Transcript:
rj: kumbaya, kemosabe? Verne: interesting. you've combined the camp fire classic creole gullah language spiritual with tonto's mispronunciation of "quien sabe" you just said, "come by here, wise one." Rj: go by there, wordy one. verne: can't take it back!!
Rod Gonzalez over 11 years ago
Actaully “Kemosabe” (however you spell or prounce it) means “Trusted Friend”.
juicebruce over 11 years ago
The look on Verne’s face in panel#3,priceless!
geezerider over 11 years ago
In Spanish it means “who knows”
rugeirn over 11 years ago
I think whatever the turtle’s reading is more pedantic than reliable.
wcorvi over 11 years ago
I think they had a problem with Tonto – no one was supposed to know his name, so they just called him “The Lone Ranger”. But what was his faithful Indian companion supposed to do, just call him “Lone” for short?
catzilla23 over 11 years ago
Tonto died when The Lone Ranger found out what Kemosabe really meant.
Potrzebie over 11 years ago
Perhaps the new movie will tell us what it really means.
anotherbozo over 11 years ago
All these years, I didn’t know Tonto was speaking Spanish! Or broken Spanish. This strip is f***ng educational!
Stephen Gilberg over 11 years ago
I’d seen a theory it was from “Quien NO Sabe,” which goes well with the Spanish meaning of “Tonto.”
wronhewitt over 11 years ago
My favorite Tonto line, an’ it’s a “parody” which was never actually in any of the fabled episodes – It’s the one Tonto purportedly says to The Lone Ranger after his ‘Kemosabe’ has noticed Indians on the warpath heading right for them. and turned to Tonto saying something like, “Looks like we have trouble ahead…” – to which Tonto replies, “What you mean ‘we’ Kemosabe?”
lenasquest Premium Member over 11 years ago
Oh, I DO so love ‘Over the Hedge’ some days!
juicebruce over 11 years ago
Wonder if Verne got the"His shell" AC" tuned up for summer?