It doesn’t surprise me Pastis would introduce a new pet into the strip solely for the purpose of getting laughs. Irresponsible! (Actually, if memory serves, he once had a cat in Pearls named Snuffles.)
That song was EVERYWHERE in 1980-1981. It was also my mother’s favorite song from the Urban Cowboy soundtrack so I couldn’t escape it.
Thank God for Boz Scaggs…on an 8-track you had to listen to Look what you’ve done to me to get to wookin’ pa nub (slight nod to the Buckwheat comments)…
Wow, that’s old. I’m assuming Pastis meant the Johnny Lee song from Urban Cowboy I remember that still being played fairly regularly four years later on the radio.
BE THIS GUY almost 5 years ago
This is not what any of us were dreamin’ of.
DanielRyanMulligan almost 5 years ago
BUCKWHEAT, ANYONE?!
DennisinSeattle almost 5 years ago
Ow! Ow! Ow! Too PUNishing!
Robin Harwood almost 5 years ago
I’m just going to go away, make a cup of tea, and sit down quietly and forget I ever saw this.
Baarorso almost 5 years ago
How many read the first panel and figured out the PUNch line right away? ’D
Templo S.U.D. almost 5 years ago
And why would the cat be hanging with the Wong crowd?
oldpine52 almost 5 years ago
Pastis, are you trying to propagate a racial stereotype?
Leojim almost 5 years ago
That was Wong on so many levels!
retrocool almost 5 years ago
I like a bad pun.
santa72404 almost 5 years ago
Would too many Wongs make it right?
Concretionist almost 5 years ago
One of my favorite character names ever: Rydra Wong.
Jesy Bertz Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Pig worked too hard to make a bad pun about his missing cat. It was Luv’s Labour’s Lost.
Packratjohn Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Sorry, but I’m sure you’re familiar with the code of the wild, “Love, Prey, Eat”. (We have coyote here_
Orcatime almost 5 years ago
I remember that song warmly.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 5 years ago
♪ Love is a nose, and you better not pick it. ♫
DamnHappyChappy almost 5 years ago
Puns are the best, we LOVE you Stephan and you too rat.
Troglodyte almost 5 years ago
There’s Sum Ting Wong here!
Sanspareil almost 5 years ago
Pig is oinking up the Wong tree!
James Wolfenstein almost 5 years ago
Racially insensitive, politically incorrect… this is wong! :D
artmer almost 5 years ago
At least he didn’t have him say “Ruv”.
Breadboard almost 5 years ago
Pig I hope you learned a lesson … Tis Wong to let a cat run loose and become Hawk/Eagle food … Croc Power !
mjb515 almost 5 years ago
Stephen’s decisions today are completely Wong.
asrialfeeple almost 5 years ago
This comic is so wong.
nosirrom almost 5 years ago
Mr Wong and his cousins all live east of the train tracks.
They all lived on the Wong side of the tracks.
Andrew Sleeth almost 5 years ago
It doesn’t surprise me Pastis would introduce a new pet into the strip solely for the purpose of getting laughs. Irresponsible! (Actually, if memory serves, he once had a cat in Pearls named Snuffles.)
elbow macaroni almost 5 years ago
boring
4-3-3 almost 5 years ago
wookin pa nub
lv2sew almost 5 years ago
And THIS is why I read Pearls… Just gotta wonder about people who don’t appreciate a really bad pun.
Reader almost 5 years ago
If he just tried calling them, he was getting the Wong number.
Linguist almost 5 years ago
A pun is the lowest form of humor … unless, of course, you are the one trying to be punny!
Good on this mornining, Mr. Pastis. You woke my wife with my groan.
Display almost 5 years ago
And don’t anyone dare say “Keep your Chin up.”
Zebrastripes almost 5 years ago
You’re WONG on so many levels…..
Thomas Overbeck Premium Member almost 5 years ago
The Urban Pun-Boy strikes again!
zeexenon almost 5 years ago
He’s making fun of my speaking defwect!
Al Nala almost 5 years ago
VOY! Eh?
mtrimberger Premium Member almost 5 years ago
How many times do I have to yell “OUCH!” when reading Pearls?
BTO almost 5 years ago
Rim Shot!
the lost wizard almost 5 years ago
I think that this one should be just left alone. Or am I wong?
WCraft Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Rat: please tell me you have your bat with you!
DCBakerEsq almost 5 years ago
Terrific. Now, I’m hungry for Chinese.
CaveCat87 almost 5 years ago
Right place, Wong time?
Ellis97 almost 5 years ago
What’s the difference between right and Wong?
MissScarlet Premium Member almost 5 years ago
A little thanks to Johnny Lee and urban cowboys everywhere. https://www.youtube.com › watch
Call me Ishmael almost 5 years ago
I may be white, I may be Wong,/ ya know yer gonna miss me when I’m gong..
rugeirn almost 5 years ago
Pastis is a doughty fellow. And he just might use this pun again. So, if he does, will two wongs make a wight?
ayespin almost 5 years ago
No … it would make it “wright.”
txmystic almost 5 years ago
That song was EVERYWHERE in 1980-1981. It was also my mother’s favorite song from the Urban Cowboy soundtrack so I couldn’t escape it.
Thank God for Boz Scaggs…on an 8-track you had to listen to Look what you’ve done to me to get to wookin’ pa nub (slight nod to the Buckwheat comments)…
magdala666 almost 5 years ago
Not true, Pig—I love Stephan’s puns!
Natarose almost 5 years ago
I don’t care what the rat thinks, this is funny!
LKrueger41 almost 5 years ago
I’m with Rat.
Skylark almost 5 years ago
Does Pastis lose sleep working on his puns? I LIVE for them!!
Sensei Le Roof almost 5 years ago
At least he found a friend and a Luv… er…
knight1192a almost 5 years ago
Wow, that’s old. I’m assuming Pastis meant the Johnny Lee song from Urban Cowboy I remember that still being played fairly regularly four years later on the radio.
paullp Premium Member almost 5 years ago
“A pun is the noblest form of wit.” (Isaac Asimov) And I agree.
Sisyphos almost 5 years ago
Rat! Where’s your bat?!
Will no one beat some sense into Cartoon-Boy? This is all so wong!
frequency270 almost 5 years ago
Just an old-fashioned Luv-Wong.
cdgar almost 5 years ago
Blame this one on Trump.
Jouko almost 5 years ago
Seems to me that I’m the only one thinking Leisure Suit Larry…
wwward1948 almost 5 years ago
Yes.