Something for everyone
Mother Goose and Grimm, 4/27/05
So many objectionable items in this strip: cannibalism, vomiting, racial stereotyping, the inappropriate use of quotation marks. Yet I can’t bring myself to object to it. Why? Because far from loving Ray Romano, I in fact hate him with the passion of ten thousand suns. You hear me, CBS? Hate! Now, I’m not saying that I’d like to see this Emmy-award-winning comedian captured by Dayaks or Fore tribesmen, cooked alive, and eaten in a ritual meant to bring power and status to the elite members of the clan. I’m just saying that if such a thing were to happen and I read about it in the newspaper, I wouldn’t linger over the tragedy for very long before moving on to the sports pages, if you follow me.
Still, I have a few problems with this strip. For one thing, why is it that our cannibal savages live in a palisaded hut, apparently beyond the reach of modern society (you can tell by the thoroughly 1980s wristbands they’ve adorned themselves with), yet still have access to modern porcelain toilets, and, presumably, municipal plumbing? Secondly, why would Ray Romano be wearing a pith helmet? And glasses? Ray Romano doesn’t … wear … oh, crap! These guys didn’t eat Ray Romano at all, just some random explorer dude named Raymond! OK, all this comic’s redeeming qualities have vanished for me. I hate it now.
Incident
April 27th, 2005 at 10:16 pm
This is the first time I’ve laughed at MG&G in years.
I’m dissapointed it’s not really Ray Romano, though. Damn.
Maxim Gorky
April 27th, 2005 at 10:22 pm
Maybe you should just stear clear of the “more” sophisticated ‘toons, hmm?
Jowdygirl
April 27th, 2005 at 10:30 pm
I agree re: “totally HATE Raymond”
I like his Dad though….and his Brah, the cop
Joe
April 27th, 2005 at 10:37 pm
No…you have it all wrong..Raymond is the dude with his head in the toilet. The other just got done giving him a swirlie, because….well, he’s Raymond.
lemonface
April 27th, 2005 at 10:51 pm
Mim has apparently watched Napoleon Dynamite one too many times. “Heck yes!”
Also, Mary Worth has become far more boring than usual.
That’s it.
Jason
April 27th, 2005 at 11:01 pm
Glad I’m not the only one who thought of Napoleon Dynamite while reading Apt. 3G. More familial bliss, mule! Gosh!
grover96
April 27th, 2005 at 11:05 pm
Do not upset the natives.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20050426/en_movies_eo/16411/nc:790;_ylt=AiawPrE7BztLnldtPjaqmlIwFxkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
Jowdygirl
April 27th, 2005 at 11:15 pm
You gotta understand, since Mim is such an innocent child, waiting to be adopted (along with her li’l bastard red-headed infant), she is not old enough to use CUSS WORDS
thus: “heck”
Jowdygirl
April 27th, 2005 at 11:20 pm
And if we don’t see her bible-thumping hippie van-living pot-smoking Mom soon (not to mention daddy el Chucko)
I will NEVER read this strip again
gg
April 27th, 2005 at 11:39 pm
I think I’m reading a different Apartment 3-G strip. This one had a very rare WIL ARS (as opposed to the much more common WIMRS). Hmm. WIL(bur’s) ARS(e)? Potential crossover to long-ago storyline?
Matt Estes
April 27th, 2005 at 11:57 pm
Only I love Lucy, but everybody loves Raymond!
…sorry, that has nothing to do with anything; I just really enjoy saying it.
PizzaBagel
April 28th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Re today’s Mary Worth: Mama Begler, lamenting the loss of her bread-winning daughter, pours her heart out to the Mistress of Meddling. Looks like it’s back to the salt mines for Not-So-Lovely Rita. I’m guessing that what precious little dough was parked in Fay’s 401(k) after only five years of nursing was tapped to pay for her funeral.
One mo’ thing: In yesterday’s installment, is that a giant raspberry festooned with “Rest In Peace” in panel one? Or is it a cluster of huge strawberries? Either way, it should taste mighty good after a large helping of twelve-bean salad.
TwoClubs
April 28th, 2005 at 5:00 am
Does a competent nurse really make enough money to support oneself AND one’s mother? Or is this 1922? “Mama Begler, you’re old now. I gotta a job. You just set yourself down and I’ll feed ya till yer gone.”
Errr
April 28th, 2005 at 6:27 am
Umm…the quotes are totally appropriate. Consider:
Not everyone loves Raymond.
This is a claim that brings to mind the title of the show.
Not “everyone” loves Raymond.
This is a direct rebuttal to the claim made in the title of the show.
It’s a subtle difference, but MG&G gets it exactly right here. Also, this joke is pretty funny and edgy for a newspaper comic. I see what you mean about the stereotyping, but how else would one get this joke across? Also, it’s not clear what race is being stereotyped here. “Cannibalistic islanders” is not really a race, even if they are brown-skinned.
Dave Lartigue
April 28th, 2005 at 6:46 am
I’m only surprised that Peters didn’t Farside up the strip a bit more by giving the cannibal a name like “Don” or “Steve”.
Lassie
April 28th, 2005 at 6:59 am
Why the modern toilet? Well, why not – how else to convey the joke in its Farside -Imitation Way? (I once read an account of someone visiting a primitive tribe in the Amazon where, instead of bones through their noses, the women proudly sported Bic pens.)
Monkeys Uncle
April 28th, 2005 at 7:49 am
Could this be the same cannibal who ate Michael Rockefeller? Maybe its not that he hates Raymond, maybe he just has a food allergy. Stop eating rich white guys and maybe that stomach problem will clear up you savage.
steve
April 28th, 2005 at 8:25 am
Here’s one possible theory:
1. Peters drew the strip with the wording originally reading ‘… learned that not everybody loves raymond’ – which I find a lot funnier, and which more closely matches the actual title of the show ‘everybody loves raymond’, then…
2. The legal department had him change it to “…learned that not ‘everyONE’ loveD raymond” to avoid lawsuit. The quote marks help the shorter word fit on the line.
What do you think?
Erma Rombauer
April 28th, 2005 at 8:44 am
What is wrong with the cannibal picture?
Give up?
They ate Raymond Raw. Everyone know you have to cook your victim in a big, black, iron pot (those tribes know how to mine, process, smelt, and fabricate metal?) until they are done.
If you eat a human raw, you’ll wind up in a lot worse shape than hurling your “cookies”. You will wind up passed out in front of a pickup truck just waiting for the local doc to come by and call in the chopper.
The Bookman
April 28th, 2005 at 9:00 am
Okay, I’m new to Josh’s site, for about a week now, and I love it. He says much of what I think when I read the comics. So I’ve gone back through archives of comics I feel passionately about one way or another (great search feature on the sidebar, btw) which has been fabulous for my procrastination, but the inside jokes are killing me. Can someone tell me about the mule and zipper thing, and being on the roadside or in front of a pickup truck? What’s that all about?
Is there someone willing to show this cute newbie the way?
Thanks a bunch.
Cynthesizer
April 28th, 2005 at 9:19 am
Bookman – keep searching, Grasshopper. Here are some clues to help you in your quest: FBOFW and Apt. 3-G.
More comics, mule!
Robert Eskridge
April 28th, 2005 at 9:29 am
Mary Worth is the last of the morners to leave? And Mama Begler is nuzzling her hed on Mary’s shoulder? Are we going to get an silver citizen lesbian sympathy f*** sequence here? I hope Mary’s guy friend with the bad hair brought a video camera.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/comics/king.htm?name=Mary_Worth&date=20050428
Skip Tracer
April 28th, 2005 at 9:30 am
I agree on not loving Raymond. I watched the pilot, then dropped it like a feverish pus-encrusted hand holding an old bone.
The plot (such as it is) seems to be Raymond living next door to his meddling parents and strange brother.
Like that broke new comic territory! The interfering mother-in-law that irritates her daughter-in-law was done to death years ago. It’s like ‘Cathy’, but even less funny, and no sweat leaping off people’s faces.
RE: Racism: How else can you show cannibalism? Make them all bearded white men and have a hostess calling, ‘Donner Party? Your server is served!’
C’mon, cartoons have built up icons over the years: Pillows have stupid knobs on the corners. Soap bubbles always reflect a window, even if there’s not one in the room. So it’s not racist, not really.
TJ
April 28th, 2005 at 9:45 am
Changing the subject here – has anyone seen today’s Gil Thorp? What is up with the third panels in this wacky strip lately:
http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/comics/archive/showComic.mpl?date=2005/4/28&name=Gil_Thorp
Is that…I think it is…it can’t be…is that Rap-Dog’s “thingy” hanging out of his pants as he finishes off the double play? I’ve looked at it for five minutes, and I think it is. “Your zipper’s open brah, and you forgot your jock!”
Luban
April 28th, 2005 at 9:57 am
Maybe Brent Rap-Dog was just trying to wear his pants in the “low-rider” style of his hiphop idols. Either that or he doesn’t have the Benjamins to mend his crotchless uniform.
sickboy
April 28th, 2005 at 10:18 am
80s wristbands? I assumed they were the Lance Armstrong ones.
RememberByronFrost
April 28th, 2005 at 10:28 am
I may be the only one looking at his face but he looks about 75. ???
Jes Wondering
April 28th, 2005 at 10:39 am
In looking at today’s FBOFW, we see John and April on the couch.
Is it just me or is John aging backwards while April is aging forward on the fast track?
This really can be especially seen when we see Elly in the last panels. She looks to be Gwampah’s age while John looks more and more like Mike’s age.
Soon John and April will be about the same age and then can run off into the sunset.
Brucker
April 28th, 2005 at 11:41 am
Something occurred to me last night, and I had to search the archives for it. In Josh’s post on January 21st, he complains (to put it lightly) about the snail’s pace of plot development in “Rex Morgan”. It was about this time that I started reading here, and about that same time that I began to get hooked on the strip, waiting to see how the storyline would evolve.
Somebody correct me if I’m wrong, but the January 21st strip was printed just short of 100 days ago, and in that time, just a tad over 24 hours has passed in Rex and June’s world, right?
The truly sick thing is that this represents a time scale of ten minutes of Rex Morgan time for each day of our time (subtracting the eight hours of sleep I’m assuming Rex and June fit in there somewhere), and somehow it doesn’t feel quite that fast.
Karl the Idiot
April 28th, 2005 at 11:46 am
RE: Racism: How else can you show cannibalism? Make them all bearded white men and have a hostess calling, ‘Donner Party? Your server is served!’
Oh, it’s racist. His conclusions have been bullied around by people who don’t quite understand them, but W. Arens, The Man-Eating Myth: Anthropology and Anthropophagy (New York: Oxford UP, 1979) so far as I know still stands: anthropologists have tended to accept far weaker proof for cannibalism than they have for other cultural practices because, well, for whatever reason, they want to believe, in the absence of any evidence (and certainly no eyewitness evidence), that someplace there’s a culturally mandated cannibalism someplace: there isn’t.
Skip Tracer
April 28th, 2005 at 12:23 pm
I remember an Anthropology class I took many years ago. The professor explained that a tribe of people would tell the anthropologists or explorers that the people over the mountain or across the river were cannibals. This wasn’t racism, but perhaps anthropocentrism, the people over the mountain or across the river were probably telling other explorers the same thing.
It shows up in European folklore tales, the people in other villages had silly customs, weren’t as smart as us, etc.
“and may I take this opportunity of emphasizing that there is no cannibalism in the British Navy. Absolutely none, and when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount, more than we are prepared to admit.”
~~Vice Admiral Sir John Cunningham
bryce
April 28th, 2005 at 12:30 pm
Off topic from the usual strips discussed here, but today’s One Big Happy totally rips off its punchline (”stay-in-bed mom”) from Arrested Development.
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April 28th, 2005 at 12:38 pm
I just wanna say – I bein’ frank and honest here – that you guys that write to the curmud-, the corrmung-, the courmad- . . . the comics guy are the best folks I ever met. Ever’ time I think of somethin to say, some one of you said it first and said it best.
I lobe you guyus.
And I lobe Mother Goose and Grim, ’speshelly Grim.
I’d like to see a Grim book, no Goose at all, about HIM takin’ a trip like that little guy in Wiley. Now, Grim’d show that pup some stuff, eh?
Go Grim.
Hey, coor-, cour-, ceor- Ah, hell. Hey, comics guy, got any Grimm shirts? You know, parody’s always fair game. (huh huh).
gg
April 28th, 2005 at 12:58 pm
Stupid Internet. NOW it shows the “heckyes” comic. The next one over is the WIL ARS one.
zot
April 28th, 2005 at 1:09 pm
Actually, there are well documented instances of socially accepted cannibalism. Some groups in New Guinea ate parts of their respected dead in order to endow themselves with some of the qualities of the deceased, while the Yomomas of the Amazon often ate parts of enemy warriors to attain the their virtue of bravery in battle. The Maya, Mouche and the Aztecs practised ritual cannibalism as a way of supplementing a protein- poor diet, as well as disposing of all those sacrificed bodies. The first Law of the Sea, recognized for centuries by western maritime courts, says it’s no crime for those stranded at sea following a shipwreck to eat their dead comrades in order to survive.
Why do I know all this stuff? And why am I not working but being a prissy know it all?
PizzaBagel
April 28th, 2005 at 1:11 pm
We have long observed here that Gwampa in FBorFW has a scrotum chin. Can we now also agree that John has a butt chin? (See panel one of today’s effort, and panel four of 4/27.) And – as I commented several days ago – there are a lot of “Muppet-y” faces in today’s strip, especially April in panels one and three, and Elly in panel four. (What a schnozz!)
DCBirdblaster
April 28th, 2005 at 1:37 pm
OK, I must be wierd. I saw this strip in an entirely different way. The guy with his head in the toilet is Raymond. He isn’t vomiting, he’s drinking from the toilet. The others suddenly don’t like him because he has some socially unacceptable habits.
The joke lies in the fact that the social majority finds it accecptable to engage in canabalizm around a dining table, but still unacceptable drinking out of the toilet.
“What are you talking about? I’m the smartest one here! Jeeesse!”
Luban
April 28th, 2005 at 2:41 pm
Upon further inspection, I believe this is the look that Brent Rap-Dog was going for:
http://www.soul2k.com/iso_album/cameo20.jpg
RememberByronFrost
April 28th, 2005 at 3:08 pm
Hahhhhhhhhhaaa — good one Luban !
Back to Mary Worth: I think Fay Begler drove her car off a cliff (Thelma & Louise style), facing the gloomy prospect of supporting her lazy-ass mother at the expense of having a LIFE. The wizened old hag could’ve at least worked ’til she reached Social Security age.
More wizened old moochers, Mule!
Other_Sally
April 28th, 2005 at 3:16 pm
Re: MW–
it’s not that ole Mary is the last to leave (though you bet she’s staying till they pry her cold, old body from the cold, dead corpse), it’s that all the others got away from her faux sympathy as soon as they could.
Plus, she had that “friend” she has at the funeral home “escort” them out–how else would she get so much meddling time with Mrs. Begler? If Mary weren’t the only person in the room, she might go talk to, y’know, a friend or family member, or something.
Re: racism–nah, it’s not racist. Those cannibals don’t even have a race; they’re myth-iconic cannibals that have nothing to do with any real people. Kinda like the Vikings in Hagar the Horrible have nothing to do with real vikings, or the Mexicans in Judge Parker have nothing to do with real Mexicans.
daChipster
April 28th, 2005 at 3:30 pm
RememberByronFrost I think you may be on to something here, but it wasn’t JUST her mom that (ahem) “drove” her to suicide.
You see, Fay could escape the mama who wanted to be her best friend, too – one of the most uncomfortable relationships possible – by immersing herself in her work.
At the hospital she was helping people, making a difference, receiving professional recognition from her peers – all while spending time far away from the old lady who wants to be your BEST FRIEND. I swear, sometimes work is the only thing that can keep you sane in that situation.
And then, one day, a new volunteer started working at the hospital…
Joe D.
April 28th, 2005 at 3:36 pm
Here’s how I read MG&G today:
Four white (albeit quite tanned) dudes living in an apartment in Washington D.C. are sitting around eating dinner while watching CBS. They aren’t cannibals, just murderers who like to leave bones strewn about. Also, they just got back from the Washington Redskins game earlier in the afternoon (note the red and yellow being integrated into their costumes). Soon, Everybody Loves Raymond comes on the telly, which promps one of the men to spew violently into the toilet.
This comic, therefore, is not racist. These are just white characters dressed as common false stereotypes. The characters are racist; the comic strip isn’t.
Also, upon closer inspection, the quotation mark use actually is appropriate because despite the fact that the meal is making its second trip around the track, the man cannot tear his gaze from the screen; in fact, he is more into the show than any of his buddies. The quotations around everyone indicate use of irony, making it more like not everyone. Then the sentence reads with a double negative, and with each negative negating the other negative, it turns out that everyone indeed loves Raymond.
It was probably just too many frosty treats at the Redskins game that caused all of this. And this teaches us a valuable lesson: if you’re going to drink too much, make sure you have a toilet in your kitchen.
Sassy_Rocks
April 28th, 2005 at 4:01 pm
That’s an interesting take, J.D. Could it be that Joe Gibbs gave them indigestion? I know he’s won 3 superbowls but maybe he wasn’t cooked properly.
Monkeys Uncle
April 28th, 2005 at 5:44 pm
The more I look at this strip the more I focus on the sick cannibals expression. He really doesnt look sick as much he looks shocked and terrified. The sick cannibal has just looked up to see the real Raymond standing in front of him holding a poloroid of the cannibals own father wearing glasses and a pith helmet. Some might mistake this for a lame formula strip about a lame formula show, but I’m telling you Mike Peters is an evil genuis.
Islamorada Girl
April 28th, 2005 at 6:12 pm
I think these guys are Skins fans who just saw Dan Snyder. Spotting Snyder or Art Modell would make almost anyone nauseated.
Frank Drackman
April 28th, 2005 at 6:54 pm
This is Off-topic for today, but does anyone remember WHEN Grandpa on Family Circus died, and WHAT the cause of death was? I used to read FC like I looked at car wrecks or autopsy photos, then at some point noticed that grandpa had been transformed into a Ghost.
Zanzibar
April 28th, 2005 at 7:07 pm
I really doubt that Grandpa died within the span of the strip. If he did, what probably happened is that he appeared a few times in the earliest 1960s strips, Keane decided it would be interesting to show his heartwarming view of death (or the real Grandpa died), and so he had Grandpa abruptly reappear in Heaven.
JustSayNuke
April 28th, 2005 at 7:54 pm
This is COMPLETELY off topic, but appropos to US citizens with Dubya on live TV right now….. does ANYTHING irritate you any more than his mispronunciation of ‘nuclear’ as NOOCULER?
I hate that (not necessarily Dubya,) more than Josh hates Ray Barrone!
Islamorada Girl
April 28th, 2005 at 8:08 pm
Speaking of Bush,if we must, do you think today’s MG&G is really the interior of Skull and Bones at Yale?
Frank Drackman
April 28th, 2005 at 8:22 pm
Jimmy Carter pronounced it the same way.
J. Po
April 28th, 2005 at 9:15 pm
What about Dubya DOESN’T irritate any educated, thinking person of any faith (i.e. one whose basic tenets include love of justice, mercy, humility, tolerance, etc.)?
Sorry, I’ll get back to Rex Morgan soon.
Grim Reaper
April 28th, 2005 at 9:35 pm
The grandpa in FC was murdered by Gwampah from FBOFW when Gwampah found grandpa fooling around with his first wife.
The moral of the story is, never fool around with some gal whose husband was a trained killer in the war.
Jordon
April 28th, 2005 at 9:38 pm
Jimmy Carter was personally chosen by Admiral Hyman Rickover to take part in the nuclear submarine program, and completed graduate work in reactor technology and nuclear physics. I am pretty sure he did not pronounce it “nukular.”
Honey
April 28th, 2005 at 11:00 pm
Damn, that’s the first time I’ve laughed at that strip in about ten years, and you go and ruin it for me..
Luban
April 29th, 2005 at 12:43 am
According to the linguist Geoff Nunberg, Carter said it more like “newkeeuh”. But Eisenhower was the first president to say “nucular”, anyway.
http://www-csli.stanford.edu/~nunberg/nucular.html
On-topic: I’ve become perversely fascinated by the pop-culture time-warp that is Gil Thorp… Those whitebread gals are straight from the ’50s, yet they’re reading IM’s from a flat-screen monitor and blastin’ the hiphop from the hi-fi… I just hope Brent Rap-Dog comes by tomorrow and shows these girls how to get crunk.
Nate Birch
April 29th, 2005 at 4:39 am
At the risk of being unpopular…I like Raymond.
Mibbitmaker
April 29th, 2005 at 5:57 am
Actually, there’s a TV screen at the bottom of the “toilet”, which is actually a novelty TV set. The one cannibal is watching “Everybody Loves Raymond”, while the others don’t, because, well, not Everybody loves Raymond, just that one guy.
More likely, though, the real caption to the picture is, “I’ve made a huge mistake”. Why should “One Big Happy” have all the fun? (see #32)
Skip Tracer
April 29th, 2005 at 8:03 am
RE: nukular:
I used to work at a nu-cle-ar power plant, we hung a sign on the gate:
“No One Who Says “Nukular” Allowed Past This Fence”
Skip Tracer
April 29th, 2005 at 8:16 am
I think the couple in FBOFW will get a divorce. She’s angry he wanted to buy a sports car or something, totally ignoring the fact of her car wearing out.
A poor husband – can’t get over his second childhood long enough to wake up and smell the exhaust fumes.
And a poor wife – rather than tell him ‘John, we need to replace my car, rather than squandering OUR money on YOUR second impractical car’, she uses the lolita-daughter to relay the message.
Add in the butt-scratching, scrotum chins, muppet noses, rampant hormones of the younger set, and bags under the eyes of the older characters, and you can see that it’s time to pull the plug on this strip.
Grrrrrr
April 29th, 2005 at 8:41 am
At the risk of being unpopular…I like Raymond.
No, no, no, no, NOOOOO!!!
You HAVE to LOVE Raymond.
It is
EVERYBODY
loves raymond. By just liking him, you are screwing up the curve.
Battlefield Streaker
April 29th, 2005 at 8:45 am
“Vomiting Cannibals” would be a good name for a band.
RememberByronFrost
April 29th, 2005 at 9:11 am
Sure would!
In today’s Meddling Mary strip, note Jeff’s chic chapeau. I’ve heard of people getting drunk and wearing lampshades, but never the entire wall outlet.
Yeh right Rita, “two peas in a pod” my ass, you freeloading old hag!
http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/comics/archive/showComick.mpl?date=20050429&name=Mary_Worth
Battlefield Streaker
April 29th, 2005 at 9:22 am
Re: “chic chapeau” and “freeloading old hag” – Outstanding! That’s the second time this week I’ve almost had coffee come out my nose – I’ve gotta stop reading these at work!
RememberByronFrost
April 29th, 2005 at 9:27 am
Thanks Streaker (me too.)
More Chic Chapeaus, Mule!
J.Po
April 29th, 2005 at 9:34 am
No wonder Rita Begler lived with her daughter…clearly, all of her friends have already left the service, leaving her to pour out her misery to an anonymous, black-garbed, casserole-totin’, meddling old crone…and her wall sconce-wearing companion who has THE EXACT SAME FACIAL EXPRESSION. What, did the artist just switch out the clothes and hair?
And what is Rita serving in the flashback? Looks like she emptied out a can of dog food, sliced it in half lengthwise, and plopped it on a plate with a strange white garnish. No wonder Fay swerved to avoid hitting the stray dog — she needed him for the leftovers!
Sassy_Rocks
April 29th, 2005 at 10:21 am
I see Fay wore the same standard issue Peoples Liberation Red Nurse Brigade uniform that nurses wear in 3G. She and Mom must be Ivory girls because they looked like twins. Why does Rita spill her guts so readily to a volunteer meddling biddy hag from the hospital and her Bumboat reject when she just met them?
J.Po
April 29th, 2005 at 10:29 am
Upon further review, it appears that the artist did, indeed, also give the Queen of Heavy Meddle some lip gloss. My bad.
RememberByronFrost
April 29th, 2005 at 11:10 am
“Queen of Heavy Meddle” is classic!
Good one J.Po!!!
Irina
April 29th, 2005 at 11:16 am
Wow. Lots of comments.
First, MG&G. Don’t forget, Martians are cannibals, too. Stranger in a Strange Land, anyone? RH Heinlein almost made the practice seem noble and poetic.
Mary Worth. Anyone else notice that Mrs. Begler has the exact same forlorn visage as Anna when she thought she was was a misleading, barren liar? And they both can spurt whole passages of Dickenson and Bronte from memory!!
I sense a plot crossover soon … Rita Begler is Anna’s *real* mom, and soon not only will Mrs. Begler have another daughter to dote on her, but also a grandchild from whom to suck social security payments well into her 80s.
GWB on nucular: What rattled me just as much was his repeated prononciation of his buddy from Moscow, VLAD-mur. At least the prez has mangled nucular often enough to desensitize me to it.
gg
April 29th, 2005 at 11:18 am
Is it just me, or does Mary appear to be smiling slightly at Rita’s pain?
And “two peas in a pod” means you look alike, not that you’re happy together. Also, note the exclamation points in Rita’s comments–”We were happy together!” It’s so preemptively defensive. “No, really! We were! Cross my heart!”
gg
April 29th, 2005 at 11:19 am
er, “living together,” that is. Not “We were happy together!” That has a bit of a different connotation.
Donald Trump
April 29th, 2005 at 11:23 am
Poor June.
The lame receptionist comes in and announces that Rex called and he is coming in on the
Air Evac Helicopter!!!!!
June’s mind is racing, is it Rex in trouble? Is it Abbie?? Is it poor little, neglected Sara????? No mention that he is bringing in Pus Boy.
I thinks she should be fired.
Jowdygirl
April 29th, 2005 at 11:29 am
What kinda god-forsaken town do Rex and June live in, where there’s only one University and one Hospital?
Jowdygirl
April 29th, 2005 at 11:36 am
And Mary, Queen of Heavy Meddle (kudos to J.Po) has hit the jackpot with Moocher Mom Rita. With NO prodding, Mary’s getting more info. than even SHE dreamed of! (and possibly even more than she wanted?)
Lassie
April 29th, 2005 at 11:39 am
I’m just relieved that it’s been established that the cannibals in Mother Goose & Grimm are just generic cartoon strip cannibals and not REAL cannibals. Between that and the group bitching about Pirates of the Caribbean defaming them – well, the all important cannibal demographic has little to fear. As far as defaming goes.
J.Po
April 29th, 2005 at 11:50 am
You don’t suppose that when the AIR EVAC HELICOPTER!!! arrives at The One Hospital In Town, it will be greeted by volunteer Mary Worth, do you? “My deepest condolences on the struggle that precluded your homo-coital liaison with Rex and resulted in your arrival here. I’m glad we’ll have plenty of time now to talk about your SEPTICEMIA!!!”
(I so need to figure out how to get boldface in my comments.)
RememberByronFrost
April 29th, 2005 at 12:01 pm
J.Po, you can do a search for HTML programming and it gives you the tools to modify fonts. Some don’t work here though.
Basically you use the keys <_> to begin it and < +slash_>” to end it, placing a b at the underscore for bold.
Use the symbol “/” where it says +slash
RememberByronFrost
April 29th, 2005 at 12:03 pm
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RememberByronFrost
April 29th, 2005 at 12:04 pm
ARRRRGGGGG the CAP keys for comma and period.
Dub Not Dubya
April 29th, 2005 at 12:11 pm
I think the next thing we will find out in Mary Worth is that poor Fay Begler had NO LIFE INSURANCE! Quick, someone call the Morgans!
J.Po
April 29th, 2005 at 12:11 pm
Don’t you mean ARRRRGGGGG ?
Thanx, RBF…didn’t feel much like working today, anyway…besides, I’m looking outside overhead for the AIR EVAC HELICOPTER!!!
Saint Chree
April 29th, 2005 at 12:14 pm
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/shadax665/Hi_and_Lois.gif
In the comic upset of the century, it turns out Hi and Lois are embittered liberals from “the old days”
This honestly blows my fragile little young-liberal mind. Hi and Lois is quite possibly the least commital strip on the chron’s virtual comics page. you take the 1-5 seconds to read it, then move on to whatever lies beneath. Under no circumstances should you laugh, or, god forbid, spend the next hour of your life pondering what this means and how Mallard Fillmore is going to react now that he knows his neighbors are ONE of them.
Also, living in west texas, I am afraid of the letters to the editor this will inspire.
Harry Worthless
April 29th, 2005 at 12:18 pm
I’m glad we’ll have plenty of time now to talk about your SEPTICEMIA!!!
What?!?!?!?
You have no Health Insurance???
You better go over to the health clinic at Only U and wait in line. Have a nice day.
RememberByronFrost
April 29th, 2005 at 12:35 pm
Way to go J.Po!!
RememberByronFrost
April 29th, 2005 at 12:45 pm
Not to worry Saint Chree (long time no see)… Hi and Lois are so clueless they probably think “liberal” means voting for a Democratic mayor ONCE in your 20’s.
Isaac B2
April 29th, 2005 at 12:55 pm
Way too harsh, man. Chill.
Rush Dimbulb
April 29th, 2005 at 1:22 pm
You vote for any Democrat, for any political office (even dog catcher), just once makes you a liberal wienie.
Islamorada Girl
April 29th, 2005 at 1:36 pm
Wow! RBF, J.Po,Dub, JowdyG (and a shout out to the sainted St. Chree!) you guys said everything there is to say. Spewed water all over the screen. I dwell among genius here in cyberville. I am truly humbled.
So, all I can add is wait, my dear friends, til you see Saturday’s MW and RMMD if you thought today
was outstanding.
Brucker
April 29th, 2005 at 2:01 pm
Hmm, another look at the MG&G strip and I notice something I don’t think others have pointed out yet. Although these cannibals have the technology for modern flush toilets, a short examination will reveal that they have not yet adopted the more basic convenience of table legs.
Or perhaps rather than a table, the cannibals are eating off of a plank that the guy on the left is apparently sitting on in all violation of proper perspective. (After all, it’s tucked under his grass skirt for some reason.)
Frank Drackman
April 29th, 2005 at 3:26 pm
28 Oct 1980, Carter-Reagan presidential debate. Carter said his daughter Amy’s biggest concern was NUCULER warfare and the spread of NUCULER weaponry. He was also portrayed on Saturday night live pronouncing it that way so I’m pretty sure its true.
daChipster
April 29th, 2005 at 4:04 pm
So what we’re saying is:
If yew kin say “new” and yew kin say “clear” but anything atomic comes outta yew as “nuke-ular”
yew jus’ maht be a redneck?
Other_Sally
April 29th, 2005 at 4:30 pm
This ain’t funny in any way, but I’m just wondering why people are making all the hoopla about Fay supporting her mother. In my culture, it’s the norm that your parents support you when you’re young, and then you repay the favor. So, for instance, my parents paid for my full college education plus expenses, and they’ll support me till I get established, and in return, I fully expect that I’ll have to support them during retirement, etc.
On a different note, today’s Garfield was particularly impressive in its insipidness.
Hysterical Woman
April 29th, 2005 at 5:35 pm
Hi and Lois, Conservative style: But the dang LIBERALS had to ruin it by being…um…liberal.
JohnnyC
April 29th, 2005 at 5:53 pm
What the heck kind of tubular thing was Ma Begler serving Fay for dinner?
Was it Alpo straight from the can? (Fay was an animal lover)
Was it roadkill in aspic?(what irony)
Was it a roasted bologna (tubesteak)?
Whatever it was, it sure looks disgusting!
Hannah Adler
April 29th, 2005 at 6:57 pm
How sick is MW’s storyline? Mom and presumably youngish daughter isolating themselves from the outside world, living on what looks like pate de fois gras, in a grim old house out of an Igmar Bergman film,
not having any friends, activities or even church? Setup for a folie a deux! And Rita’s not grieving the loss of a beloved child, like a normal parent, oh, no! She’s whining about losing her meal ticket/slave. Classic DSM V
presentation of a dependent personality disorder with borderline narcissism! Rita has isolated herself and her poor daughter so much that she has no friends or relations and has to cling to perfect strangers. Meddlin’ Mary may have gotten herself in waaaay over her head here. Watch out, Mary, you’ll be supporting Fay soon!
If all Fay had was grueling 12 hour shifts at the hospital, then home to the claustrophia of clingy, user mama, she probably saw suicide by car as her only way out.
Hannah Adler
April 29th, 2005 at 6:59 pm
I mean the Queen of Heavy Meddle will be taking care of Ole Miz Rita. Sorry.
TwoClubs
April 29th, 2005 at 7:49 pm
quote from Hannah Adler (re: Mary Worth): “And Rita’s not grieving the loss of a beloved child, like a normal parent, oh, no! She’s whining about losing her meal ticket/slave. Classic DSM V
presentation of a dependent personality disorder with borderline narcissism!”
OMG, you had me literally (figuratively) laughing my A off.!!!
Mim
April 29th, 2005 at 8:21 pm
you got it,, poor Fay had nothing to live for.. period!
and whoever said we live to repay our parents,, NOT,, we didn’t choose to be born , we don’t OWE them, whatever we give them is just out of love, not debt
Mim's VanDwellinPotSmokerMom
April 29th, 2005 at 8:29 pm
Mim and the Vomiting Cannibals = good rock group name
Mim's VanDwellinPotSmokerMom
April 29th, 2005 at 8:45 pm
So proud of Lil’Mim being adopted by doctors,, TG she won’t need HEALTH INSURANCE, which I’ve never had, ya know, living in a van an tokin’
Other_Sally
April 29th, 2005 at 10:59 pm
I didn’t say we live to repay our parents, I said in my culture your parents support you when you’re young (which they aren’t obligated to do either–by “young,” I mean, when you’re a young adult past 18), and you in turn support them when they become older.
PizzaBagel
April 30th, 2005 at 1:51 am
Wary Mirth getting in way over her head with Mama Begler? No weh! She’ll move in with needy Rita and smother her with sisterly attention (including plenty of dog food foie gras – yum!) until Begler the Elder cries “uncle” and takes a drive into a tree to join her daughter Fay in Roadkill Heaven.
BTW: I’m not related to the Beglers; I’m one of the Bagel clan, of Metro NY, thank you.
johncomic
April 30th, 2005 at 7:55 am
I live in a city with one university and one hospital. Population 100,000. (There used to be two hospitals till the provincial government gutted health funding and they couldn’t afford to keep both running, but whatever.)
A neighbouring city, about the same size as us, doesn’t have any university. This all strikes me as quite normal cuz it’s the sort of milieu I grew up in.
What do you know about universities and hospitals that I don’t? Is my city in danger of losing its urban accreditation or something?!
Islamorada Girl
April 30th, 2005 at 7:57 am
It’s the third act in 3G and van dwellin’, Bible bangin’, pistol-packin’ Momma hasn’t showed up. Drat! My money is still on naming the baby Margo, though.
Maybe that’s Chuck Rita has been serving up to her capitive daughter. It would no doubt, be Chuck roast, and explain baby daddy’s absence from the scene. Love the cannibalism thread. It goes with everything.
First Amendment Sister
April 30th, 2005 at 8:10 am
Great title for a country song: “That Van-Dwellin’, Bible Bangin’, Gun Totin’ Momma of Mine”.
J. Po
April 30th, 2005 at 9:28 am
Man, Islamorada, you teased us yesterday with the hint of an exciting development in RMMD…unfortunately, the story line continues plodding along at its glacial pace, even with the introduction of the AIR-EVAC HELICOPTER, which one would think would convey a sense of urgency to the strip.
Love today’s art, though…looks like the surprise lines emanating from June’s head fill the entire room!
What’s next? A two-week discussion about how Pus-Boy’s hospital stay will be paid for, while he slowly dies in ER, because he has NO HEALTH INSURANCE?!?!?!
Isamorada Girl
April 30th, 2005 at 10:28 am
J.Po–Wise one you are, you caught the holy eminations sprouting from St. June’s of Morgan’s head in Sat’s RMMD. Now, check out the dramatic anguish on Pus Boy’s oxygen- masked face as he’s medivaced up and away and tell me that’s not entertainment on the level of grand opera, or at least soap opera.
I’m sort of hoping they triage him in last at the hospital because he doesn’t have, well, we
all know what he doesn’t have.
I think Mary Worth shrieks for itself.
Peaches
April 30th, 2005 at 10:32 am
Of course, the Beglers are eating dog food!
What else could they afford on the pathetic pittance that is a nurse’s salary?
Meanwhile, Dr. Jeff feasts on lobster down at the Bumboat.
Monkeys Uncle
April 30th, 2005 at 11:16 am
Next up on RMMD:
During triage we discover Buck’s ‘big’ secret. You think June’s eyes are wide today, wait until some nurse cuts away his pus encrusted clothing. “His name is Buck and that rhymes with $%#@ cause he likes to $*&#”! Let the tent pitching begin!
Incident
April 30th, 2005 at 11:35 am
Thoughts on Today’s Rex Morgan:
It’s good to see June’s spider-sense is finally kicking in.
In times of crisis, Nurse Blonde will hold the files close to her breast, as if protecting her young. Patients may be dying left and right, but by God, somebody has to keep Mary Worth away.
So do you think Rex has, y’know, looked? Of course he has.
Luban
April 30th, 2005 at 11:51 am
Hey, aren’t cell phones usually not allowed in hospitals? Or do the rules not apply to the mighty Dr. Rex, who can summon an AIR-EVAC HELICOPTER at a moment’s notice for a man with NO HEALTH INSURANCE?
Christina
April 30th, 2005 at 12:26 pm
(Damn, you have all sucked me in with your hilarious daily commentary, and now I’m popping out of lurkdom!)
I can’t believe no one has commented yet on today’s Gil Thorpe–the strip goes meta! Will Gil be so upset by the hair-bashing that he’ll show up for work with a new hairstyle?? Heh.
If there was any remaining doubt that poor Fay Begler committed suicide, today’s Mary Worth removes it.
Kip W
April 30th, 2005 at 2:24 pm
About 1981 or ‘82, I picked up a National Lampoon at a drug store that had a cartoon of a chain-link fence with a sign “No one who says ‘nucular’ permitted beyond this point.” I’m glad to hear that someone did this in real life. Improves the world, in my opinion.
The same issue had a memorable cartoon of a picnicking couple with the line, “Harry, throw your Twinkie wrapper in the trash; there’s an Indian crying over there.” (Punch line mangled in recollection: so much for memorable.)
Ah, Gil Thorpe, the cult hit of Houston. I wasn’t much surprised the other day to see that Thorpe is the product of a huge Bush-booster. Maybe he can straighten out the nation’s problems like he straightens out all those kids. Except that leaves the problem of where all the new kids with problems are coming from.
J. Po
April 30th, 2005 at 2:57 pm
I know Rita Begler’s in dire straits, but saying “And now I’m all alone!” to Meddlin’ Mary — like throwing meat to the lions…
Islamorada Girl
April 30th, 2005 at 3:22 pm
Mary Worth Theater,
WalMart School of Acting
“Rita Gets a Life”
Act One, Scene Three
RITA BEGLEY:”Aaaaaand nooooow, Iiiiiii’mmmmmmm allllll
ALLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNEEEEEEE!”
(pitches self hysterically in MARY’S arms.)
Warning: this stunt is done by professionals. Do not try this at home.
J.Po
April 30th, 2005 at 3:54 pm
Thanks for the warning, IslaGirl. The more I read MW…which I was blissfully unaware of until I stumbled into this crowd!…the more I think Fay indeed commmitted suicide. Mom waiting at home…Queen of Heavy Meddle waiting at the hospital…AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
TwoClubs
April 30th, 2005 at 4:21 pm
Suicide? Maybe… But I’d like to advance another theory. The theory that Rita “Gein” Begler poisoned her daughter and carved up the body, making lampshades and other household products. There is too much evidence that she is outright mad. First, their home looks to be in a remote wooded area; the curtains are kept drawn, even during the day; the living room walls are painted black; when the nurse/daughter gets home, Mama Begler has the Spam Fricasee all cooked and garnished with a flower–you can just tell she can’t wait to feed her the poisoned swill. And there’s no sign of vegetables for dinner.
All this, plus the overacting.
TwoClubs
April 30th, 2005 at 4:37 pm
Oh, and I forgot the motive—it’s the nurse’s pension, of course!
Nik
April 30th, 2005 at 6:33 pm
How well I remember the pre-marriage “Hi and Lois,” when the strip was called “Hippie Hi and Free-Lovin’ Lois.” It ran into syndicate issues with the daisy-chain sequence and was toned down into the mellow establishment strip we see before us today. There was a revolution, man, and we lost, we lost big.
Jed
April 30th, 2005 at 6:55 pm
Is it just me, or is there something unbelievably creepy about the first two panels of today’s Garfield: http://www.garfield.com/comics/comics_archives_strip.html?2005-ga050430
I guess the frustrations of perpetual bachelorhood finally got to Jon’s head.
Mister Miracle
April 30th, 2005 at 8:06 pm
I’m bringing Buck in on the Air Evac Helicopter and he is nearly dead from a severe beating. It looks like someone beat him with a bat
or a club
or a (dum de dum dum)
FENCE POST
Jowdygirl
April 30th, 2005 at 8:19 pm
no, “someone TRIED to beat him to DEATH”, duh…
so much for work ethic of today’s youth, JOWDY!
You want somethin’ done right, do it your dammmmmmself
Peaches
April 30th, 2005 at 8:23 pm
Tonight on America’s Most Wanted:
This toothless maniac almost bludgeoned a pus- infected grad student to death with a fence post! The hunt for Fence Post Frank starts now, and YOU can bring him to justice, right after Cops!
Jowdygirl
April 30th, 2005 at 8:26 pm
No, even FPF would’ve finished the job – whoever “tried” didn’t try hard enough, bet it was June…. this is the only way she can get some attention from ‘loving’ hubby (aka closet homo)
Jowdygirl
April 30th, 2005 at 8:30 pm
or,,, could be little neglected daughter Sarah? she was not quite strong enough to finish the job, but again, the only way she could garner attention from EITHER of her parents
Mr. Lonely
April 30th, 2005 at 9:15 pm
or could it have been
BUCK?
I have heard or beating yourself off, but. . .
Eric Severe Cross Poster
April 30th, 2005 at 9:26 pm
or or or, maybe it was Margo. Yeah, that’s it. She was following a dog with a $78K collar when she came across Pus Boy’s campsite. PB had the dog in his lap and told Mim to go take a hike and go check up on Mim. Margo grabbed a fence post that was lying on the ground nearby and gave PB a knock upside his head. She then grabbed the dog, took the collar, and set out for the hospital.
Mary Worth heard the commotion in her backyard, but had a funeral to attend to that day. She is going to pry into things as soon as she gets home.
Jowdygirl
April 30th, 2005 at 9:46 pm
Excellent! don’t forget to pass the 3-noodle tuna casserole Mule!
RayRamano
April 30th, 2005 at 10:00 pm
hey dudes and dudettes, don’t ‘preciate you AWWWWLLLL downing me, just cuz I can’t proNAAUUAWWS
words, I’m rich tho, and everybody loves me! in yur face
Peaches
April 30th, 2005 at 10:17 pm
Hey, Ray! Is that why “Welcome to Mooseport” tanked?
Islamorada Girl
April 30th, 2005 at 10:22 pm
But before Mary can get to Margo, MOMZILLA ATTACKS and destroys Santa Royale!
Please pass the broccoli chicken casserole. .
Luban
April 30th, 2005 at 11:17 pm
Re my accusing Dr. Rex of using a cell phone in a hospital room — my bad, I didn’t realize that they were still in the AIR-EVAC HELICOPTER. But here’s a new question: since when can you bring a dog on an AIR-EVAC HELICOPTER, even a heroic one like Abbey? What if she freaks out and mauls Buck even further?
PizzaBagel
May 1st, 2005 at 1:16 am
Today’s Mary Worth: Mama Begler confides to the Mistress of Meddling that as easy as it was to converse with the dearly departed Fay, it was just as easy to sit in silence with her, too. Picture that mother/daughter staring match over the last piece of dog food fricassee! Then, the capper. In the last panel, REETAH (formerly a meter maid?) utters the words that will alter her very existence – and not in a positive way. To MW: “I feel very comfortable talking to you.” Uh-oh! [Cue schlocky organ music] And so begins the latest chapter of Wary Mirth’s life: Geriatric adopted daughter-cum-hospital volunteer par excellence
Islamorada Girl
May 1st, 2005 at 5:14 am
Ah, those long, long silences, broken only by the ticking of the clock and the seething resentment.
But Mary’s already started her meddling magic on Momzilla! Clearly, she’s taken the lovely Rita into the ladies’ room, where she’s colored her hair and changed her from a mourning mauve into a cherry cranberry red dress.
Meanwhile, Jeff pines for that double scotch, and Fay’s still lying there, dead as a doornail.
Laura
May 1st, 2005 at 6:19 am
If Rita feels comfortable sitting in silence with her deceased daughter, why doesn’t she just take her to a taxidermist and have her mounted on the wall in her living room?
Zanzibar
May 1st, 2005 at 7:43 am
Has anyone seen today’s Beetle Bailey and Family Circus? Either one of these deserves to be on the main page. Here are the links:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/newcanaan/Beetle_Bailey51.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/newcanaan/Family_Circus51.jpg
Beetle Bailey is essentially inexplicable (particularly the last line), but we see that in the Family Circus, Keane has been continuing his cruelty-to-Jeffy Sunday series–only in this case, the second party doesn’t rush to his aid, but actually laughs at his distress.
TwoClubs
May 1st, 2005 at 8:03 am
Just a quick question about RMMD. Where are all the EMT’s?? It would appear that, besides the pilot, the only people on the hell-evac are Rex, Buck and Abbey.
Firegoat
May 1st, 2005 at 8:16 am
I agree with Zanzibar. Someone explain the panel in Beetle Bailey where he says “‘Mr. Rifle’ Likes to be cleaned after being used, just like any nice person.”
Is Mort Walker having relationship issues? Or am I the only one with a dirty mind?
Islamorada Girl
May 1st, 2005 at 8:19 am
Maybe Super Dog Abbey has her EMT training?
Meanwhile, across town:
Lillianne. Lillianne Howie.
Wow. Just wow.
Firegoat
May 1st, 2005 at 8:20 am
Whoa. What is UP with the comics today? (Sunday) Add Opus and Get Fuzzy to the list of comics that deserve a spot on the main page.
“I am a fan of the sport of you getting spanked”
Never thought I’d read that on the funny pages….
TwoClubs
May 1st, 2005 at 8:22 am
Yes, Firegoat, that one did not get past me either. I learned that long ago–always, ALWAYS have kleenex nearby.
As for Gil Thorp Saturday. The final comment in 3rd panel–Is that a bun or the whole pan? Are they referring the pan as in the utensil wherein the buns are baked? Or are they using the spanish word for bread, implying the thing is the size of a loaf? These intricate twists are just what keep me coming back to Gil Thorp!
TwoClubs
May 1st, 2005 at 8:23 am
and….LILLIANNA?????
J. Po
May 1st, 2005 at 9:15 am
Noooo!!! Rita, for the love of God, RUN TO HIGHER GROUND as fast as you can!!
Take Fay’s corpse with you…she can still be there, “just listening.”
J. Po
May 1st, 2005 at 10:22 am
Duh…Abbey was a RESCUE dog, remember? She’s probably flying the AIR-EVAC HELICOPTER!
BARK BARK BARK!
Luban
May 1st, 2005 at 10:47 am
Folks, it’s not LILLIANNE, and it’s not LILLIANNA — it’s LILIANNA. We owe it to unbearably lovable Mim to get it right.
el st ruby
May 1st, 2005 at 10:53 am
Okay, perhaps I’m the only one that’s been reading Curtis for the past couple of days but…was saturday’s (?) ‘joke’ stolen directly from animal house, or what?
Monkeys Uncle
May 1st, 2005 at 11:12 am
Sunday Serials Shakedown
Apt 3-G:
I think I share everyones feelings when I ask Lilianna? Lilianna?
I was’nt even close…
Mary Worth:
Would someone please just close the damn casket? Show some decency for the love of Mike.
Rex Morgan MD:
“Hows Buck looking Abbey?”
“Bark!, Bark!, Bark!”
“Hmmmm That doesnt sound good.”
“Grrrr!”
Nik
May 1st, 2005 at 11:39 am
Since Josh isn’t here, I’ll pick up his lines — today’s B.C. — seriously, what the FUCK!?!
“Before Christ,” dammit! The TITLE of the strip is BEFORE Christ! Can you imagine a pro-Jewish or Muslim propaganda strip like this getting out there? Next week: the world is flat.
Flasshe
May 1st, 2005 at 12:06 pm
If Rita feels comfortable sitting in silence with her deceased daughter, why doesn’t she just take her to a taxidermist and have her mounted on the wall in her living room?
*Spit take* Bwah ha ha! Good one, Laura.
Hopefully everyone saw today’s educational lecture on turtles in Mark Trail. If the box turtle escapes the wheels of autos and other hazards, it may reach the age of fifty years or more. Run for high ground, plucky little box turtle, where the cars can’t get you! Rescue dog Abbey will pick you up in the Air Evac Helicopter!
Next week in MT: If the Rhino escapes the webs of Spider-Man and other hazards, he may reach the age of fifty years or more.
el st ruby, I too wondered about the Curtis/Animal House thing. Kids these days sure do learn a lot from watching old movies.
Ah, Johnny Hart… so much smarter than that traitor Charles Darwin.
Incident
May 1st, 2005 at 12:19 pm
“But they took their work very SERIOUSLY!” Ah, a clue. Someone with a serious work ethic… Someone who lives and dies by a mission statement… a mission statement like “NO CENTS, NO FENCE!”
Christina
May 1st, 2005 at 2:02 pm
If I ever get beaten to an inch of my life by someone, I’ll be relieved to know that it was someone who took their work very SERIOUSLY!
Look at the Queen of Heavy Meddle’s facial expressions in today’s strip. I think she’s realizing she’s bitten off more than she can chew in offering Momzilla her support. I can’t decide which one of these two deserves each other more…
Firegoat
May 1st, 2005 at 2:42 pm
If I get beaten to an inch of my life by someone I want them to both, (a) take their work seriously, AND (b) then clean me after I’ve been used, as any nice person would like.
Sourbelly
May 1st, 2005 at 3:55 pm
Damn, this is like the Y2K bug, except real! Josh, you need to expand the comment numbering to three digits. Maybe four, to be safe.
just little old me
May 1st, 2005 at 4:42 pm
Hi, it’s me again. I don’t mean to hijack the topic, but once again I need help with Brevity:
http://www.comics.com/comics/brevity/archive/images/brevity2005050209261.jpg
Now, as you can see it’s a nice, big panel, so maybe there’s some detail I missed. Or maybe it’s that seeing a gold-plated diamond and “owner” just isn’t funny in any way imaginable. I mean, who the hell plates a diamond in gold, anyway? Is THAT the joke?
And, oh yes, Berkely Breathed finally went off the deep-end this Sunday (apparently the rape of Disney characters will never cease with him….)
Christina
May 1st, 2005 at 4:56 pm
Yeah, I think the “joke” is that only an idiot would gold-plate a diamond and display it proudly. You gold-plate things that are worth less, you don’t cover something more expensive than gold in gold. And in the case of a diamond, you’re taking away two of the things that determines a diamond’s value–clarity and color. Ha. Ha?
Mystery Meat
May 1st, 2005 at 6:15 pm
You know what I like about Meredith from For Better or For Worse?
Nothing.
I think I can do with a mortatorium on Meredith-heavy Sunday FBOFWs until she goes roadside.
Incident
May 1st, 2005 at 6:19 pm
What the hell is Breathed trying to say? Disney is allied with Al Queda? Disney’s 90’s characters are ruining the classic ones? Disney shouldn’t make movies about foreigners? What?
The Rhino
May 1st, 2005 at 7:39 pm
Is there anywhere to view Opus online? I thought the Washington Post website had it, but now I don’t see it there.
Thanks.
Pookie
May 1st, 2005 at 9:19 pm
I think I figured out the deal with the cannibals in MGAG.That’s an ouija board they’re balancing on their laps. They’re calling up the departed spirit of Fay Begler to see if she can tell them, from the Great Beyond, why anyone would love Raymond.
Bill Peschel
May 1st, 2005 at 10:50 pm
Rhino, try this:
http://www.uclick.com/client/wpc/wpopu/
Basically, Disney characters come out of Opus’ anxiety closet and do anti-social things (”Quick, Jasmine! Grab the tubby infidel! Back to Baghdad!)
PizzaBagel
May 2nd, 2005 at 1:44 pm
Yeah, el st ruby, I caught that one, too. Curtis’s mother returned home today after having met with his teacher. No word yet, but can we assume that she was told that the kid is on double secret probation?
daChipster
May 2nd, 2005 at 10:21 pm
Donner, party of four?
Garth Wallace
May 3rd, 2005 at 5:55 pm
Some groups supposedly ate their slain enemies to gain there powers. Goodness knows what powers you’d gain from eating Ray Ramano.
Also, Bush’s hick-speak affectations are among the least offensive aspects of the man, IMO.
TwoClubs
May 3rd, 2005 at 7:26 pm
“Also, Bush’s hick-speak affectations are among the least offensive aspects of the man, IMO.”
Garth Wallace, you are a man after my own heart.
Ali
May 4th, 2005 at 5:32 pm
No, DCBirdblaster, you’re not wierd. I thought the same thing when I first saw it.
nemoErensenuT
February 9th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
I’d prefer reading in my native language, because my knowledge of your languange is no so well. But it was interesting! Look for some my links:
TheMan370
August 2nd, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Hope everybody has (or had) a nice holiday.