Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 07, 2014
Transcript:
Pig: Hey, Goat, whatcha doing? Goat: Practicing my singing. I've been taking voice lessons. Pig: Good. How's it going? Goat: Okay, except for the high notes. I don't know why, but the treble range is hard for me. Pig: You really struggle with it? Goat: Yeah. So much so that when I sing it, I scrunch up my face, giving it this deep, furrowy look... or at least that's what my voice teacher told me yesterday. Rat: What are you guys talking about? Goat: Yesterday, all my trebles seemed so furrowy. Rat: God. I hate this comic strip. Goat: Let it be.
Sherlock Watson about 10 years ago
“Happiness is a warm gun aimed at a cartoonist.” (Rat)
Templo S.U.D. about 10 years ago
Oh, goody. Beatles-related pun.
cdgar about 10 years ago
Obviously, The Beatles weren’t thinking of Stephan when they wrote that song.
hariseldon59 about 10 years ago
Saw that pun coming from the third panel.
Dobie Takahama about 10 years ago
So much win in this comic! 2 Beatles refs in on comic! Awesome!
KZ71 about 10 years ago
You know, PBS would be funnier if they stopped resorting to puns… the occasional one is funny, but not a whole franchise of them.
juicebruce about 10 years ago
#9#9#9#9#9#9
Sisyphos about 10 years ago
Oh, c’mon, Rat. You know you like it. Just because Cartoon-Boy pays you to be the Heel in the PBS franchise doesn’t mean you can’t lighten up once in a while. Today’s wordplay was pretty decent, for Cartoon-Boy….
Tue Elung-Jensen about 10 years ago
At least he would end on a high note.
dadoctah about 10 years ago
Help me get my feedbag on the ground?
DamnHappyChappy about 10 years ago
I never see the pun coming as i do not look for it. I just love the punch lines when they comes. This one really made me laugh, I mean “furrowy” that takes imagination (y)
rshive about 10 years ago
Any pun is worth the effort to set it up.
Defective Premium Member about 10 years ago
I don’t look for the puns, but it was obvious to me that panel one was a set up for something horrible….
goalgo about 10 years ago
now we know why she had to go she need not say
bigbadpete about 10 years ago
Didn’t see the pun coming. As funny as the ’dunk rye for me Arch and Tina". Pastis is the master of puns!
TheVernalPool about 10 years ago
You’ve got to hide your puns away……
Jason Thomas Premium Member about 10 years ago
This one was a pleasure. Well done!
lotsalaffs Premium Member about 10 years ago
Kudos!
Arty8846 about 10 years ago
I must be a masochist. That hurt so good.
ArfArf88 about 10 years ago
royalties.
puddlesplatt about 10 years ago
do you get headachs much Mr. Pastis?
Ratbrat about 10 years ago
Love it!
rgcviper about 10 years ago
I saw the pun coming, but it didn’t hit me until the last panel. Well done, Pastis. (Although I’ll still give this one a [face-palm] …)
me about 10 years ago
I see what you did there. And – isn’t it good!
Snoopy_Fan about 10 years ago
Pastis is a real Nowhere Man…
Snoopy_Fan about 10 years ago
I hear Paul is dead…
or maybe it was Bob…
sarah413 Premium Member about 10 years ago
Another 2/3 pun….. P. U.!
Carl Rennhack Premium Member about 10 years ago
Steph had a hard day’s night coming up with today’s kartune!
steverinoCT about 10 years ago
“Suddenly, I’m not half the man I used to be…”
doublepaw about 10 years ago
Takes long arms to reach that far for a pun.
Gregory J Daly about 10 years ago
I love this comic strip and how self depricating Stephan Pastis can be.
hariseldon59 about 10 years ago
Stephan’s puns always seem to take the long and winding road.
A_NY_Outlaw about 10 years ago
Goat is getting as bad as Pig with the puns. Long live Pastis!
Packratjohn Premium Member about 10 years ago
How can anyone not like PBS? Personally, I read it Eight Days a Week.
RACerri32 about 10 years ago
Ah, wistful words of wisdom to make my morning ROFL
the lost wizard about 10 years ago
LET IT BE? MORE LIKE RUN FOR YOUR LIFE IF I HEAR ANOTHER PUN LIKE THAT.
Ermine Notyours about 10 years ago
Have you seen the little Piggy, talking with the Goat?
BudsGlory about 10 years ago
Guess that one was for my great-grandfather
felinefan55 Premium Member about 10 years ago
When goat mentioned problems hitting the high notes I figured someone (Rat) would help him reach them by hitting him in the oompa-loompas.
Fido (aka Felix Rex) about 10 years ago
I had intended to curse Cartoon-Boy for defiling the Great Lennon, but after reading the responses I can see that it would only have led to a cry of “ONO!”
Rhododendron about 10 years ago
What is Rat’s problem? Treble? Furrowy? This is a high-brow joke.
Piksea Premium Member about 10 years ago
I bet it’s really really difficult to come up with all of these truly groanworthy puns. Impressive work, Mr. Pastis!!!
NWdryad about 10 years ago
I don’t know who is worse today, Stephen, you or Pab.
Edit Dolven Premium Member about 10 years ago
God, I love this comic strip!!
sunchaunzo about 10 years ago
Will Sir Paul be flattered, amused or will he sue?
Number Three about 10 years ago
I love The Beatles!
xxx
Arianne about 10 years ago
All the punnly people, where do they all come from? All the punnly people, where do they all belong?
Arianne about 10 years ago
Cartoon-boy, you’re gonna carry that weight a long time.I’m surprised Rat didn’t bring his silver hammer!
Kind&Kinder about 10 years ago
As a lover of puns, I am rating this one first class. When I get to PBS, it always brightens my day. Good Day, Sunshine! Sun, sun, sun, here it comes!
rorygmw Premium Member about 10 years ago
The worse the pun, the better I like it.
jenifer flower about 10 years ago
much better punning in mid-week;for is not the measure of a truly good pun- how much it makes one wince?!?!?!?hence, no punny Sunday- rather Wince-day… ;-)
EdFenster Premium Member about 10 years ago
But it looks like it is here to stay.
tuggrover about 10 years ago
LOL! I love this comic
claire de la lune. about 10 years ago
That’s a day in the life of a cartoonist.Hehe.
claire de la lune. about 10 years ago
…I hope at least one person got that…
Saddenedby Premium Member about 10 years ago
a pun is a pun when it’s used to spread funa pun simply put, is a ray from the sunso pastis is truly enjoying this dayby spreading some fun from a pun in a memorial way
awgiedawgie Premium Member about 10 years ago
I hate the Beatles, but this pun is definitely groan-worthy! Well done, Stephan!
Trydge about 10 years ago
Saw this pun coming from the second panel. I’m really getting to know this guy – scary!
unclesamhain about 10 years ago
Happiness is a warm goon.
heatherjasper about 10 years ago
What?
Jude10101 over 8 years ago
beatles
LilPeruna over 3 years ago
I actually was thinking, partway through this strip, how is Stephan going to get Goat to say: ‘nobody knows the TREBLES I’ve seen’! Nice curveball!