The Elderberries by Corey Pandolph and Phil Frank and Joe Troise for June 20, 2020
June 19, 2020
June 21, 2020
Transcript:
Dusty: Name's Dusty. I'm new here. Professor: Greetings. I'm Professor Peters. I'm new here too. Join me. Dusty: Why'd you come to Elderpark, Perfessor? Professor: My kids said I kept forgetting things. Dusty: That doesn't soudn so unusual for people our age. Professor: What doesn't sound so unusual? Dusty: That you keep forgetting things! Professor: You know... my kids say that I keep forgetting things!
unca jim over 4 years ago
Thus “the absent-minded Professor !”
dwane.scoty1 over 4 years ago
I guess that depends on whether or not yoou remember your Depends!
William A Short Premium Member over 4 years ago
Old age jokes about memory loss are not funny.
WF11 over 4 years ago
OK, so The Professor (Professor Peters! I hadn’t noticed before that he had a name) does have kids (I had suggested he didn’t in a comment a few months back). I think that this does explain why he is at Elderpark: he has become too forgetful to live by himself or take care of himself, and for some reason the kids can’t look after him. Too bad, since I believe it was established somewhere that The Professor is only in his late 60’s (same age as I am now!), and to me that seems way too young to be in assisted living. After all, Dusty is 80, and despite his odd ideas (which are likely nothing new for him) he is still sharp as a tack.
finnygirl Premium Member over 4 years ago
I’m puzzled to see the Professor give his last name as “Peters” here. In future comics, he is called "Professor Basset (sp?) " Unless he actually forgot his correct last name here, I don’t know why he is named “Basset” (sp?) later on.