Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 08, 2014

Dad can be a buzz kill.

Betcha Dad would say that even if Calvin was watching “A Charlie Brown Christmas”, surely one of the most beloved holiday specials of all time.

Where is the T.V. and why is Calvin looking at that jumping box???

And why did my comment post twice???

Well if the tv channels did not show commercials there would be no money made and if there is no money made there would be no Christmas specials. Or is there no logic in that statement?

Calvin’s dad sure knows how to deflate a balloon! ;)

just a kid

I’ll bet you can find a picture of dad in the dictionary next the word killjoy.

Hey, it keeps him quiet and in one place for 30 minutes.

Wow, I just had a flashback. Anyone else remember the Norelco Santa?

Anybody remember the ’Folger’s commercial about the young man making it home from college(or the military) early in the morning and making coffee to wake up everyone(except his little sister) ? Pure commercialism but you couldn’t fault the sentimentality ! ! !

Christmas is a time of family… now BUY! BUY! BUY!

If you’re THAT concerned, Dad, unplug the box and give him a book…

I learned to watch TCM long ago. Those commercials every 7 seconds were getting to be a buz kill.

I remember the old days when there were only 3 fairly interesting and well made commercials to break up a half hour show that was actually well written, not some reality crap. And, of course, watching it was free. Today’s TV and the high cost of cable for hundreds of unwatchable channels is an embarrassment to the intelligence of the human race. Don’t miss it at all, and find it annoying when I am at someone else’s home. Calvin’s dad and I would get along just fine.

Calvin wants his own TV in the backyard so he and Hobbs can play spaceman spiff while watching it

BBC didn’t (Still doesn’t?) have ads when I was that small……

Record and fast forward thru commercials.

@unclebewey: When you click on “Refresh Comments” after posting your comment, you may see your comment appearing twice. It’s a GoComics software bug. But if you then refresh your Web browser, you will see that your comment only appears once.

The television is mounted to the wall and has a very unique deluxe feature!.It can automatically tilt and pan depending upon which panel you are viewing…: >)

The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup.

That’s exactly what my husband is like! A total buzz kill!

Calvin’s dad can be a pretentious jerk when he feels the need to insult others for enjoying a form of entertainment that’s not what he likes — in this case a child presumably watching a children’s TV program. He mistakenly seems to think there is some great inherent intellectual value in something just because it is in the form of a novel. Someone else could just as easily mock him for wasting a lot of time reading pointless silly fiction.

I am so glad we have stable LCD screens now. Those jumping CRT screens really wreaked havoc on the furniture.

I love how the TV jumps around like a kettle on a stove.

Anybody notice the CRT TV and the rabbit ears antenna? He should ask for a new TV and cable service. Then he could have a dozen stations that are nothing but commercials.

Christmas, Christmastime is hereFull of artificial cheer.Three weeks to the 25th.Let’s just get it over with.Hackneyed songs like Deck the Halls,Mortal combat in the malls.Wish that I could skip the day,Please, Christmas, go away!

You can tell that this cartoon must be years old (from 1994). The amount of scheduled program you get to watch nowadays is about 3-5 minutes before it’s interrupted by greed driven, waste appealing, salaciously slanted advertising, depending on which channel you select.

The five Great Christmas Specials:A Charlie Brown ChristmasFrosty the SnowmanThe Grinch Who Stole ChristmasRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Santa Claus is Coming to Town

I also want to mention “A Mr. Magoo Christmas Carol.”

That’s not for the delight of Dad!

Calvin’s Dad – Always around to cheer us up!

xxx

Hark the Herald Tribune sings…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffO8nZThwmM

I was exaggerating just a little, but I don’t think that much. On some shows the commercial breaks seem longer than the regularly scheduled program sandwiched in between.

Oh, I remember both of the commercials also.

For me, it wasn’t officially the Christmas Season until i saw an Andre Champagne & Cold Duck commercial: The first year they didn’t show it, i knew then that it was the beginning of the end..