Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 02, 2019

Now is the time you should be on your sled.

Of course, they don’t HAVE to put on anything better…

It’s Saturday and Calvin can’t find anything good to watch?

It’s better than watching YouTube videos all day.

as a child, my parents said I would watch a test pattern if nothing else was on.

Who wants to watch a flying, bouncing TV anyway…

Maybe my parents were wise not to have a TV. We finally got one when I was 15.

On a related note, can you imagine Calvin in the Internet age? As I recall, the comic got as far as Calvin wanting an “online account” for their computer, and his dad saying it was bad enough they had a telephone.

This was my father in his fifties and sixties. No singer had a voice, according to him, no actor could act their way out of a paper bag, and TV was crap. That didn’t stop him from sitting in front of it several hours a day.

Notice to Calvin: Your Brainwaves Have Now Been Habituated For Life!!!

Ah the ’70s! Not that that decade was unusual, just that it was outstandingly dull on the airwaves.

Calvin, when you grow up you have 100 + channels and so called Reality TV to watch which isn’t reality.

Television has gone down hill since this strip was written.

Oddly enough, the same complaint is made today. There is enough good stuff on, it is just a matter of finding among all the dross. But even dross, is watched by someone.

I always loved the way Watterson had the TV jumping around! :D

Gilligan!

And this is exactly why CBS has such ratings.

I watch local news and the Weather Channel for regular TV. Rest of the time is Curiosity Stream, You Tube, Netflix and Prime.

Hobbes with an epic roast!

I haven’t watched regular TV for more than a couple of years, and I don’t feel any sense of loss. Internet (streaming) TV is a God-send – you can watch exactly what you want, when you want, and almost wherever you want!

When I departed for my first permanent military assignment I packed up all my worldly possessions save one in my car (yes, it all fit) and drove off. The one possession I did not bring with me was my TV set. I did without for over a year. I did not miss it.

To this day. I’m not a TV junkie. My favorite network has its own button on the remote: OFF.

It’s next to the Billy Mayes Memorial Button – AKA MUTE.

There isn’t. There never will be again, alas.

and yet we keep going back, and back, and back……

Some things never change.

I replaced door-handles on my Toyota van, learned how to program my sprinkler system (lousy instruction manual), re-learned Linear Algebra from MIT Open Courseware, listened to all of Bob Dylan’s songs a hundred times over, learned what “Waltzing Matilda” is about, found out I never will understand quantum mechanics, mourned John Stewart’s death and re-listened to all his songs, and posted a video of my pal “Pouncer” peeing in the toilet and rolling the toilet paper roll and so far have gotten zero hits, and don’t think I wasted VERY much time. Oh, and I discovered that the Righteous Brothers are actually white. Who knew?

The best show on earth is just outdoors. Some input required.

I especially enjoy Calvin when his mom is trying to catch him for school!

It’s known as “Least Objectionable Programming”. Or LOP, for short.

Turn TV off and go outside for adventures.

But, I love SpongeBob!

Trust me, there is nothing better on TV.

I love Calvin over the crap belted by the TV. Which child is not hooked on TV. It is better than the internet games at present.