They still have an old TV with some kind of rabbit ears which is now obsolete and not once have we seen Lio on a computer. What year is this supposed to be?
From the Oompa Loompa song (from the BOOK, not the movie!):
“The most important thing we’ve learned,So far as children are concerned,Is never, NEVER, NEVER letThem near your television set —Or better still, just don’t installThe idiotic thing at all.In almost every house we’ve been,We’ve watched them gaping at the screen.They loll and slop and lounge about,And stare until their eyes pop out.(Last week in someone’s place we sawA dozen eyeballs on the floor.)They sit and stare and stare and sitUntil they’re hypnotised by it,Until they’re absolutely drunkWith all that shocking ghastly junk. "
I thought the TV would just eat the books.TV’s main enemy nowadays is the Internet. Why do you think so much of the programming nowadays is geared toward trailer trash? Because most people who can afford a computer would rather have fun that way!
Reminds me of the great Ghan Wilson cartoon where the guy’s TV goes static-y, and when he walks over to fix it, it devours him. Last panel, the guy’s wife has come into the room, and the static has started again…
Templo S.U.D. over 10 years ago
Books: television’s kryptonite.
sadiedog over 10 years ago
:) This is why I read.
TiggerLeBounce over 10 years ago
Good for Lio!
johndifool over 10 years ago
Stark contrast with Calvin today in C & H…
woodroe over 10 years ago
Nothing beats the Theater of the Mind
Sharon Hayes over 10 years ago
They still have an old TV with some kind of rabbit ears which is now obsolete and not once have we seen Lio on a computer. What year is this supposed to be?
Godfreydaniel over 10 years ago
From the Oompa Loompa song (from the BOOK, not the movie!):
“The most important thing we’ve learned,So far as children are concerned,Is never, NEVER, NEVER letThem near your television set —Or better still, just don’t installThe idiotic thing at all.In almost every house we’ve been,We’ve watched them gaping at the screen.They loll and slop and lounge about,And stare until their eyes pop out.(Last week in someone’s place we sawA dozen eyeballs on the floor.)They sit and stare and stare and sitUntil they’re hypnotised by it,Until they’re absolutely drunkWith all that shocking ghastly junk. "
Comic Minister Premium Member over 10 years ago
Good job Lio!
Nonny over 10 years ago
Get ’im, Lio!!!
Sisyphos over 10 years ago
Bravo, Lio! Defeat the Vast Wasteland!
bopard over 10 years ago
Out! infernal monster. I have bell, book, and candle.
Stephen Gilberg over 10 years ago
I thought the TV would just eat the books.TV’s main enemy nowadays is the Internet. Why do you think so much of the programming nowadays is geared toward trailer trash? Because most people who can afford a computer would rather have fun that way!
heatherjasper over 10 years ago
Reminds of a Bloom County comic, where a TV monster thing sucks out Opus’ eyeballs.
john.barber over 10 years ago
Reminds me of the great Ghan Wilson cartoon where the guy’s TV goes static-y, and when he walks over to fix it, it devours him. Last panel, the guy’s wife has come into the room, and the static has started again…
skipper1992 over 10 years ago
Someone please build a statue of Mark Tatulli, so that I may bow before it in recognition of the awesomeness of this strip.