Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for July 11, 2022

Thanks, Opus.

I have to admit, Mr Iacocca knocked it out of the park with the Mustang. My first cat was a ’67 Mustang with a 3 speed manual and a straight 6 200 engine. Man, I really miss that car, so easy to do everything on it from basic maintenance to minor repairs such as a hose, belt or water pump. Nowadays everything is computerized and you simply have to take the car to the dealer for service.

As arbiter of good taste, Opus has the final word.

Tom Paxton, in I’m Changing My Name to Chrysler, rhymed “Iacocca” with “Power Broka.”

One of the only things Iacocca did right was to buddy up with Caroll Shelby. Otherwise the Mustang mostly would have stayed a “secretary’s car,” Ford would never have gone into sportscar racing (crushing Ferrari and opening up European markets), and affordable Dodge cars would never have been so interesting during his tenure there (and those too were flawed but fun).

Lee gave us the Mustang. And the Pinto and the Chrysler K-Car.

I had a Pinto, as long as you don’t get rear ended at 55 MPH they were not going to burst into flames.

Ah, I get it… Iacocca … Roach… ☺

Lee didn’t start the fire.

The cockroach could be a real JOKE-A!

“Pintos all combusting”. Gotta love it. And it rhymes.

Ten four to Tampa!

I always imagined Jimmy Durante singing that

One of my favorites, but I forgot that it ended so tragically for the cockroach. At least it was not Milquetoast.

Everyone here is well aware that the Mustang is/was merely a reskinned Falcon?

Opus delivers the Ultimate Put-Down to a performer! Oh, well….

“Well, that simply was…”

Poor Lee I A Roach A!