Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 07, 2015
Transcript:
Mike: That's quite a terrarium, Zonk, did you plant it? Zonker: Nope. I inherited it. A guy in my botany class graduated and left it to me. I already have one, of course, but it can't hurt to have a spare. I'm calling it "E.T." Mike: E.T.? Why E.T.? Zonker: Extra terrarium. Mike: You know, I'm going to have to start charging you for straight lines.
BE THIS GUY over 9 years ago
Like I said last week, the straight man is under appreciated.
Mike31g over 9 years ago
To all my fellow Brits, don’t forget to vote today!Mike
HeckleMeElmo over 9 years ago
A straight line is the shortest distance between two jokes.
BE THIS GUY over 9 years ago
@pbarnrobSorry, but I still say that Bud Abbott was under appreciated.
pathfinder over 9 years ago
And the greatest straight man of all time IMO was Jack Benny
pathfinder over 9 years ago
And the greatest straight man of all time IMO was Jack Benny
SuicideShovel (84" stroker, 9:1 pistons) over 9 years ago
Did Pastis write today’s strip?
DeeBeeS over 9 years ago
Bud Abbott and all other straight men (Dean Martin, Oliver Hardy, etc.) were paid MORE than their comic partner.
The reason was straight men were harder to find and thus were in greater demand. They had to keep a straight face when the comic gave the joke (hence the term, Straight Man).
DeeBeeS over 9 years ago
P.S. Some straight men, like Harvey Korman (Carol Burnett Show, Blazing Saddles, etc.) blurred the line between setting up and saying jokes. Tim Conway was notorious in trying to make Korman laugh on the Carol Burnett Show.
Conway was so successful, Carol Bunett almost fired him early in the show’s tenure because he kept crackiing up at Conway’s joks. The audience loved it so he stayed on the show.
goweeder over 9 years ago
Thanks for the memories…….
ZorkArg over 9 years ago
Let’s see… Cameron is one of those Brits (said w/ respect) – who’s the other, and which one is a Tory? And, what’s a Tory?
Lorenzo Browncoat over 9 years ago
George Burns, with Gracie. Greatest straight man ever
Sailor46 USN 65-95 over 9 years ago
Without a Straight Man most Jokes Aren’t
jnnydnti over 9 years ago
This must be where Pastis got it.