Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for April 12, 2022

  1. Coyote
    eromlig  over 2 years ago

    “Why? Because we like you!”

     •  Reply
  2. Av22 claydoh 500
    droosan Premium Member over 2 years ago

    I had one of those ‘Mickey Mouse’ telephones in my college dorm room, too .. in the late-1980s.

    I used ‘Mickey’ as my phone throughout the 1990s, too — and I still have him — in a box, somewhere, in storage.

    haven’t had a ‘landline’ since 2002 ..

     •  Reply
  3. 20240915 071118
    SpacedInvader Premium Member over 2 years ago

    I don’t remember. Was that style of drink glass around back then?

     •  Reply
  4. Ava2
    C  over 2 years ago

    The train wreck begins

     •  Reply
  5. Missing large
    Old man 2718  over 2 years ago

    wow, when i was young, i had book shelves just like arlo’s

     •  Reply
  6. Tyge
    Tyge  over 2 years ago

    Playing it cool, eh! 8^ )

     •  Reply
  7. Al the fish cup
    alasko  over 2 years ago

    Attack of the Mouse!

     •  Reply
  8. Photo
    Robin Harwood  over 2 years ago

    I remember those paper and wire lampshades. I want one now, but they don’t seem to make them any more.

     •  Reply
  9. Missing large
    thomas_matkey  over 2 years ago

    Well, not technically a lie.

     •  Reply
  10. Ti
    Rhetorical_Question   over 2 years ago

    Clumsy as never?

     •  Reply
  11. Waffle
    Chalres  over 2 years ago

    Ah, yes – “cinder block” bookcases!

     •  Reply
  12. N1495118875 241922 2408
    Ermine Notyours  over 2 years ago

    What am I doing? Being attacked by a rodent. Hey, do you want to come over to my place?

     •  Reply
  13. Img 0263
    sallyseckman  over 2 years ago

    I know the smartphone is great and all but I miss the novelty landline phones. Are landlines even a thing anymore?

     •  Reply
  14. Img 20150606 175412 912
    djtenltd  over 2 years ago

    @Robin Harwood- Try Amazon or eBay.

     •  Reply
  15. Img 20150606 175412 912
    djtenltd  over 2 years ago

    I remember those Mickey Mouse phones. They made the rotary and the push button models. I started to buy one. I sure wish I did!

     •  Reply
  16. Missing large
    knittyditty  over 2 years ago

    Cinder block book shelves……ever present college furniture

     •  Reply
  17. Img 5555
    Da'Dad  over 2 years ago

    Weighed over 30 pounds apiece. No wonder they were quickly replaced by plastic milk crates.

     •  Reply
  18. Missing large
    mnxo4  over 2 years ago

    The cinderblock shelving in the background is classic college chic, too!

     •  Reply
  19. Missing large
    T Smith  over 2 years ago

    I had completely forgotten about cinderblock and plank shelving, although you had to stand the blocks on-end to fit books.

     •  Reply
  20. A07653a8 c2c4 4ae8 924d 20adc3172cc0
    Jimmyk939  over 2 years ago

    With Carly Simon’s “Anticipation” playing in the background

     •  Reply
  21. Missing large
    sundogusa  over 2 years ago

    No caller ID, but you knew exactly who was calling! Anticipation and success!

     •  Reply
  22. Scullyufo
    ScullyUFO  over 2 years ago

    Anyone else not getting the images on this web site? Only avatars on comments are visible for me.

     •  Reply
  23. Img 4869 original
    Marcia Gibson Premium Member over 2 years ago

    I had a Mickey Mouse telephone like that. The grandkids love playing with it. And without ever having had a home-phone, they instinctively know what to do with it.

     •  Reply
  24. Sunset
    daddo52  over 2 years ago

    Mickey didn’t like the late-night call?

     •  Reply
  25. Photo
    DawnQuinn1  over 2 years ago

    I like the concrete block book case. I had one of those when I was in university.

     •  Reply
  26. Screenshot 163
    Cminuscomics&stories Premium Member over 2 years ago

    I had a telephone just like that with a dial. It was one of the many things I sold on eBay when I starting paying the kids’ college tuition.

     •  Reply
  27. Image
    MuddyUSA  Premium Member over 2 years ago

    A Mickey Mouse phone in a college dorm. Oh Arlo?

     •  Reply
  28. Albagast jpeg
    belgarathmth  over 2 years ago

    I’d forgotten how when you used to pick up the phone too fast, the cord would be drawn up or tangled, and you’d pull the phone off the table.

     •  Reply
  29. B 58 hustler bomber
    John Leonard Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Cinder block bookcases are a nice touch. We also used milk crates to build them. We could get them form the local dairy store for a $5 deposit.

     •  Reply
  30. Reading cat
    morningglory73 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Wow, anxious much?

     •  Reply
  31. Images 3
    Emperor Rick  over 2 years ago

    Cinder block book shelves! Ah the memories. Where’s the beer can pyramid in the window?

     •  Reply
  32. 37cdc61d 2dfd 4a3c 9796 a93e73f76317
    MCProfessor  over 2 years ago

    I have that phone!

     •  Reply
  33. 689 6897683 blue rebel alliance logo png transparent png
    KEA  over 2 years ago

    Where’s the spool table?

     •  Reply
  34. Missing large
    troopie1  over 2 years ago

    I remember installing Mickey Mouse phones!

     •  Reply
  35. Pc200099
    assrdood  over 2 years ago

    Heck, my block shelves lasted me well into my 2nd marriage.

     •  Reply
  36. Missing large
    mcnutt  over 2 years ago

    The Cinderblock Bookcase: a classic element of Dorm Room Decor.

     •  Reply
  37. Tulips
    locake  over 2 years ago

    He should have let it ring 3 or 4 times.

     •  Reply
  38. Img 20240924 104124950 2
    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  over 2 years ago

    Joe Cool.

     •  Reply
  39. Fairy dragon
    Fairy Dragon  over 2 years ago

    Awesome. I can’t read the comics unless I turn my ad blocker completely off, and am then inundated with all the pop-up ads that almost cover the damn comic. fu, GoComics.

     •  Reply
  40. Klingon crest a
    Scott S  over 2 years ago

    I hope he didn’t wreck the phone. Those are selling for as much as $500 on eBay now.

     •  Reply
  41. Missing large
    raybarb44  over 2 years ago

    I got and still have one of those Mickey phones a lot of years back before Disney went “woke”. ..

     •  Reply
  42. 259027132 10227637754311686 4875445286281990069 n
    PammWhittaker  over 2 years ago

    Where’s the chianti bottle with the wax from candles dripping down?

     •  Reply
  43. Dvincent
    dv1093  over 2 years ago

    I have that phone in my basement.

     •  Reply
  44. Missing large
    Terrence Feenstra Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Been there . . .

     •  Reply
Sign in to comment

More From Arlo and Janis