Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 20, 2016
Transcript:
Stephen: Hey, Staci...I know we've had our tough times, but when you first met me, did you ever feel like you'd won the lottery? Staci: I felt like I was on 'Let's make a deal' and when they opened the curtain, I got a cow. Stephen: No one will get that reference! Staci: Moooooo.
BE THIS GUY over 8 years ago
Staci, did you at least get a kiss from Monty Hall?
deathrider75 over 8 years ago
I get the Reference.
Jeff0811 over 8 years ago
Looks like someone got “zonked”.
TMO1 Premium Member over 8 years ago
You do have some readers that are as old or older than you, so yes, we do get the reference.
DangerBunny over 8 years ago
Meanwhile, Larry has a cunning plan!https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CiNAXGeWEAARwrf.jpg:large
Wilde Bill over 8 years ago
If you’re wrong about people getting that reference, you’re probably wrong about people appreciating your puns, too.
debra4life1958 over 8 years ago
I got that reference also. What does that make me? Almost 60, that’s what!! (Well, in 2 years and 1 day, that is.)
Ragtime78rpm over 8 years ago
Hmmm… well let’s see what Jay is bringing down the aisle!
legaleagle48 over 8 years ago
Stephan, anyone over about 50 will get that reference!
Enter.Name.Here over 8 years ago
Wow. Now I know how my late mom felt when she spoke of watching old shows like “The Show Of Shows.” It seemed prehistoric to me, even those it was only a few years before I was born.
Frog-on-a-Log Premium Member over 8 years ago
I am offended!
Brian Fink over 8 years ago
“Let’s make a deal” is on the game show channel “Buzzer”. I swear, I only found it by mistake in flipping around!
GreenIrishEyes over 8 years ago
A goat. It’s always a goat, not a cow. (BTW: Goats are cute!)
Keith Mefferd Premium Member over 8 years ago
I enjoyed that show, too. I was a kid then, but I thought the farm animal was more often than not a goat, which would have fit the strip better anyway ;-)
Melki Premium Member over 8 years ago
Shoulda taken the box.
juicebruce over 8 years ago
At least she will get some milk .
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 8 years ago
She still has the large novelty sunglasses?
hariseldon59 over 8 years ago
I remember Carol Merrill was always standing next to a curtain or a box.
nosirrom over 8 years ago
Turkey would have been a better answer.CowaPUNga!
Chad Cheetah over 8 years ago
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 8 years ago
Let’s Make a Deal is still on, so I don’t know why no one would get the reference.
Daniel J. over 8 years ago
Um, a lot of us fans are a lot older than you think, Stephan.
Ichabod Ferguson over 8 years ago
Could have had the curtains drawn in the first panel.
tom over 8 years ago
Perhaps she would have preferred A LIFETIME SUPPLY OF RICE-A-RONI, THE SAN FRANCISCO TREAT!
Devo27 over 8 years ago
NeedAChuckle got it. Wayne Brady is hosting it, with announcer/cohort Jonathan Mangum.
me over 8 years ago
The show is iconic. There is actually a probability mathematics principle referred to as the Monty Hall Problem. It explains why, after having chosen 1 of 3 curtains and elimination i of them, your best bet is now to switch your choice to the other remaining curtain.
mail2jbl over 8 years ago
If you watch reruns of the show on GSN, you’d get the reference.
Kevin Cook over 8 years ago
I’m old enough that I get the reference from when it was originally on TV
whiteheron over 8 years ago
The Gong Show was better.
e.groves over 8 years ago
I’m 71 and never watched the show so I didn’t get it either.
Diane Forbus over 8 years ago
pick door number 3 or the lady or the tiger
kd1sq Premium Member over 8 years ago
Ah, the good days – I used to be a Gong Show aficionado…
Algolei over 8 years ago
Stephan just wanted to make his girlfriend say “Moooooooo”.
Zoja over 8 years ago
“Ding Dong School” with Miss Francis? Boy oh boy – I sure remember that program. I was glued to the TV when that show came on. Anybody remember “Lunch Time Little Theater”?
Queen of America over 8 years ago
I get it. Also remember Miss Francis and Ding Dong School.
knight1192a over 8 years ago
Yeah, I haven’t seen a cow as the big zonk of the day. But a mule, well saw that a couple of times, once with a cart. Just watch Let’s Make a Deal on Buzzr if you weren’t alive when the show was on to get the reference to today’s strip.
Plods with ...™ over 8 years ago
I think it was a jackass, which in this case, may be appropriate.
water_moon over 8 years ago
I got the reference and I’m not nearly 50
Scout Rules over 8 years ago
Let’s Make a Deal is still on TV, it’s hosted by Wayne Brady . . . . Bitches !!! hahahahahaha
Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 8 years ago
Cows may come, cows may go, but that BULL in the basket lasts forever!!
Scott S over 8 years ago
Dating myself a little bit, but I get the reference.
Sherlock Watson over 8 years ago
Don’t have a cow, Staci.
Number Three over 8 years ago
I don’t get the reference but it’s freaking hilarious!
xxx
Petemejia77 over 8 years ago
I got it. I used to wonder if the contestant got to keep those farm animals. What if they were farmers???
dadoctah over 8 years ago
I’ll bet you didn’t know that Carol Merrill is the aunt of actress Carla Gugino.
Sisyphos over 8 years ago
Cartoon-Boy in his basket on the porch (because Staci has kicked him out of the house) is so cute, just like a tiny puppy—and about as bright as one not yet trained, too!Mooo to you, C-B!
del_grande Premium Member over 8 years ago
I guess Stephen doesn’t watch CBS in the mornings, or at least the hour before The Price Is Right…
mjb515 over 8 years ago
I expect Stephen’s line in the last panel is what the real Staci said when told about this strip.
mgstrick over 8 years ago
Sadly I am just old enough to get the reference
Ainimache Premium Member over 8 years ago
Me too, Mark!
Kirk Barnes Premium Member over 8 years ago
Yeah. We will.
Kirk Barnes Premium Member over 8 years ago
What’s next? “Dialing for Dollars”?
awgiedawgie Premium Member over 8 years ago
I’ve watched “Let’s Make a Deal” for decades, and I still didn’t get the cow reference.
Snuffles [Previously Helikitty] about 2 years ago
I once watched an episode of “The Price is Right”. I’ve also seen “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune”. I am not over 18.