Another of the great Sunday strips. The Green dinner glop, quoting Hamlet, stabbing itself with a fork and then singing that insufferable Morris Albert tune. Genius
Bill Watterson includes this strip in Calvin and Hobbes Sunday Pages 1985-95. He explains, “This is one of the weirdest strips I ever drew. I’m not sure I fully understand it myself but it made me laugh. So there you are.”
Your worm is your only emperor for diet. We fat all creatures else to feed us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. Your fat king and lean beggar is but variable service; two dishes to one table, that’s the end.
Thank you for a MOST enjoyable strip. Never have I heard Shakespeare played better as a meaningful insight to which English teachers across the globe might aspire. Alas, though an octet of decades have paraded by since first I trod this mortal coil, the depth of these elegant prose seems to ring more true as the sands of time turn from a srickle to a torrent. Perhaps to dream.Thank you.
I hadn’t read Hamlet until I was in high school, the fact that Calvin would know the accurate monologue is rather impressive for a 6 year old. (I’m not counting parodies or pop culture references of the time because aside from the “to be or not to be” line the text wouldn’t be so accurately represented)
If anyone remembers the sitcom Dinosaurs, which ran in the early 90s, there was an episode where one character recites Shakespeare. It was very funny considering he was a guy wearing a dinosaur suit
Too bad Calvin ate it. It could have teamed up with Michigan J Frog, the singing frog from Warner Brothers cartoons, and gone on the road. They’re both green and they both sing. He’s not green, but Hobbes could sing backup with the “rum-tum-tums.”
I think I have eaten that stuff. My grandma made a green jello/cottage cheese thing in a ring mold. I got in trouble asking if it was molded mold in a mold. I was a kid.
BE THIS GUY 7 months ago
That “thing” was home free but then it had to sing.
This has to be one of the funniest C&H strips, which is saying a lot.
codycab 7 months ago
Mr. Watterson must be a big Shakespeare fan.
incognito 7 months ago
To sleep. Perchance to dream……
PaulAbbott2 7 months ago
Another of the great Sunday strips. The Green dinner glop, quoting Hamlet, stabbing itself with a fork and then singing that insufferable Morris Albert tune. Genius
snsurone76 7 months ago
Shakespearean slop!!
sirbadger 7 months ago
Shakespeare wrote down what his food said.
JudasPeckerwood 7 months ago
Thanks for taking one for the team, Calvin.
Concretionist 7 months ago
Cream of thespian eggplant?
Bilan 7 months ago
If it left it at quoting Hamlet, he would’ve had respect. But, no …
charliefarmrhere 7 months ago
Love it!!! One of the better ones!
finzleftright 7 months ago
Calvin was startled but ok with the Shakespeare, but once it started into “Feelings” he got rid of it! I fully approve!
cracker65 7 months ago
Plants got feelings too Calvin. I bet it screamed while you were eating it.
The Reader Premium Member 7 months ago
I didn’t know that Shakespeare used to eat that stuff.
JïllDérs(TOMGF) 7 months ago
How bad is that food that Calvin has to eat
hagarthehorrible 7 months ago
Sheer dramatic art at its best. Hats off to Bill.
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member 7 months ago
Shakespeare in the Barf.
minty_Joe 7 months ago
“Check, please!”
Harumph 7 months ago
Exit to the bathroom to empty his cheeks.
Calvinist1966 7 months ago
Bill Watterson includes this strip in Calvin and Hobbes Sunday Pages 1985-95. He explains, “This is one of the weirdest strips I ever drew. I’m not sure I fully understand it myself but it made me laugh. So there you are.”
phritzg Premium Member 7 months ago
In some cultures, when you clean your plate that well, it means you’re begging for seconds.
Gent 7 months ago
That kid is sure has some strange imaginations.
'IndyMan' 7 months ago
What could it have been that could quote Shakespeare better than Calvins states his view of life ????
Guayo1 7 months ago
The faces of Calvin in each frame go in accord with the verses.
jessegooddoggy 7 months ago
I’ll never get that song out of my head today, but at least it wasn’t Barry Manilow.
gantech 7 months ago
Every time I hear Hamlet’s soliloquy now, I get images of Christopher Plummer in Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country, just before he gets blown up.
Link from Twilight Princess (He/Him) 7 months ago
Oh man that food has deep thoughts.
markkahler52 7 months ago
Good thing the goop didn’t sing “Achy Braky Heart” or the “Macarena” song!
sandpiper 7 months ago
Read it through twice, bigger laugh each time. Gonna come back later and enjoy it again.
jagedlo 7 months ago
I think for breakfast now, I’ll go have some ham(let) and eggs…
KageKat 7 months ago
I never knew the second reference growing up, so I could only guess how obnoxious the melody must be for Calvin to finally consume the sludge.
mourdac Premium Member 7 months ago
That goo would have millions of social media followers if existed today.
hfelder7219 7 months ago
Calvin has popped up a couple of times with the kids on “ The Buckets”!
Redd Panda 7 months ago
Too bad he gobbled it, next cut was Barry M. singing Mandy.
Schmaltzy, I know, I love to sing along with that one.
rshive 7 months ago
Poor thing was influenced by somebody/something.
Zebrastripes 7 months ago
LMAO! Hysterical‼️☺️☺️☺️!
mfrasca 7 months ago
“Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gal…”
ladykat 7 months ago
Excellent strip today!
PlatudimusAtom Premium Member 7 months ago
There’s an awful lotta ham emoting from that green glop!
Otis Rufus Driftwood 7 months ago
Does this make Calvin a food or entertainment critic?
Steverino Premium Member 7 months ago
Must have been ham in that green glop.
fritzoid Premium Member 7 months ago
Your worm is your only emperor for diet. We fat all creatures else to feed us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. Your fat king and lean beggar is but variable service; two dishes to one table, that’s the end.
PC200X 7 months ago
I love it when a Calvin and Hobbes strip is sophisticated one minute, then devolves into absolute nonsense the next.
g04922 7 months ago
Green Goop for dinner…. AGAIN ??
Creature from the Black Legume 7 months ago
[ STANDING OVATION ]
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
Creature from the Black Legume 7 months ago
Tied for first with almost all of the Snow Goon strips.
Angry Indeed Premium Member 7 months ago
Calvin digested enough Shakespeare to last his entire lifetime.
BiggerNate91 7 months ago
Going by some of these comments, I’m glad I have never heard this song.
Plumb.Bob Premium Member 7 months ago
Green hamlet and eggs?
Justarunner Premium Member 7 months ago
Thank you for a MOST enjoyable strip. Never have I heard Shakespeare played better as a meaningful insight to which English teachers across the globe might aspire. Alas, though an octet of decades have paraded by since first I trod this mortal coil, the depth of these elegant prose seems to ring more true as the sands of time turn from a srickle to a torrent. Perhaps to dream.Thank you.
txmystic 7 months ago
second to last panel FTW
unkl bob Premium Member 7 months ago
Might have been some mushrooms in there…
Silence Dogood Premium Member 7 months ago
Oh, c’mon, there must be a Hamlet omlette in here somewhere…Danish, anyone?
Mountain Meg 7 months ago
If that’s a Hamlet, it’s gone bad. Don’t eat it!
yangeldf 7 months ago
I hadn’t read Hamlet until I was in high school, the fact that Calvin would know the accurate monologue is rather impressive for a 6 year old. (I’m not counting parodies or pop culture references of the time because aside from the “to be or not to be” line the text wouldn’t be so accurately represented)
mindjob 7 months ago
If anyone remembers the sitcom Dinosaurs, which ran in the early 90s, there was an episode where one character recites Shakespeare. It was very funny considering he was a guy wearing a dinosaur suit
Sherlock5 7 months ago
Too bad Calvin ate it. It could have teamed up with Michigan J Frog, the singing frog from Warner Brothers cartoons, and gone on the road. They’re both green and they both sing. He’s not green, but Hobbes could sing backup with the “rum-tum-tums.”
Ermine Notyours 7 months ago
I expect one day to go to the dentist and ask what he has in store for me. He will sing, “Fillings… nothing more than fillings…”
mistercatworks 7 months ago
“Spamlet: The Entree”
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member 7 months ago
Alas, poor Yorick…
rgcviper 7 months ago
The more I kept reading this one, the more it made me laugh. Great—even if the green glop looks less than appetizing.
French Persons Premium Member 7 months ago
Get your own dinner from now on then.
pamela welch Premium Member 7 months ago
Eating that ‘thing’ was the only way to stop it — LOLOL
Will_Scarlet 7 months ago
Dinner theater.
IlonaHerbert 7 months ago
If you feel you can write a better comic strip, please do.
Andrew Bosch Premium Member 7 months ago
Calvin should wait a bit longer before eating that. Maybe it will do the Yorick speech from the gravedigger scene.
wiley207 7 months ago
Another fun instance of Bill Watterson being cultured. I wonder where the “Feelings” song is from?
kentheady 7 months ago
Must have been a ham loaf.
eced52 7 months ago
He could handle Shakespeare, but not feelings? Sounds about right.
KRISTI569 7 months ago
THAT was hilarious!!
DorothyGlenn Premium Member 7 months ago
I think I have eaten that stuff. My grandma made a green jello/cottage cheese thing in a ring mold. I got in trouble asking if it was molded mold in a mold. I was a kid.
nicole.granger559 7 months ago
I’m torn between the incontinent toad and the $1.00 swift kick in the butt ones.
LrdSlvrhnd 7 months ago
This has always been one of my favorite strips.
Humerus1 4 months ago
to eat or not to eat, that is the question!