Rubes by Leigh Rubin for January 25, 2021

Such a cruel thing to do to Dudley Doright’s horse.

There is nothing crazier than a loco motive.

Curses, foiled again!

Foils! Cursed again!

What, no tip of the hat to Jay Ward??

Besides, in our possession we have a recorded footage of you doing your dastardly deeds.

Nefarious mustache play got him convicted.

Looks like Dudley was running late that day.

man, i love it when an evil plan comes together……

You can’t prove Dudley!

Oh Nell………

And he would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for those darn…

Oops! Sorry. Wrong cartoon…

Those of us ‘mature’ readers recognize Snidely Whiplash but younger readers may not be familiar with him as a recurring character in the Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties segments of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, a TV cartoon series that ran in the 60s. Enjoy this wonderful compilation of those episodes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN1CR0BB9IM

The judge had to warn the prosecutor for railing against the defendant.

And now we’re tied up in court all day!

I so miss Hans Conried’s voice

Ah, I recall my favorite line from Dudley DoRight:

Snidely Whiplash has forced Nell to marry him, and he is talking with Nell’s father, head of the Mounties, who says:

“I’d hate to call you ‘son’, Whiplash…maybe I can elongate it a bit and make it come out all right.”

No snide remarks now.

Well, if it is a loco motive, wouldn’t that give him the insanity defense?

In order to get away with it, you mustache the evidence where it won’t be found.