Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for January 21, 2011

I’ll have what they’re having….

That is why you should always ventilate when working with solvents.

I would suggest decaf……

The wanna-be Rockettes!

Macho, macho, MACHO MAN!

Oh joy; he has successfully cloned himself

Nice pom-poms.. Ra,,ra…ree..kick-em in the knee..

Ahhh, the Ballard Street Men’s Chorus Group’s weekly meeting! Kick it high, boys!

The Ballard Ballet!

If these are Roger and his clones, the fourth one is out of step. But it is not easy to dance en pointe in those Oxfords. Another explanation is that this is JVA’s way of showing a blur of activity by Roger alone. But I like the clone idea proposed by ponytail56.

StelBel has designed the poster for a new Rotty Tailwagger extravaganza!

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

Not only does Cleo wear purplie eye shadow with her red makeup, it appears she has also employed purplie nose liner!

I think they’ve had a fifth to much of what ever they had.

In a pandemic, I’m sure the turnout will be less than big.

Up top there, on Ballard Street, I suppose “enthusiasm” is one word you could use to describe what’s coming from the garage. “Fumes” might be another.

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy&uc_full_date=20210121

Susan provided this a few years ago:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/Clifford%27sReallyBigMovie.jpg

Howdy Cleo friends and family….bring all the grandkids….

to the January 21st, 2021 “Cleo and Company”, …on Sherpa!

Cleo Clifford, the big red basset…..

beloved of puppies everywhere…

a staple of PBBS *, starring in her own movie!

Wow… what an absolute ton of red fur dye it must have taken!

And pounds of purplie shadow…..

( * Public Basset Broadcasting Network.)

Oh. Wait.

They didn’t make Cleo gain 1500 pounds and grow 6 stories high, did they.

She’d never agree to ruin her girlish figure…. she still has glamorous parts ahead of her.

Camera tricks. That’s what it was.

A gallon of fur dye…. and a few pots of purplie shadow, by the time shooting was over.

Still.. a lot.

My congratulations to the excellent stylists.

I wondered if there was a copydog human version….

But I didn’t see anything with a big red person.

Then I realised….

heck, there are humans in Cleo’s version, since she found small roles for Clara and Claude.

But there’s also a wonderful cast of bassets and other dogs.

Finally, I found one…

but instead of a human star, they used another breed of dog!

What’s the point?

There are a few humans…. but all the species are mixed up….

it looks like Claude’s role went to a cow!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/Clifford%27sReallyBigMovie.jpg

<pThey didn’t have a big star like Cleo, so they didn’t use their dog’s first name!

And they made the smaller animals do tricks.

You don’t see Clara balancing a huge…. um…. what is that thing? … while standing on Cleo’s paw.

NO… she keeps her dignity.

(Disclaimer: parts of the preceding comment contain recycled content.)

My computer has figured out yet another way to drive me crazy!

My keyboard seems to be only working to type (sometimes) or to paste…

I can’t do both in one comment and the page has to be refreshed in between.

So I had to paste portions of the above in one window, type portions in another…

then copy them and paste both to the same place.

Dedication.

I finally get it pasted… and now I see that Tigressy has already “borrowed” my link.. so you have it twice. Sigh….

I’m going to reboot and see what happens…

Meanwhile…. nice of Roger and the guys to practice so ard for their Inauguration Day extravaganza!

Um… you guys do know it was Wednesday, right?

Oh…. and I don’t think that’s all meant to portray Roger in motion….

OR him and his clones.

I think that’s four different men.

They’re trying to dress alike for the show…

But Roger’s shirt has a pocket, and Nick’s has a different collar.

Nick also desperately needs a haircut. And only Phil wears glasses…

Hey I don’t do al those Find the Differences puzzles for nothing.

After being Orange-listed the last 4 years, I finally feel free to indulge my artistic side again – enjoy!

Good morning, Ballardeers! Q Date: 314.98657.07 Squirrel Appreciation Day

So is the fire department on speed dial for when those sparklers set fire to them?

Speaking of sparklies, wow. The smile on The Big Red Basset is adorable.

RODENT REVOLUTION! (((((HUGS!)))))

It’s National Hugging Day! Susan come here! Susan… why is she running away? Susan! Wow! She runs fast! I think she is late for something… yes it must be it.

Oh, Montana Lady is coming, Hey ML, Happy Hugging Day! Come here…she must be late too! There she goes running away… Gosh there must be some event going on…

Hey Dennis, Happy Hugging day! Dennis? Hmm…why is he making that not nice hand gesture? Maybe it’s a nice gesture in Seattle? Yes, sure … I’m doing the gesture back to him…

Isn’t that nice that the humans have called their big doggie after our Cleo! Finally they have some smarts.

Amazing.

Good morning Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan.

At this point i’d take a green dog.

Uh oh. One of them came out of the vat with only one leg.

Better recycle that one.