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2015-02-11
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2014-07-10
Sitcom Thursday: Everyone's favourite character returns!
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 2014-07-07.
Snuffy stands in the middle of a trashed room. Food, clothes, furniture and miscellaneous items are scattered haphazardly about.
"Loweezy's been gone fer days visitin' her sister !!" says Snuffy to no one. "What's she gonna say when she comes home an' sees th' big mess I made ?!"
"I'll tell ya what she's gonna say..." says Loweezy, walking through the door at that very moment. "Good thing I brought our niece Bizzy Buzz Buzz home wif me !!"
"Unca Snuffy !!" says Bizzy.
Oh, Bizzy Buzz Buzz, we all remember her, right? No? You mean you don't recognise a character who appeared three times in 1964 and never again? Well, surely you remember her four appearances in the Snuffy Smith and Barney Google animated series, also in 1964? No? Well, apparently she's back. And her gimmick is that she likes to clean things. So that's why it was a good thing that Loweezy brought her.
Given that she seems to feature every this week, John Rose has now more than doubled the number of strips she appears in. And it's about time. The fans have been clamouring for her return for fifty years now! I wonder if she'll end up appearing more frequently than Barney Google?
Moose and Molly, 2014-07-08.
The phone rings. Moose answers.
"Molly!" It's a survey!" he calls. "Do you still love me?"
"Tell them I'll give it some thought and call them back!" calls Molly from the next room.
Before Moose can react, Molly is in his arms.
"Just kidding, honey!" she says.
I love this running joke of Molly pretending that she doesn't love Moose any more then instantly taking it back. It's bizarre, and Moose falls for it every time. Also, what kind of survey is this?
Herb and Jamaal, 2014-07-09.
Jamaal has been playing basketball.
"Awesome game, Jamaal." says a child. "You play pretty well."
"That was a nice compliment." thinks Jamaal happily. "And I'm glad he didn't ruin it by saying..."
He scowls.
"for your age."
Jamaal just made himself angry about something that someone didn't say or even imply, but hypothetically could have done.
Hi and Lois, 2014-07-10.
Ditto has set up a lemonade stand.
"How's business?" asks Lois.
"Good!" says Ditto. "Mr. Thurston is my best customer."
"I didn't know he liked lemonade."
"He pours something in it from a little bottle he has in his pocket."
It's funny because "Thirsty" Thurston is an alcoholic.
Snuffy stands in the middle of a trashed room. Food, clothes, furniture and miscellaneous items are scattered haphazardly about.
"Loweezy's been gone fer days visitin' her sister !!" says Snuffy to no one. "What's she gonna say when she comes home an' sees th' big mess I made ?!"
"I'll tell ya what she's gonna say..." says Loweezy, walking through the door at that very moment. "Good thing I brought our niece Bizzy Buzz Buzz home wif me !!"
"Unca Snuffy !!" says Bizzy.
Oh, Bizzy Buzz Buzz, we all remember her, right? No? You mean you don't recognise a character who appeared three times in 1964 and never again? Well, surely you remember her four appearances in the Snuffy Smith and Barney Google animated series, also in 1964? No? Well, apparently she's back. And her gimmick is that she likes to clean things. So that's why it was a good thing that Loweezy brought her.
Given that she seems to feature every this week, John Rose has now more than doubled the number of strips she appears in. And it's about time. The fans have been clamouring for her return for fifty years now! I wonder if she'll end up appearing more frequently than Barney Google?
Moose and Molly, 2014-07-08.
The phone rings. Moose answers.
"Molly!" It's a survey!" he calls. "Do you still love me?"
"Tell them I'll give it some thought and call them back!" calls Molly from the next room.
Before Moose can react, Molly is in his arms.
"Just kidding, honey!" she says.
I love this running joke of Molly pretending that she doesn't love Moose any more then instantly taking it back. It's bizarre, and Moose falls for it every time. Also, what kind of survey is this?
Herb and Jamaal, 2014-07-09.
Jamaal has been playing basketball.
"Awesome game, Jamaal." says a child. "You play pretty well."
"That was a nice compliment." thinks Jamaal happily. "And I'm glad he didn't ruin it by saying..."
He scowls.
"for your age."
Jamaal just made himself angry about something that someone didn't say or even imply, but hypothetically could have done.
Hi and Lois, 2014-07-10.
Ditto has set up a lemonade stand.
"How's business?" asks Lois.
"Good!" says Ditto. "Mr. Thurston is my best customer."
"I didn't know he liked lemonade."
"He pours something in it from a little bottle he has in his pocket."
It's funny because "Thirsty" Thurston is an alcoholic.
2014-04-24
Sitcom Thursday: Signs of Madness
Herb and Jamaal, 2014-04-24.
Jamaal is lying in bed, clutching the covers in apparent fear.
"Sometimes in quiet moments, I believe I hear voices..." he thinks, "... that put ideas in my head. But even though I know the voices aren't real..."
He begins smiling.
"...They still have some pretty good ideas."
Well, that's creepy.
This week Curtis paid a visit to Gunther the barber, where it turned out that Gunther's sister, a fashion designer from Las Vegas (whose name is apparently "Babygirl") was coming to visit. She arrived in a limousine.
Curtis, 2014-04-23.
"I haven't seen you, Babygirl, in a month of Sundays" says Gunther.
"Hhhhow have you been, dear brother?" asks Babygirl.
"Fine!" says Gunther. "And how's life treatin' you?"
"Champagne, caviar and chauffeurs, dahhling! Oh! I take my breath away!" says Babygirl. "I lead a faaabulous life in faaabulous Las Vegas as the premiere fashion designer to only the most faaabulous celebrities and stars! There ain't no bones in ice-cream, honey"
Curtis laughs uproariously, as though something funny just happened. Gunther gives him a confused look.
Jamaal is lying in bed, clutching the covers in apparent fear.
"Sometimes in quiet moments, I believe I hear voices..." he thinks, "... that put ideas in my head. But even though I know the voices aren't real..."
He begins smiling.
"...They still have some pretty good ideas."
Well, that's creepy.
This week Curtis paid a visit to Gunther the barber, where it turned out that Gunther's sister, a fashion designer from Las Vegas (whose name is apparently "Babygirl") was coming to visit. She arrived in a limousine.
Curtis, 2014-04-23.
"I haven't seen you, Babygirl, in a month of Sundays" says Gunther.
"Hhhhow have you been, dear brother?" asks Babygirl.
"Fine!" says Gunther. "And how's life treatin' you?"
"Champagne, caviar and chauffeurs, dahhling! Oh! I take my breath away!" says Babygirl. "I lead a faaabulous life in faaabulous Las Vegas as the premiere fashion designer to only the most faaabulous celebrities and stars! There ain't no bones in ice-cream, honey"
Curtis laughs uproariously, as though something funny just happened. Gunther gives him a confused look.
2013-09-14
Pondering Herb and Jamaal
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| Herb and Jamaal, 2013-09-09. |
You see panel three there? Jamaal J. Jamaal. That's his name. The obvious question sprang to mind, and I thought it would be the work of moments to discover if the J did stand for Jamaal. But it turns out that information about Herb and Jamaal is somewhat hard to come by. Or at least it was.
You see, my first stop was Wikipedia. And it told me nothing. There was a Herb and Jamaal article, but it was a stub, with just a bit copied from the author bio on Creators Syndicate. So I searched on. Creators Syndicate had no character listing. GoComics had no character listing.
I scoured Google to try to find someone anywhere who knew the names of the characters. No one did. So I went back through the archives, finding references to each character I could, so that I could fill in some information on the Wikipedia page.
It's infuriatingly difficult. There are characters who show up again and again without anyone saying their names. I couldn't find a single instance of anyone calling Herb's son by name or talking about him in the third person. There's a guy who I thought was a blind priest who turned out to be neither blind nor a priest. And I still don't know his name. I found the names of the taxi driver and the postal worker though, neither of whom I even knew was a character before that.
So now I'm putting the call out. If you know anything about Herb and Jamaal, please add it to the Wikipedia page. Don't let this happen to me again!
2013-09-06
Herb and Jamaal
"Yum!" says Herb as he picks up a Candy Bar and begins to read the packaging.
"Serving size: 4. Right." he thinks. "Sometimes I wonder why they write the serving size on candy bars."
It seems that Stephen Bentley has confused "serving size" with "serves per pack" and is unaware that the purpose of those labels is to allow the company to make nutritional claims about "one serving" of the product, knowing that many customers will assume that one serving is actually the entire contents, not merely a quarter of it.
Herb and Jamaal, 2013-08-30.
"Serving size: 4. Right." he thinks. "Sometimes I wonder why they write the serving size on candy bars."
It seems that Stephen Bentley has confused "serving size" with "serves per pack" and is unaware that the purpose of those labels is to allow the company to make nutritional claims about "one serving" of the product, knowing that many customers will assume that one serving is actually the entire contents, not merely a quarter of it.
Herb and Jamaal, 2013-08-30.
2013-09-01
Herb and Jamaal
Herb is being given a citation by a police officer for violating the city's air pollution law. You see, Euler is so old that her cake has a very large number of candles on it, and because Herb hates her he has substituted the candles for some things that give off a thick black smoke when burned, and it is this that has caused the police officer to become involved. Euler seems oblivious to this though and actually seems to appreciate the cake, despite the noxious fumes.
Herb and Jamaal, 2013-08-28.
Herb and Jamaal, 2013-08-28.
2012-09-22
Herb and Jamaal
"I can't believe it!" says a customer to Herb. "I've passed this place for years and never knew it was owned by a n~..."
At this point, Herb interrupts by punching the man in the face.
Despite being knocked to the ground by the blow, the customer manages to finish the word "...eighbour..."
"I'm sorry..." says Herb, "it's just a reflex-action I have whenever I hear any word beginning with 'N.'"
This is obviously a lie, because Herb has never reacted this way before, so I guess he just really wanted an excuse to punch that guy for some reason.
Comic
At this point, Herb interrupts by punching the man in the face.
Despite being knocked to the ground by the blow, the customer manages to finish the word "...eighbour..."
"I'm sorry..." says Herb, "it's just a reflex-action I have whenever I hear any word beginning with 'N.'"
This is obviously a lie, because Herb has never reacted this way before, so I guess he just really wanted an excuse to punch that guy for some reason.
Comic
2012-08-30
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