The best rendition of “It’s Not Easy Being Green” I ever heard was by Ray Charles, on the Sesame Street 20th Anniversary Special many years ago. Apart from being a simply wonderful musical performance, it had so many poignant associations: It’s not easy being Black, it’s not easy being blind, it’s not easy being a junkie…
Unfortunately, I don’t know that video of this exists anywhere…
In college I had a bio prof who was particularly concerned with excretion. Thus we learned how the nitrogenous breakdown products of proteins excreted by the kidneys were the reason why pee bubbles. We also learned that it was the reddish color of iron compounds in the hemoglobin of dead red blood cells excreted by the – spleen was it? – that accounted for “poop” being brown. Ain’t science wonderful?
I get the feeling Jennifer is thrashing around, trying to find a usable story line here. It’s as though the characters want to go their own way and not adhere to the initial premise she started out with. Originally there were other characters and they’ve all disappeared.
margueritem over 14 years ago
Not quite…..
TheDOCTOR over 14 years ago
That *IS* his charm,Mona, that IS his charm.
ladywolf17 over 14 years ago
M Smokey having a bad day.
Sisyphos over 14 years ago
And then run the gears, Mona! [–An allusion to knifing technique, for the pure of mind….]
aardvarkseyes over 14 years ago
M. Smokey would make a great puppet (in a Meet the Feebles kind of way…)!
lewisbower over 14 years ago
Mona, comparing Smokey to Kermit? That would make you who? Miss—-
The missing M. Smokey over 14 years ago
Piggy.
RonBerg13 Premium Member over 14 years ago
Well, this certainly made my day. Oh brother.
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
The best rendition of “It’s Not Easy Being Green” I ever heard was by Ray Charles, on the Sesame Street 20th Anniversary Special many years ago. Apart from being a simply wonderful musical performance, it had so many poignant associations: It’s not easy being Black, it’s not easy being blind, it’s not easy being a junkie…
Unfortunately, I don’t know that video of this exists anywhere…
pschearer Premium Member over 14 years ago
In college I had a bio prof who was particularly concerned with excretion. Thus we learned how the nitrogenous breakdown products of proteins excreted by the kidneys were the reason why pee bubbles. We also learned that it was the reddish color of iron compounds in the hemoglobin of dead red blood cells excreted by the – spleen was it? – that accounted for “poop” being brown. Ain’t science wonderful?
nobody_special Premium Member over 14 years ago
He may be a French rabbit but his humor is American Standard!
margueritem over 14 years ago
nobody_special rim shot for you!
trekkermint over 14 years ago
but it’s the color of chocolate, a good cigar or a racehorse (their pooo too, but…)
i have a brown rabbit, a live one, named cuthbert
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
Yeah, ElDo, it was sometime around 1989. After I moved to the West Coast, but not long after…
Sisyphos over 14 years ago
Monday, Monday! Need my C’est la Vie fix! (45 minutes past nominal update, no strip!)
The missing M. Smokey over 14 years ago
Yes. But what a lovely portrait to be stuck on.
diggitt over 14 years ago
I get the feeling Jennifer is thrashing around, trying to find a usable story line here. It’s as though the characters want to go their own way and not adhere to the initial premise she started out with. Originally there were other characters and they’ve all disappeared.