Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 19, 2013

He is, isn’t he.

You do realize, Rat, that if the guy ever met you, he’d hate you because you’re an idiot?

Good ol’ Travel Channel’s “No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain.”

Anthony Bourdain seemed so nice on Tremé…

Rat, you’re just like him without the traveling.You drink, smoke, swear, hate idiots AND you’re lazy!

Anthony Bourdain = one total toolbag

I will admit to having heard of the Anthony Bourdain, barely; but thankfully I have never seen him on telly, not having cable/dish (which I assume is where he does his cussing and whatever else it is that people find fascinating). I think I am one with Goat today. That guy is not my idea of a superhero, Rat!

why watch it on TV I see it everyday at home?

I would say Bourdain is actually worth watching one or twice before making up your mind about what you think of him. I understand why some people don’t care for his show, but it does have a lot more going for it then most food/travel shows.

Goat is floored!

The quality of cynical disdain is much undervalued in the “La-la-la” world in which we live….

Rat’s superhero is nothing but a sandwich…baloney with a thick slice of ham!!

HAPPY 35th ANNIVERSARY, GARFIELD!!!

Bourdain is an honest everyday guy lucky enough to get paid to travel, eat, drink and meet people. Not to mention he used to work as a chef and wrote books about food preparation.He looks like he’s having the time of his life working in his show.So I understand Rat..

Bourdain became famous for his book “Kitchen Confidential” which described his learning to be a chef and what REALLY goes on in restaurant kitchens. He gave many gems of advice such as “never order fish on a Monday” (it’s last weeks leftovers as the fresh order hasn’t come in yet) and “skip the seafood fritatta” at Sunday brunch (it is SERIOUS leftover seafood and other ingredients from the week, read everything in it has been in the restaurant for days). It’s a great book although it may kill your desire to eat out for a while…

Bourdain is annoying and un-watchable just like P. Morgan.Stopped watching CNN because of all of the political hack talking heads they have on.Get my news from the Daily Show instead

Why does it not surprise me that Rat would love Bourdain?

Not like Rat to spill his beer

Hey Steph, You’re aiming too high! Most of the first 24 comments missed the joke entirely. That makes it doubly hilarious.

This is quite possibly the best strip ever! I howled! Rat’s my hero.

In other words, he’s watching “pearls before swine:the adventures of rat”

Love Tony, love Rat!

His No Reservations episode in Beirut when the war in 2006 (?) started was a phenomenal piece of journalism, even though he was just there to shoot his food & travel show. He did a sequel several years later to go back & revisit the places he had planned to go before the bombing started.

Put most of today’s faux journalists to shame, and he’s just a chef who’s a great storyteller.

I get that he’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but he approaches the world in a very similar way to Jon. He started on the Food Channel & he wouldn’t play by their rules, so he moved to the Travel Channel. Thus his deep disdain for Rachael Ray & Paula Dean.

No he doesn’t, Goat.

I can hate idiocy right here at home for free.

BUMPER!!!

Isn’t he the one who’s bleeps are so often that the show sounds like Morse Code practice?

I like Anthony Bourdain. He is brutally honest, and gets a kick out of weird. He doesn’t mind getting dirty, and will try almost anything. The episode with Ted Nugent was especially good. The two of them were 180 degrees apart from each other politically, but got along great. Card carrying Ultra-Lib Tony had a ball shooting one of Uncle Ted’s machine guns, which was hilarious.

Andy Capp is another example… Although he gave up smoking.

Pottymouth Rat is back on the scene after yesterday when Pig took over Rat’s habits.

LOL xxx

Love Anthony Bourdain… So he swears a bit, but his show is hilarious.

I’m with Rat on this one.

Rat rules: he says what he feels. It doesn’t make it right, it makes him honest.

I’m not surprised that Anthony Bourdain is Rat’s hero. They’re both self-centered, mean spirited and insufferably arrogant. At least the egotistical Bourdain is a talented writer. Even his mystery novels are good. I met Bourdain once at a book signing at the old Cody’s on Telegraph in Berkeley. He behaved like a spoiled brat.

Yeah, he has a job that we all lust after!

Before he had all this TV work, he was quite well known for his book, Kitchen Confidential, which I had to stop reading because I couldn’t stand his attitude.

…you haven’t missed a thing, itisme…watched him once…a waste of time, IMO…didn’t finish the show…he was rude, crude, profane, seemed really “full of himself”…extremely annoying…rat can have him…

He’s never come to South Dakota! We have reservations!

Bourdain sucks, naturally Rat would look up to him.

Try watching the Brit TV series ‘An Idiot Abroad’. Ignore Ricky Gervais, he’s an idiot, but the rest is absolutely wonderful.

And what the F*^% is Goat doing lying on the !@#$%^& carpet? *&^% !!

Look, rat is becoming more like him.

RIP Anthony Bourdain

Apparently that doesn’t bring happiness either.

The man’s a loveable superhero