Brevity by Dan Thompson for October 22, 2013

I guess I picked the wrong day to stop…..

Operator: EXCUSE ME, This is the operator Captain Oever, I havean emergency call on line 5 from a Mr. Hamm.Oever : Alright, Give me Hamm on 5, hold the Mayo.

I say hey sky, s’other say I won say I pray to J I getthe same ol’ same ol.

Roger, Roger. What’s our Vector Victor?

Shhh! We’re coming to that famous solo in La Traviata!A solo? What is it?It’s when someone sings alone, but that’s not important.

Alright let’s just skip to the part where she has to manually inflate the autopilot.

Nice gag today.

Do airplanes have a “smartphone” mode?

“It’s a twister! It’s a twister!”

Mayday! Mayday!

What the heck is that?

Why, that’s the Russian New Year. We can have a parade and serve hot hors d’oeuvres…

I never actually saw the movie (shocking, I know!), but I used to love “Police Squad.” We need more of that kind of comedy for these treacherous modern times…….

You can make it into a broach or a terradactyl or

Or a Tex Avery cartoon done in live action. Wonder if they ever thought of making kid- friendly movies and TV shows that way also. Well, they already did one TV show: Police Squad!

Like a big Tylenol.

As the opera star gives the big finale:

“Everything’s coming up ro….” (…thinks he’s Ethel Merman.)

The sad thing about this comic strip today is realizing how few memorable (and quotable) lines have been in comedy movies in the past 25 years. Everyone can quote numerous great lines from Blazing Saddles or Inspector Clouseau, and that tradition ran strong from Animal Crackers through Animal House. Think Princess Bride is the last one I remember with more than a couple great lines. Lots of cute gags, in Team America for example, but great lines? No longer exist – we are no longer a literate country.