1. The cop was culturally constrained from acting as bashing heads was, then, not part of the accepted human repertoire. It happened, of course, but it was considered wrong. It did not occur to the cop as an option.
If I’m getting it the cop can’t baton the head because – head. The cop can’t baton the feet (culturally almost a politeness) because Bozo’s hat is there and a hat means a head. Confusion!
A cohesive theme permeating the array of strips today revolves around the homophones of feet and feat . Let me elaborate:
1. In the first series, we see Bozo lounging upon a park bench, snoozing in fact. The policeman takes considerable umbrage at Bozo’s respite…… not really sure why….. does the officer believe Bozo is a hobo? That seems incongruous to me. Or, does the officer dislike Bozo’s placement of his feet upon the bench? Again, unless the urban landscape was much more strict and precise in these earlier times…. feet placement on a bench, while potentially unkind if the shoes are quite dirty…. if the shoes are relatively clean… it seems a common occurrence, at least not one to warrant a baton to the hoofers. Bozo’s response of changing position….. AND hiding his soles with his hat seems a fair choice in this instance. Speaking of homophones….. might the hidden “soles” reflect on a more metaphysical level, Bozo’s desire to keep the deeper aspects of his “soul” and psyche under wraps while out in public? However….. even more significant for me today …. I must also mention the rather amazing feat of our hero, Bozo, in the first block of this series….. Bozo is SLEEPING, but he is still able to hold and keep a cigar positioned in his chompers!!!!!! I have never been able to accomplish such a feat myself with my pipe…. if I nod off, it will invariably clatter to the ground and awaken me.
2. In the second series we find a mean feat being accomplished by another officer. Bozo is using an existing knot hole in the fence to observe some of the ball game. I have never understood the gravity of such an offense personally…. while technically, there may be a loss of a single ticket to the game…. in the greater reality it would be unlikely that someone using a knot hole to observe a game would have enough spare cash to BUY a ticket. But, that is beyond the current discussion. The significance is that the officer removes and reinserts backwards Bozo’s cigar that had poked through the fence. I consider this unkind and uncouth of the officer, and sad and unfortunate for Bozo.
3. In the third series, Bozo is earning cash as a shoe-shine fellow, and the fellow who looks a bit like Mr. Moneybags from Monopoly takes him up on his offer. It is of course obvious, that the shoe shine intimately involves the feet, but in the same vein, the deFEATed and questioning look on Bozo’s in the past frame causes me to ponder. Why would a shoe shine artist bother with brushing the coat of the gentleman? It seems the jacket was of a tough, wollen weave which was no match for the bristles of Bozo’s brush. But, why would Bozo attempt to brush the jacket in this instance? I could understand if he was providing haircuts…. but for a shoe shine…. it seems Bozo may have been trying to provide too rich of an experience, and is left feeling deFEATed .
Kiba65 over 3 years ago
Ah, my favorite stop in GoComics..
danketaz Premium Member over 3 years ago
1 Don’t do it Cop, you’ll just bust your billy club.
2 Turnabout is fair play.
3 No wonder Bozo’s always broke. All his money goes for new brooms.
Gent over 3 years ago
1. Bozo got a thick head. He knows it won’t hurts if he get hit on it.
2. Ah the old reverse the cigar and put it in his mouth trick.
3. Bozo needs to gets better quality brushes.
Mark Thomas over 3 years ago
1. Didn’t realize he was sleeping the wrong way.
2. Bozo feeling the heat now.
3. Bozo goes, “What happened to my brush”!
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 3 years ago
1. Fair payback for previous bumps on the cop’s head?
2. Bozo’s intentions aren’t clear; see #1 anyway.
3. The customer bristled at the brush-off!
Kip Williams over 3 years ago
Gotta protect the hat. You don’t find one that good every day!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 3 years ago
My man Bozo has a tougher head than his feet.
Cops are really a pain.
Bozo where do you get your brushes?
Ninette over 3 years ago
1. The cop was culturally constrained from acting as bashing heads was, then, not part of the accepted human repertoire. It happened, of course, but it was considered wrong. It did not occur to the cop as an option.
If I’m getting it the cop can’t baton the head because – head. The cop can’t baton the feet (culturally almost a politeness) because Bozo’s hat is there and a hat means a head. Confusion!
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 3 years ago
A cohesive theme permeating the array of strips today revolves around the homophones of feet and feat . Let me elaborate:
1. In the first series, we see Bozo lounging upon a park bench, snoozing in fact. The policeman takes considerable umbrage at Bozo’s respite…… not really sure why….. does the officer believe Bozo is a hobo? That seems incongruous to me. Or, does the officer dislike Bozo’s placement of his feet upon the bench? Again, unless the urban landscape was much more strict and precise in these earlier times…. feet placement on a bench, while potentially unkind if the shoes are quite dirty…. if the shoes are relatively clean… it seems a common occurrence, at least not one to warrant a baton to the hoofers. Bozo’s response of changing position….. AND hiding his soles with his hat seems a fair choice in this instance. Speaking of homophones….. might the hidden “soles” reflect on a more metaphysical level, Bozo’s desire to keep the deeper aspects of his “soul” and psyche under wraps while out in public? However….. even more significant for me today …. I must also mention the rather amazing feat of our hero, Bozo, in the first block of this series….. Bozo is SLEEPING, but he is still able to hold and keep a cigar positioned in his chompers!!!!!! I have never been able to accomplish such a feat myself with my pipe…. if I nod off, it will invariably clatter to the ground and awaken me.
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 3 years ago
2. In the second series we find a mean feat being accomplished by another officer. Bozo is using an existing knot hole in the fence to observe some of the ball game. I have never understood the gravity of such an offense personally…. while technically, there may be a loss of a single ticket to the game…. in the greater reality it would be unlikely that someone using a knot hole to observe a game would have enough spare cash to BUY a ticket. But, that is beyond the current discussion. The significance is that the officer removes and reinserts backwards Bozo’s cigar that had poked through the fence. I consider this unkind and uncouth of the officer, and sad and unfortunate for Bozo.
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 3 years ago
3. In the third series, Bozo is earning cash as a shoe-shine fellow, and the fellow who looks a bit like Mr. Moneybags from Monopoly takes him up on his offer. It is of course obvious, that the shoe shine intimately involves the feet, but in the same vein, the deFEATed and questioning look on Bozo’s in the past frame causes me to ponder. Why would a shoe shine artist bother with brushing the coat of the gentleman? It seems the jacket was of a tough, wollen weave which was no match for the bristles of Bozo’s brush. But, why would Bozo attempt to brush the jacket in this instance? I could understand if he was providing haircuts…. but for a shoe shine…. it seems Bozo may have been trying to provide too rich of an experience, and is left feeling deFEATed .
Ninette over 3 years ago
Sleep, peep, sweep.
Saucy1121 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Mr. Monopoly doesn’t look quite the same without his top hat.