Don’t believe them, kids: you do need alcohol to have a good time
Sally Forth, 5/4/06
Tune in for future installments of Sally Forth’s alcohol-fueled blackouts and ancillary hilarity:
- “Gee, Sal, you say the car had four tires when you came home from work?”
- “All I know is that Ralph says you were the most giving and nurturing lover he’s ever had.”
- “Mom, Faye says she won’t come over for dinner again until you get rid of that gun.”
- “So you say you remember punching the other softball coach in the face, but you don’t remember kicking him in the gut after he went down?”
- “All I know is that Alice says you were the most giving and nurturing lover she’s ever had.”
Judge Parker, 5/4/06
I’m not familiar enough with the rich Judge Parker backstory to know whether Abbey was born to fabulous wealth or if she came by it by marrying (or just shacking up with? I can’t keep it straight) Sam Driver, but she clearly has a lot to learn when it comes to ordering her henchpersons about. She’s got the part where you make them dress up in ludicrous uniforms right, but she doesn’t really know how to talk to them:
- Incorrect way to respond to relayed information from an underling: Allowing to them learn unnecessary details by engaging them in a rousing game of Exposition.
- Correct way to respond to relayed information from an underling: “Did I give you permission to make eye contact with me? Return to your duties at once, Unit 39-D!”
They’ll Do It Every Time, 5/4/06
This panel ignores the tremendous pressure anyone named “Neato” is under to be tidy. As if four grueling years of male nursing school weren’t enough!
B.C., 5/4/06
OK, but see, this is just totally insane.
Ces
May 4th, 2006 at 4:31 pm
I kinda just tossed you that one, huh, Josh?
Josh
May 4th, 2006 at 4:40 pm
Low and slow, right over the plate.
BassoGap
May 4th, 2006 at 4:44 pm
Best part is, if Sally really doesn’t remember the party, Ted’s got a hell of a lot of blackmailing he can do…
Or, he could go Arlo & Janis with her, and just make suggestive comments about things she was willing to try that night that she hadn’t before.
Zorba the Geek
May 4th, 2006 at 4:53 pm
As I recall, and I’m no big connoisseur of Judge Parker, Abbey was fabulously wealthy before marrying Sam. In fact, I think her wealth gave him pause, because he was afraid of appearing to be some kind of male gold digger, or gigolo, or whatever.
And, yes, Ces, you certainly did ask for that one, didn’t you?
And, BTW, Pope-boy (pardon me, “Your Most Holy and Exalted Popeness”), it’s about time you added some new posts. I was getting sick and tired of having to hit “refresh” to see the comments at the bottom of the long threads. I’m on a (very) slow dial-up, and this takes TOO MUCH OF MY VALUABLE TIME! (Breathe, breathe. There, I got that rant off my chest.) (Of course, if I had any “valuable time,” I guess I wouldn’t spend so much of it reading this blog, now, would I?)
Mazement
May 4th, 2006 at 4:59 pm
Now that Johnny Hart has demolished the Theory of Evolution, he’s setting his sights on building a perpetual motion machine. It looks like he’s focussing on overbalanced wheels.
Check out the third row of pictures here:
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/museum/serious/serious.htm
Tethys
May 4th, 2006 at 5:09 pm
They’ll do it every time never makes much sense, but… what? Is this some kind of homophobic slur against male nurses? The caption seems so embittered about his neatness, I can’t really construe it any other way.
edgeways
May 4th, 2006 at 5:13 pm
I think They’ll Do It Every Time is actually making a point that highly paid people are more slobbs than the grunts. Which makes sense to me, I mean if I was in charge of a big operation how much pressure would I feel about shaving and dressing up? No one can fire me so screw the lot of ‘em. Whereas as a wage slave I live and die by other’s opinions so ya gotta be sharp.
JIM
May 4th, 2006 at 5:14 pm
Best B.C. ever.
That Guy
May 4th, 2006 at 5:32 pm
Dear Mazement,
Thank you so much for introducing us to the hydraulic ball machine. I plan to make reference to it at every opportunity.
Yours in vaguely dirty double entendres,
That Guy
art
May 4th, 2006 at 6:05 pm
I think the best BC ever is the one that was in my economics book in college:
Little ant: what’s for dinner?
Momma ant: Skate-keys.
Heh-heh, “skate-keys”
Ferd Berfel
May 4th, 2006 at 6:21 pm
Okay, how do I sue the writers of Sally Forth? I want them to stop listening to me!
I’ve been hammering this wretched strip for months now both here and over on the forum as Chef Tito. My constant and cogent complaint? That Sally is a psychotic control freak who keeps her cowering family locked in the Forth Bunker so they can worship the Bitch Queen.
And what evidence of this have I continually presented? That Hilary had no friends who visit and that the Forths have no adult couples that they visit or who visit the Forths in return.
So, what have we been seeing in Sally Forth over the last few months? Hilary has a friend from school, a neighbor couple discussing Ted Forth in less than flattering terms, the death of another , and now the Bitch Queen is planning a block party complete with quips and memories of parties, neighbors, and adult friends we’ve never seen or heard of before! Huh?!!?
I mean, Ralph, the only adult in the strip who regularly tells Sally to go f*ck herself, comes back and we’re teased with the prospect of nasty office politics. Then that multi-month story line vanishes overnight and we’re treated to what amounts to a PR spin campaign meant to convince us that Sally is not the psychotic, control freak Bitch Queen she has been since the strip began. WTF!??!
Learn from the New Coke fiasco and quit trying to change the ‘brand’. You wouldn’t send Sgt. Snorkle to anger management classes, change Dagwood’s hairstyle, stop Mary Worth from being a meddling old biddy, or change Rex Morgan’s sexual orientation. We want to see Sally and Ralph tearing each others’ tonsils out in the Penultimate Office Cage Match and not some Dr. Phil-sparked ‘life change’.
We don’t want to see the ‘human’ or ’soft’ side of the Bitch Queen because she’s never had one. Letting Sally suddenly become personable or neighborly would be like Paris Hilton suddenly developing a personal sense of shame. Sally has always been the Bitch Queen and putting the snarky whore through a makeover isn’t going to work.
Knock it off and write Ralph back in pronto.
sephohnek
May 4th, 2006 at 6:34 pm
That B.C. just makes we want to draw force-vector diagrams all over it and calculate the moment of inertia.
Grendell
May 4th, 2006 at 6:44 pm
That B.C. just makes me LOL every time. Imagine the tiny highpitched ant screams!
AAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaa……….
Hahaha! True comedy!
Mister Nobody
May 4th, 2006 at 6:48 pm
Ferd, (#11) –
You wrote:
“We want to see Sally and Ralph tearing each others’ tonsils out in the Penultimate Office Cage Match and not some Dr. Phil-sparked ‘life change’.”
I’m curious to know what match-up you have planned for after that event — maybe Dilbert vs. Pointy Haired Boss or Dagwood vs. Mr. Dithers. You must have something in mind. Please tell us who you want to see in the ULTIMATE Office Cage Match.
mcrachinthehouse
May 4th, 2006 at 6:53 pm
Admittedly, I read the official “Judge Parker” page on KingFeatures.com… to answer your question, I think Abbey was born to fabulous wealth, per this excerpt from her biography:
“She owns Spencer Farms, a thoroughbred horse farm that she inherited when her father died.”
Dan
May 4th, 2006 at 6:58 pm
#11… You know the writer of SF posts here and in the forums, right? In fact, he’s comment #1 in this entry.
But I’ll tell ya – SF is better than Beetle Bailey, MW, and the other “classic” ones you’ve mentioned. It’s okay if they digress a little from their established norm. Heck, it’s fun to be surprised a little here and there.
PS: #10? I. uh….. don’t get it.
Matt
May 4th, 2006 at 7:14 pm
d00d, this BC is totally about Jesus. OK, so that’s always true, but still … see, the line of ants looks like a question mark. Ask too many questions–lack faith–and you’ll be crushed just like these little formicidal buggers here. And physics’ll kill you, too.
King Dogmeat
May 4th, 2006 at 7:16 pm
Scalpel. Is that an Albanian name? Well, he certainly chose the right profession. But I’ll bet he hears it all the time. That may explain his slovenliness. I admire his fortitude for having stuck it out in Horsechester all these years. I think Neato is a Ukrainian name, unless that’s the nurse’s first name. In that case, his parents waited a while before naming him, just to see what dominant characteristics would develop in his personality. Or, maybe they were beatniks, or rather, people who admired beatniks in old television reruns. Who knows? Life’s mysteries abound. Carpe diem. Ars longa, vita brevis. Mater tua caligas gerut.
Marc
May 4th, 2006 at 7:24 pm
J’Ever know that They’ll do it everytime sucks?
gnome de blog
May 4th, 2006 at 7:26 pm
#11: Fred
I have enjoyed your perceptive Sally-is-a-psychotic-control-freak-bitch-queen-of-the-damned rants both here and over on the forum.
HOWEVER: (there’s always a catch) lately I’ve been re-thinking Sally, at least in part because Ces posts here from time to time and provides a little insight into what he’s thinking.
Sally Forth possesses a subtlety not seen anywhere else on the comics pages. Sure Sally’s a control freak, but she’s also more than a little insecure and a bit of a dingbat (sorry Ces, I don’t want anybody to think I’m sucking up, and besides, it’s true). Here sudden urge to have a block party illustrates her tendency to fixate on something and – logic be damned – run it into the ground.
Ted’s either a wuss, or a sensitive new-age guy – or both – depending on your point of view. But he’s also pretty sensible without being bombastic about it, and is usually able to blunt Sally’s excesses.
Hilary’s a ten-year-old kid just on the verge of becoming a sullen, withdrawn, hormone-addled problem child. Whether or not she’s prone to serious trouble before she gets her driver’s license is an open question.
Sally’s got three major characters, and at least half a dozen other regulars. That’s more than Calvin and Hobbes and way more than Get Fuzzy or PBS. Further, the main characters are not a predictable as most others you see in the comics.
We don’t see everything about Ted and Sally’s social life. The medium, I think, limits what can be done. For example, we know nothing about their parents – nor do we need to. If they were introduced it would take way too much time to flesh them out enough to make them interesting.
There’s plenty of over-the-top drama in the comics. I’m for letting Sally go along at its own pace. If Ces wraps up Ralph vs. Sally too soon, he’ll just have to think up something to replace it. She has to have some work-related conflict or we end up seeing the same joke over and over, and we know how well that sells here in Curmudgeonland.
You don’t get much laugh-out-loud in Sally. But there’s a place on the page for wryness and the little satiric digs.
Len
May 4th, 2006 at 7:31 pm
#18 — Dogmeat! That’s LATIN!
[kisses Dogmeat's fingers and begins working up the arm, like Gomez in the Addams Family...]
Gee, I hope Dogmeat looks like Morticia!
Ferd Berfel
May 4th, 2006 at 7:42 pm
#16/Dan – From what I understand, Ces is the strip’s current ‘pinch hitter’. He’s introduced himself as such both here and at the forums. He has also made it clear in reference to other ‘complaints’ and ’suggestions’ at the forum regarding Sally Forth that his ability to change the basic nature of the strip is rather limited.
This change in the strip’s focus to include characters beyond the Bitch Queen’s home and office life must have been signed off on by those who actually control the strip’s basic nature. Until very recently, Sally’s World has consisted of as few people as the Six-Man Mark Trail Repertory Theatre. There was the Bitch Queen, Ted & Hilary, her captives in the Forth Bunker, the office syncophant Alice, and the evil foil Ralph. All the rest were nothing more than various carboard cut-outs populating the background of the various commuting, shopping, and other panels that required a crowd.
Suddenly, we have a previously unseen neighbor couple actually discussing Ted Forth, the death of ‘old man’ Gezelter who lived next door for over ten years without being ever mentioned once, other neighbors suddenly being mentioned by name, references to social events and parties we’ve never seen the Bitch Queen and her Thrall attend, and, of course, the arrival of the utterly delightful Faye.
The ‘population’ of the strip has almost doubled. That’s some change. Ces may have lobbied for the change but, going by his previous posts, the decision wasn’t his to make.
Who knows? It might go over big. However, while this ‘population boom’ takes place, Ralph, over who so much un-Sally like angst was displayed, is still waiting for his cage match.
big knocker
May 4th, 2006 at 7:46 pm
#10 – I had the same text book but you only gave the punch line
.
Father ant comes home.
Mother ant: how was work dear?
Father ant: lousy. (goes to bed)
Kid ant: whats wrong with pop?
mother ant: you see son, we live in a barter economy. That means a baker trades his bread for something he needs like shoes and the shoe maker trades his shoes for bread.
Kid ant:Whatever. Whats for dinner?
Mother ant: skate keys.
Dan
May 4th, 2006 at 8:01 pm
Is he pinch hitting, or did he take over? I always thought it was the latter.
Even so, I don’t see any of the recent events in SF as representing a sea change there. Things still move along fairly well, and issues are usually resolved. So many strips don’t do either! So they’ll come back to Ralph afore too long.
Ape Lad
May 4th, 2006 at 8:07 pm
#23 It was funnier without the middle.
MrP
May 4th, 2006 at 9:13 pm
“Abby, the guy at the fruit stand downtown is wondering who’s going to pay for the damages your dog did.”
“Bananas are tasty and filling, and a good source of vitamin C.”
“Abby, it’s your mom… She, ah… You may want to sit down for this… She’s got cancer.”
“Cancer occurs when cells decide to reproduce at an uncontrollable rate, and is more or less lethal depending where it broke out and how fast it is discovered.”
Doug Puthoff
May 4th, 2006 at 9:35 pm
Is it me, or does the same guy draw “Apartment 3-G,” “Mary Worth,” “Rex Morgan,” “Spider-Man,” and “The Phantom?”
Library Cat
May 4th, 2006 at 9:40 pm
#22
And that’s what makes it the best week ever in Sally Forth. Although I do miss Ralph. Maybe they could invite him to the party. Get Ralph and Sally a little liquored up, things could happen.
Oh and Hilary’s hair never changed, that still annoys me.
Irina
May 4th, 2006 at 9:41 pm
A BC Haiku:
Marching up a wheel,
Ants think they are ascending
to God. Ah, physics!
Sheila
May 4th, 2006 at 9:43 pm
#20, you are WRONG. You try to make it sound like Sally ISN’T the most boring person on the planet, but she IS. QED, bro.
Library Cat
May 4th, 2006 at 9:45 pm
Okay, what is a Kind-A-Capture and why the hell is it after me?
Although it is nice to know it approves.
Supercar
May 4th, 2006 at 9:53 pm
There’s nothing quite like having worked for people like Sally to make you hate them. I’m hopin that the new story-lines include Sally discovering that everyone hates her for being the office bitch – and realizing too late that Ralph did a terrific job.
Adam
May 4th, 2006 at 10:03 pm
Wow. B.C. is actually funny. Very funny.
fred p.
May 4th, 2006 at 10:08 pm
the thing about this BC that (kinda) rules is that in true cartoon fashion, the donut/stone wheel/torus of doom doesn’t overbalance and fall until the lead ant realizes (with a big asterisk!) the precariousness of their situation. It’s kind of like how Wile E. Coyote doesn’t fall until he’s reached down, felt around, and not detected any cliff under him. As to why there’s that round thing on the edge of the precipice to begin with, or why the ants are climbing it, frankly I’m at a loss there. Perhaps some kind soul will enlighten me.
As for all those who claim Abbey has been wealthy all along, I’ve seriously got my doubts about that. Exhibit One- the freakish hairstyle/nightmare dye job. Just look at that last panel and say with a straight face she’s to the manor born! Game, set, match.
Pelagius
May 4th, 2006 at 10:30 pm
BC: Haha! Those ants got “skooled”!
Pansy
May 4th, 2006 at 10:37 pm
Good thing Sam Driver is married to the wealthy Abbey, cuz he’s not racking up a lot of billable time this week.
I’m been trying for 25 years to figure out what’s going on with Abbey’s bizarre hair. And THIS episode takes the cake. What IS that on her head? A furry, overturned flower pot? I mean: LOOK at that thing, willya?! You can see the part waaaay up at the top. Her skull must be freakishly deformed.
Brad
May 4th, 2006 at 10:41 pm
Hart isn’t descending into madness. He’s soaring into madness!
Number Twelve
May 5th, 2006 at 12:04 am
“The Schwallers’ New Year’s Eve party, this past December.”
As opposed to the Schwallers’ New Year’s Eve party this past June?
Dub Not Dubya
May 5th, 2006 at 2:32 am
When I first saw it, I thought the doctor’s last name was Scalpelhead. That would have been funnier.
Dan
May 5th, 2006 at 7:12 am
#38 – as opposed to the Squallors’ New Year’s Eve Party 1984..
Jess A.
May 5th, 2006 at 7:15 am
There’s a lot about this “They’ll Do it Everytime” that bothers me. For one thing — that doctor isn’t simply “not so neat”…. he looks like he’s just coming down from a serious drug/alcohol binge. If any doctor that filthy came near me I’d be asking to be transfered out of Horsechester Hospital.
Further, if the dig against the male nurse (whom I refuse to call by his “name”) is supposed to be some kind of homophobic commentary on male nurses, the author of the “comic” has failed to note how his usage of the phrase “You’re so-o-o right!” sounds. [Besides -- does anyone want to be treated by a dirty/unkempt nurse of any gender?]
Bah. I blame Josh for alerting me to the existence of this strip (and that of Pluggers) in the first place.
Badly_Computer_Animated_Boy
May 5th, 2006 at 8:04 am
Dr. Scalpel is a plugger. He once stopped the bleeding from a ruptured aorta by sticking his stockinged feet into a patient’s opened chest cavity.
Smitty Smedlap
May 5th, 2006 at 8:12 am
#20 *We don’t see everything about Ted and Sally’s social life.*
Nor do we see Sally working Ted over with her strapon — but it’s there. Oh, it’s there.
MotoMike
May 5th, 2006 at 8:16 am
Re: (41): Of course on Grey’s Anatomy, that would be “Dr. McFilthy”.
Ces
May 5th, 2006 at 8:21 am
the death of ‘old man’ Gezelter who lived next door for over ten years without being ever mentioned once
Actually, I use to mention Ol’ Man Gezelter frequently (although he was never seen, much like Vera and Maris) but haven’t done so in the past three years. Truth is, I felt bad about killing him off given that he’s named after a very good college friend of mine (the “egghead” Gezelter someone found when Googling the name). I even called the real Gezelter to make sure it was okay that he “pass on.”
And thanks to everyone for their critiques (whether positive or negative). It’s nice to know that the strip is at least getting some reaction.
Ces
May 5th, 2006 at 8:30 am
Okay, how do I sue the writers of Sally Forth? I want them to stop listening to me!
Yes, we’re all listening to you. All the cartoonists are listening to you. You’re the focal point of all our attention, every waking minute. You are the driving force of all our lives. You aren’t alone in your studio apartment when you rail against the comics page, screaming so loud that you scare the rats nibbling at the pills you get in the mail. You are the nexus of the universe. You and you alone exist and we are but players acting upon your whims.
Hogenmogen
May 5th, 2006 at 8:36 am
#20 Gome – yeah, I’m down wit dat. SF isn’t a LOL strip, but likeable. It’s got that real-life thing going on, but not as dreary real-life as For Better or Worse But Usually Worse.
#11 Ferd, don’t mock on Sally with such loathing bitterness when there are so many more characters out there deserving of your vile hate. Why don’t you mock on Zero from Beetle Bailey, for instance. “He’s so stupid!” Or, maybe Garfield. “He’s so lazy!”
JonO
May 5th, 2006 at 8:50 am
Woah. Ces. You took that muthafucka out. Maybe mix in some decaf?
BassoGap
May 5th, 2006 at 9:10 am
No, JonO (related to Dan-O, perhaps?), leave this version of Ces alone…
I like it. Bitingly sarcastic and dismissive. Makes me want to buy him a beer. Next one’s on me, Ces.
Zorba the Geek
May 5th, 2006 at 9:30 am
BassoGap, if you’ve ever checked out Ces’s webcomic, Medium Large, or Teenage Girl President, or his associated blog, Drink at Work (all accesible at the link above), you will find out that “this version” of Ces is the real Ces. He now writes Sally Forth, under contract to the “Evil Syndicate,” but doesn’t control it (hey, a guy’s gotta make some money, somehow).
mk
May 5th, 2006 at 9:49 am
Sally Forth will have to wear something besides that yellow sweater when the Scirossis starts to turn her skin yellow.
I also thought the ants were beginning to form into a question mark. Curiosity killed the ants, kids. Also, questions make Jesus cry.
Library Cat
May 5th, 2006 at 10:27 am
#46
“You are the nexus of the universe. You and you alone exist and we are but players acting upon your whims.”
And that’s what makes it the best post ever from Ces. Damn. I have got to start remembering to read Medium Large more often.
Schlimmerkerl
May 5th, 2006 at 10:38 am
Re B.C., the answer to Something I’ve Always Wondered:
http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/bizarro/about.htm (Monday April 3)
BassoGap
May 5th, 2006 at 10:45 am
Zorba, I read Drink at Work and Medium Large daily. My comment was in response to JonO’s suggestion that Ces have some decaf to calm down.
BC – Not only do questions make Jesus cry (mk – #51), they also help the Evil Doers. Why do you hate America?
Hogenmogen
May 5th, 2006 at 11:00 am
#54 Basso: Didn’t you yourself just ask a question? Omigod! Did I just ask one? Did I just do it again? Aaaaaaahhhh! I’m being crushed by a giant stone donut!
Hogenmogen
May 5th, 2006 at 11:06 am
JP: I’m convinced that Sam’s secretary and wife are one and the same, just with different wigs. This JP has Sam saying that he thinks he knows why Sophie is sending money to India, but not to who. He just had a meeting at the bank. Shouldn’t he know who, but not why?
TDIET: Some people are sloppy, some are clean. Oh the hilarity. Why not just make a joke saying that “Neato” has great handwriting, while “Dr. Scalpel” has lousy hand writing. That topic has never ever been done before.
SF: If I remember correctly, didn’t the Forths have hangovers on Jan 1? I can’t find an archive that goes back that far.
Bitter Scribe
May 5th, 2006 at 12:08 pm
At first I thought that was supposed to be a doughnut, and the ants were crying out with giddy anticipation of the sugar-feast they were about to enjoy for the next few months.
But now I realize it’s a wheel, of couse. I mean, doughnuts didn’t exist in caveman times, and we all know a careful thinker like Hart would never use an anachronism, right?
ment
May 5th, 2006 at 3:11 pm
No, this is the best B.C. ever:
Pegleg caveman to Clumsy: “Why do you wear glasses?”
“Well, my glasses are to me what your wooden leg is to you.”
“You keep booze in your glasses!?!”
otho van oost
May 5th, 2006 at 3:17 pm
Today’s Sally Forth: Would someone explain to me what this deal is supposed to be with guys and grilling? I must not be your typical guy — not in love with grilling, nor do I refer to my cars as “she” and “‘er”. The last time I worked a grill I found it incredibly boring. Is it just that this is the one time the hubby gets to pretend he’s helping out with the preparation of meals (which in my case would be making spaghetti and fake meat)?
lilybdcsa
May 5th, 2006 at 4:51 pm
Where do you get the idea that questions make Jesus cry? In fact, Jesus encouraged people to “ask” and “seek”.
Jay Pinkerton
May 5th, 2006 at 6:29 pm
I don’t know if anyone’s mentioned this yet, but to me, the funniest part of Sally Forth admitting to an alcohol blackout is the alarming fact that she has no recollection of any of the party.
I had a few blackouts back in college, and in my experience, it was the tail end of the party that tended to get clipped from the internal memory — i.e., the part where I got really, really, excessively drunk. The fact that Sally can’t remember any aspect of the party — getting dressed for it, paying the sitter, driving there — is evidence of a drinking problem the strip’s never hinted at before.
Ferd Berfel
May 5th, 2006 at 6:33 pm
Ces – I like it! I like it! Now transfer as much of that invective into the strip as the real owners of Sally Forth will let you and you’ll have a story arc on your hands that will have us nattering on for months!
Oooo! Here’s another idea… they’re finally letting you increase the population of the strip, right? How about introducing a Ralph-like neighbor at the block party? Sally will then have to deal with the ‘Office Ralph’ at work and the ‘Neighbor Ralph’ at home. Wisteria Lane here we come!
2fs
May 6th, 2006 at 11:10 pm
#34: I thought the ants had pushed the rock-donut up the edge of the cliff. That’s why it fell: it reached the point where fewer ants were pushing and more were just adding weight. I don’t think this makes any sense in terms of real physics – but hey, this is about as funny as BC gets these days, so I cut it a break.
Ferd: what, no links to the daily strips you write, wherein you demonstrate the superiority of your ideas of comic writing? I am oh so disappointed.
Irrelevantly: mmm….Coffee Cake!
Young Man Gezelter
May 9th, 2006 at 1:04 am
“Ol’ Man” Gezelter died as a result of complications from having a crotchety old man name. What was his name BEFORE he got old? I’ll bet it was less crotchety sounding.
But wait — He was only fifty-three or so when he croaked? OLD?? And Smirkin’ Sal and Hairless Ted knew him for 10 years?? So he was HOW OLD when they started calling him “old man?” Huh?
That BC episode with the screaming ants: More evidence that Johnny “Jesus” Hart is mailing his comics in from the home where they care for him. I sleep better at night when BC is simply unfunny. I get all oogey when it turns demented and bizarre. Does his syndicate even care that his brains are rapidly turning to Maypo?
In closing: CURTIS, TURN THAT “RAP” JUNK DOWN BEFORE I GET DERRICK AND “ONION” TO HURL “QUOTATION” MARKS AT YOU!
Sorry to keep rambling on, but am I the only one that gets annoyed by cartoons like Curtis and For Better or Worse, which have a character laugh at another character’s lame punchline? Or to ask the question another way, am I the only one who notices this??
Nick!
September 26th, 2006 at 6:40 pm
At least Hart’s laying off Darwin and the Jews this time around.
mythos43
November 13th, 2007 at 11:23 pm
I think Sally Forth is the most fascinating female character on the comics page — much more multidimensional than Mary Worth, Blondie, Cathy … I would love to see a book on her life that explores the more intimate aspects of her life, starting when she met Ted as a college student. Now that, I WOULD pay to see!