goon. That’s what hired goons do.

54. Calico
    January 29th, 2008 at 7:46 am [Reply]

    RM – Niki is in a Holding Pattern.

    FOOB – More dish-agony. Lynn is pissed!

    FC – Makes no sense. Billy is ready to slide back into full-blown BP mode in minutes, or even seconds.
    The stereo looks like a 1974 Sears brand model. Trash it, Billy.

    MT – This is a perfect time for some really serious Bee-grinding. Go, bees!

55. Calico
    January 29th, 2008 at 7:51 am [Reply]

    #49 – Curtis – …as Rex Morgan enters stage right, behind Chutney, and leaves with Curtis in tow.

    You just can’t win here, Chutney dear. Try courting Dennis the (non) Menace, or psycho Billy Keane.

56. Whippersnapper
    January 29th, 2008 at 8:24 am [Reply]

    Allie Cat, a couple yesterthreads ago: I do not have the physical capacity to ingest enough liquor to make me think entering a room filled with all my exes is a good idea.

57. AhClem
    January 29th, 2008 at 8:33 am [Reply]

    H&L – Whatinthehell kind of child car seat is that? I can’t tell if it looks like a circumcision restraint or a waterboard from the FisherPrice Gitmoland Set.

58. Allie Cat
    January 29th, 2008 at 9:04 am [Reply]

    #56 – Whippersnapper – In my fantasy, I’m sitting at a table, and they’re brought in one by one, American Idol audition style, and they basically have to stand there while I give them what-for. If they want, they can apologize, or they can leave, tail between their legs.

    Admittedly, given that these “relationships” span back a good 15 years, I’d really look ridiculous.

    Oh well!

59. Calico
    January 29th, 2008 at 9:09 am [Reply]

    Ha – I found Baldo pretty funny today. Tia Carmen has a damn sharp wit most of the time.
    I can relate to language immersion issues!

    The first new things I learned in French five years ago were, of course, swear words Québec-style (I never learned those in elementary school or college French, unfortunately!). Ohhh Yeaaahhh!

60. lesles
    January 29th, 2008 at 9:10 am [Reply]

    mollificent – that was mudgenificent

61. The Great Ka-Floopa Gush
    January 29th, 2008 at 9:41 am [Reply]

    I’d like to have today’s Jungle Patrol quote on a t-shirt.

    Army! Ha! This is the JUNGLE PATROL!

62. messy
    January 29th, 2008 at 10:38 am [Reply]

    http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/01/10/black-cartoonists-to-stage-comic-strip-protest

    I hope when this takes place you post all eleven of them

63. Mel
    January 29th, 2008 at 11:32 am [Reply]

    Well, bust my buttons!

    The crown suits you, Francis… and, Uncle Lumpy, your Pluggers comment has made me laugh out loud twice now.

    Coconut cream pie* for all — now with Added S…*

    The official pie of the Jungle Patrol (and Gilligan’s Island)
    The official topping of Santa Royale (and RMMD)

64. Mel
    January 29th, 2008 at 11:57 am [Reply]

    RMMD: Are. You. Kidding. Me. ?.

    Phantom: Yes, I think you both would appeal to my superior.

    Curtis: “I am going to say it. Chutney, I’d like you to meet…Ryan Harris.”

    MW: “As if we don’t see enough of each other…naked, with no clothes on, bent over like this, in the buff. Oh, Drew, are you still here?”

65. kingklash, Blackboard Jungle Patrol
    January 29th, 2008 at 12:27 pm [Reply]

    What would actual Bizzarro-World versions of these strips be like?

66. Gold-Digging, Jungle-Patrolling Nanny
    January 29th, 2008 at 12:51 pm [Reply]

    Kurdt! You put The Song That Cannot Be Unsung in my head!

    I KEEL you!

67. queek
    January 29th, 2008 at 2:24 pm [Reply]

    mollificent, that fully and completely rocks.

    well done to both singer and songwriter!

68. Francis
    January 29th, 2008 at 3:24 pm [Reply]

    My first COTW! I’m appropriately touched (as opposed to inappropriately touched, which you’d have to ask Niki about).

69. Joe Btfsplk of the Jungle Patrol Catering Corps
    January 29th, 2008 at 3:36 pm [Reply]

    #11 Moon Mullins – Yes… It is too easy. Much too easy. I’m sensing some kind of trap. I’m staying away from it.

    Phantom – This plotline is going to yield a great many tee-shirtable quotes. Just a feeling that I have.

    Dennis the Menace – All right, this is just Family Circus material. Dennis Mitchell has generated way too little menace for far too long now to continue holding the Menace title. He should surrender the belt to someone more deserving, like Otis Figby over in Grin and Bear It (I assume his name is Figby, because everyone’s name in this strip seems to be Figby). He appears only occasionally, but always has something to show for the time spent. I’m not sure exactly what it was that he did this time, but the product is what matters, and damn, the kid gets results! Have any of Dennis’ antics ever put Henry into a full body cast in a hospital bed? No? Well, then. Either start producing, or step aside, kid.

    I don’t like the look of that eye, the doctor is going to say when he comes in next. Ah, the classics.

70. Nil Zed
    January 29th, 2008 at 5:54 pm [Reply]

    can a youtube posting get COTW?

    well done M. (and C)

71. Tamex
    January 29th, 2008 at 7:46 pm [Reply]

    FOOB: “Rod is a bastard” Exhibit Q

72. Hasty Penguin
    January 29th, 2008 at 9:59 pm [Reply]

    Loved Bobdog’s comment this week. Spot on and hilarious.

73. mollificent
    January 29th, 2008 at 10:09 pm [Reply]

    #44 Alfred: Wow wow wow! Thanks so much…that is *my* COTW!! :D I think I’ll print it out and frame it. Julie is my GODDESS!

    and thanks *SO* much to everyone for your sweetness (and CG for the lyrics in the first place!)

    In actual snarkage, snarkening back to yesterday…I love, love, love Stephan Pastis. I must now make “Yes, we may be really tiny,/But please don’t kick us in the heinie!” my personal mantra. Or possibly a tattoo. *big grin* Did I mention I’m 4′9″?

74. queek
    January 29th, 2008 at 10:41 pm [Reply]

    4′ 9 with a voice that’s fine.

    *two thumbs up*

75. Carly
    January 30th, 2008 at 9:33 pm [Reply]

    Yay first COTW shout out!

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