Hair, hair: long, beautiful hair
Dilbert, 10/3/05
This punchline is undeniably funny. However, it just emphasizes a sad and all-too-obvious fact, which is that Scott Adams cannot be bothered to do the kind of detailed drawing work that would really drive home the hirsuteness of the pointy-haired boss’s knuckles. For that kind of loving craftsmanship, we need to turn to Charterstone’s plush leather beanbags:
Even in this low-quality graphic, you can see the layer of lustrous, manly fur that coats Jeff’s forearms. Even his bizarre, gut-and-pelvis extruding posture can’t distract from the fact that Dr. Cory is a charter member of the league of hairy-armed Mary Worth characters. Mary’s libido must be trapped under an ice cap the size of Greenland if she can keep turning away this virile, hairy he-hunk.
Bill Cameron
October 4th, 2005 at 1:03 am
First! I have no life…
Adam-12
October 4th, 2005 at 1:08 am
Second! Neither do I…
Adam-12
October 4th, 2005 at 2:04 am
The best part about working overnight [besides the time-and-a-half] is the chance to comment on the comics first!
A3G: Czar Josh and Czarina Amber, I hope you have some good curmudgeonly attorneys on hand. This is a blatant and obvious rip-off. The perfessor wants Luann and Scott to honeymoon in Greece! What’s next? Does Margo discover that Scott maintains a blog where he comments on newspaper comic strips? Feh. Death to A3G!
Mark Trail: Two words: Ginormous Beaver! …’nuff said…
Judge Parker: It finally dawned on me today. The weird old guy… It’s Ed Wynn with a mustache!
Rex Morgan: Okay, the odd angles are starting to make me sea-sick…as opposed to the dialogue and plotlines, which are just plain making me sick! I like the black & white floor tile, though. Where does Rex practice, Only Memorial Hospital or Only Diner?
Luann: Am I mistaken, or did Toni just express to Brad her love for “Weenie World?” Did anyone else take this conversation as filthy as I did? Or do I just have a foul and dirty mind?
9CL: I officially hate “Abstinence Amos.” Not only does the fair Edda have an unhealthy crush on him, but now some other chick is seemingly flirting with him. Man, classical musicians get all the honeys. [Unfortunately, they don't know what to do with them, apparently.]
Wes Rand
October 4th, 2005 at 2:06 am
Third in the crowd.
And who is that stranger in the shadows that Dr. Cory is leaning up against?
Kaliflower
October 4th, 2005 at 3:03 am
Don’t look now, our good friend Ritalcholic isn’t out of the picture quite yet apparently. Unless this is just a protracted dénouement, there may be new horrors awaiting Rita in that ‘empty upstairs apartment’. Crushing loneliness, perhaps? Sexual Tension? A hidden stash of booze under the floorboards? A distillery?! Or, one can only hope, the rotting corpse of her deceased daughter!
Firegoat
October 4th, 2005 at 5:10 am
or of a deceased republican….
Frank Drackman
October 4th, 2005 at 5:41 am
I wish we could see the rest of the picture of Jeff…I picture some cheap 2$ prostitute fellating him while hes enduring meddlin Marys conversation
Lee
October 4th, 2005 at 6:19 am
I think we have a COTW.
Lee
October 4th, 2005 at 6:21 am
A3-G: OK, why exactly is The Professor offering Luann his house? Judging from the fact that they never say anything in their conversations, they don’t know each other well enough for him to be offering her a drink, let alone a house in Greece.
not really ernie
October 4th, 2005 at 6:27 am
“…the layer of lustrous, manly fur that coats Jeff’s forearms. Even his bizarre, gut-and-pelvis extruding posture…”
That made me throw up in my mouth a little.
mooselet
October 4th, 2005 at 6:47 am
… but the fact that Jeff is also drinking a cup of coffee while receiving what can only be a “oral exam” is what creeped me out. Seriously, is that even possible?
Kaliflower
October 4th, 2005 at 7:11 am
Come on, it’s only a two dollar prostitute. Jeff has to excite himself in some auxiliary fashion during his ‘examination’.
mooselet
October 4th, 2005 at 7:16 am
To add my thoughts to today’s strip offerings:
Mark Trail: not only is that beaver friggin’ huge as Adam-12 pointed out, but I had to double check to make sure it wasn’t speaking. Honestly, can’t Elrod position the balloons a little better?
SpiderMan: speaking of huge, how out of proportion do Peter’s hands look in the first panel? And there is no ambulance in the world that is going to take a perfectly healthy “walkie-talkie” patient to the hospital for tests. Dude, forget the health insurance, ok?
Rex Morgan: honey, can you say “nurse-patient confidentiality”? Of course you can… now run along and take those flesh-coloured earrings out (whoopsie to the colourist) before you lose your license you ninny.
Zits: Got a smile… not to mention the damn original “Power Rangers” theme stuck in my head for a good 20 minutes.
Get Fuzzy: I find it very disturbing that George Washington is considered the father of the American Foxhound. You don’t want to know the kind of images that were going through my mind…. ewwww!
Pooch Cafe: Saving the best for last… that is so my dog, or one of them. At 100 lbs. she’s not very quiet as you can imagine, except when she’s found a way to pry the lid off the dog food bin or steal something from the kitchen counter. Then she’s quiet as a mouse. I can totally picture her doing that! Best comic of the day.
mooselet
October 4th, 2005 at 7:20 am
I dunno Kaliflower… a male friend of mine once said even bad sex is good, so unless that prostitute is dead (which… no, I’m so not going there) I doubt that the coffee is that good that he wouldn’t put it down.
No, Jeff is one of those creepy villians you see in movies that is so detached from reality that even a b.j. is not enough to elict human emotion.
Hysterical Woman
October 4th, 2005 at 7:27 am
Or maybe it’s just really good coffee. Yeah, that’s the stuff.
kenduque
October 4th, 2005 at 7:32 am
” …Scott Adams cannot be bothered to do the kind of detailed drawing work…”
See Washington Post article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/09/AR2005050901066.html
Kaliflower
October 4th, 2005 at 8:20 am
Juan Valdez is going down on Jeff. The coffee is complementary.
MotoMike
October 4th, 2005 at 8:25 am
Re: #3 and Toni’s love for “Weenie World”
I’d really like to see this strip go farther into that possibility, but I’m deeply afraid; who d’you think they’ll see there? (Hint: rhymes with “jerk” – and he won’t be makin’ weenies, but stopping there on his daily distribution rounds (and I don’t mean his involvement with Meals on Wheels)).
… and so, coming late (and possibly leaving early) to the Mark Trail story line: yup, that is one biggie-size beaver. And – (fill me in) was there a “problem” with the raccoon bites – are we afraid of the R-word (no doubt a false alarm; nobody in comixland will get something grim like rabies)?
Bob14737
October 4th, 2005 at 9:00 am
You want hairy arms, Gil Thorp is infested with gorillas and yetis. Coach Flamehair carries on the tradition today. The Neemy brothers of days gone by were the hairiest. They had hair on the bottoms of their feet and their tongues.
Chet McCord, Wildlife Defender
October 4th, 2005 at 9:07 am
Hagar’s ship has been sailing in fresh water? Why? How did they get it up there?
I am concerned that the giant beaver in Mark Trail has rabies. At the very least, it probably does have Giardia.
Nom du Jour
October 4th, 2005 at 9:23 am
Hagar has not left the ocean, he has just reached the edge of the earth. Hagar takes place in the past before Columbus determined that the Earth was actually an oblate spheroid.
This will be on the test.
Along witht the population of Peru.
yellojkt
October 4th, 2005 at 9:38 am
Please, don’t make us follow Vic and Rita all the way up to the “spare room”. Liz in FBOFW almost fell for this trick too.
Sassy_Rocks
October 4th, 2005 at 9:56 am
Doc Jeff’s is “gittin’ sum” for once, the fetching git sum girl out of view, assuming the Monica Lewinski position under the desk.
I think Horace Riley looks more like Wilford Brimley than Ed Wynn.
Maughta
October 4th, 2005 at 10:11 am
Red boys are delicious. Candy-colored love!
Oops, er, sorry, MSTie flashback brought on by the Hair theme. Back to comics:
Thank you, thank you, thank you, to whomever it was who suggested Pearls Before Swine. I have NEVER laughed so loud as I did at the antelope-missionaries-visiting-crocodiles storyline. As my husband said, “this guy must be insane” and, really, isn’t that what good comics are all about?!? I’m so used to reading really bad comics for the kvetch factor that it’s a joy to read a really hilarious one again.
Reminds me of Get Fuzzy a few years ago. Yes, yes, I know everyone’s going to jump on me, but I really think that Darby has been on the declining side of his peak for the last year or so. I’m not saying it’s bad, just that it has been better. I remember laughing for days after Smacky and Smiley first appeared, and when TV shows were getting really belgium…
Pha-Q
October 4th, 2005 at 10:18 am
Hi and Lois has been taken out of my paper. What will I do now to get my laughter for the day?
Sassy_Rocks
October 4th, 2005 at 10:21 am
Shout out to Canadian Misty – what historical inaccuracies and ignorance of native people are mistakenly portrayed in today’s FBOFW? I never heard of the runny tears before.
Nom du Jour
October 4th, 2005 at 10:22 am
Pha-Q, this should keep you in stitches.
http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/comics/archive/showComick.mpl?date=20051004&name=Hi_and_Lois
gershwin
October 4th, 2005 at 10:24 am
Wouldn’t it be something if one of the soap strips was well-drawn and had a realistic story line? Can’t someone create one that actually keeps us in suspense, rather than inspiring our ridicule? Guess it wouldn’t fit on the “funny” papers then…
Kept thinking the Git Sum Girl sounded rather old-fashioned. Then realized I was thinking (just for contrast) of the Gibson Girl. Dating myself, I know (but if I don’t, who will?)…
Nom du Jour
October 4th, 2005 at 10:25 am
“Shout out to Canadian Misty – what historical inaccuracies and ignorance of native people are mistakenly portrayed in today’s FBOFW? I never heard of the runny tears before.”
You missed the drawings of the pollution coming out of the smokestacks, dirty water pouring out of sewar pipes and somebody drove by on the highway and tossed out a bag of trash which landed at Howard Erkfeather’s feet.
kippetje
October 4th, 2005 at 10:28 am
Hagar has found himself in a Fitz Caraldo moment. Maybe we’ve missed the hundreds of natives who have been enslaved to drag that ship up a mountain side only to let it flounder in the rapids. I can just about hear the Maria Callais aria over the sound of the pounding water. What are the chances of a Ginormous Beaver waiting for them at the bottom? Lucky Eddy indeed.
rich
October 4th, 2005 at 10:34 am
That Jeff’s such a classy guy – “Let’s hit the bum boat for dinner.”
Translation, “I’ll wear my coffee-stained blue pullover, you put on your old ‘Apple Mary’ rags, and we’ll see if we can roll a few drunks and scam some freebies down at the soup kitchen.” …and he wonders why this relationship is going nowhere.
Pha-Q
October 4th, 2005 at 10:36 am
Thanks Nom du Jour. Just what the Dr. ordered. I have copied that link into my favorite of favorites. You are a life saver. I don’t know what I’d do with out the Flagston family in my life.
Nom du Jour
October 4th, 2005 at 10:52 am
Life without the Flagstones, well, it just inhales.
Zorba the Geek
October 4th, 2005 at 10:56 am
#13, mooselet said “Get Fuzzy: I find it very disturbing that George Washington is considered the father of the American Foxhound. You don’t want to know the kind of images that were going through my mind…. ewwww!” I had the same thought. Yuck. I guess Martha was a real b!tch….
drm
October 4th, 2005 at 11:07 am
MW-anyone else disturbed by the parallel storylines being mirrored like that?
GT- nothing on the actual strip. just…i had a gt-themed dream. yes, i did. the nerdy kid from the football team is crouching behind a clothes rack in a mall hiding from school bullies, and all of a sudden he realized “i’m brick house! i can beat the $*(%&# outta them if i wanted to!” and jumps out to surpise them. which is where the strip ends, i guess as cliffhanger for the next strip.
i think this was my fisrt comic-themed dream! that i can remember, anyway
Sweet Cranberry Danish
October 4th, 2005 at 11:14 am
Anyone give me a relative time frame for when Bucky started calling things Belgium? I just need a date range to peruse (yes… I save get fuzzies) and I really want to re-read that one now.
Bill Cameron
October 4th, 2005 at 11:49 am
I have cracked the “Get Fuzzy Mails It In For Two Weeks With Cat & Dog Facts” mystery! The answer has been staring us in the face all this time people!
Her Foobness is ghostwriting the script while Conley is in hospital!
Who else would subject us to inane, three panel Skool Stuff instead of an actual comic strip?
All we need now is an PETA version of ‘Canadian Misty’ to point out all the inaccuracies…
Dennis Jimenez
October 4th, 2005 at 12:57 pm
10.4.2005 – A3G – Why do I have a sneaking suspicion that Professor Papagoras will be monitoring the bedroom action via the hidden nanny cam?
Sheila
October 4th, 2005 at 1:48 pm
Bill, quit raggin’ on Canadian Misty! It’s rude. If you wanna rag on someone/something, go read the dang comics.
Mrs. BipolarBear
October 4th, 2005 at 2:01 pm
RE: Today’s DTGT
Did anyone else notice something a little, I don’t know, “different” about panel 3 ?
Nom du Jour
October 4th, 2005 at 2:06 pm
“RE: Today’s DTGT
Did anyone else notice something a little, I don’t know, “different†about panel 3 ?”
I noticed that even though DTGT seemingly takes place circa 1955, they have a Xerox™ machine instead of a Mimeograph™ machine.
Weird.
Missing the purple haze of school daze.
Library Cat
October 4th, 2005 at 2:15 pm
re #40:
I hope this is the difference because if it isn’t I will be really embarrassed. Does that guy have boobs in the third panel?
Mrs. BipolarBear
October 4th, 2005 at 2:45 pm
I know, that’s troublesome, isn’t it? What bothers me about that panel is the positioning of those two. In the school office, no less. I can guarantee that wasn’t happening when I was an office assistant.
CHA5NCE
October 4th, 2005 at 3:59 pm
Maybe when Elly Patterson awakes from her flashback reverie she will find that John finally hung himself about three days into her story.
Dub Not Dubya
October 4th, 2005 at 4:04 pm
Hey Zorba–is Lesvos a real place, or did the Professor mean Lesbos? If the latter, the possibilities are endless!
gnome de blog
October 4th, 2005 at 4:08 pm
I’m wondering if the Professor has usurped the management of Pope and Mrs. Josh’s Greek hideaway.
Sassy_Rocks
October 4th, 2005 at 4:43 pm
What subject does Professor Pappagorous teach anyway? He seems to be a worthless, meddlesome sot with fewer redeeming characteristics than Professor Ian Cameron and about as affection starved as Doc Jeff. Why does he never hit on the 3-Gers? Perhaps he and Rex Morgan, MD have something going…
jujube
October 4th, 2005 at 4:44 pm
Re #40 and 41–I hate to show my ignorance, but what is DTGT?
gnome de blog
October 4th, 2005 at 5:02 pm
48: That is our battle cry.
If the College of Comix Cardinals were ever force to go into battle like the forces of Pope Julie II in 1494, we would smash ourselves against the pikemen with this cry upon our lips:
DEATH TO GIL THORP!
Bill Cameron
October 4th, 2005 at 5:20 pm
#42 – You and #40 aren’t alone. That ‘guy’ in (DT)GT’s third panel did have boobs.
And check out the hips on the ‘guy’ behind ‘him’!
In the immortal words of the Three Stooges, “NYAAHAHHAHHAHHAHH!”
Ubiq
October 4th, 2005 at 5:53 pm
So an Indian with bleeding eyes…
I can only conclude that he has somehow been reading this past week of For Better or Worse despite being in it.
Metariffic!
On another note, Sally is venturing awfully close to saying “Wow, you have a SKILL?!” Nice way to support the kid.
Zorba the Geek
October 4th, 2005 at 6:01 pm
#45: “Hey Zorba–is Lesvos a real place, or did the Professor mean Lesbos? If the latter, the possibilities are endless!”
Dub, in fact, “Lesvos” is what most English-speakers call “Lesbos.” In Greek, it’s “ΛÎσβος.” In pronunciation, it’s “Lésvos.” The Greek letter “β,” called “beta” in English, actually has a “v” sound. Yes, indeed, this is the island that gave its name to the word “lesbian.” Glad to be of help, and you may now commence making jokes.
gnome de blog
October 4th, 2005 at 6:12 pm
Now we know the real reason LuAnn is afraid to tell Pop about her engagement.
Even though she’s en mascarade, you’d think Scottie would have a better wardrobe.
gnome de blog
October 4th, 2005 at 6:18 pm
Re 52-53: It was a hanging slider. I couldn’t resist.
AhClem
October 4th, 2005 at 6:44 pm
#16: Wow! This was news to me. Thanks for the link!
Skooter
October 4th, 2005 at 10:29 pm
RMMD – Not only does the nurse break patient confidentiality rules, but she lets slip that Scrap Iron’s wife is in a private support group. Nice, very nice … I hope she gets a peek at June’s chart and spreads the word about June’s recent face-lift and breast augmentation.
MW – I can hardly wait for a glimpse of Rita’s new apartment. Judging from Vic’s mood car, I bet that the apartment features lava lamps, black lights, chianti bottle candle holders, bead curtains, and a circular waterbed. Oh, and a pair of glass swans that serves as an incense holder and a fully stocked bar.
BigJoe
October 6th, 2005 at 6:31 am
#42, #50: DTGT, actually that is a girl, not a guy standing by the copier. Although the way the face and hair is drawn, it could have gone either way.
Although I don’t understand #43′s point about being bothered by the positioning of the two characters.
zqfmgb
May 5th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
please stop talking about mary’s libido
Billy Bob
December 10th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
Free speech should win out but it would be nice to find some way to limit the timing of these peoples bad behavior.