Red and Rover by Brian Basset for December 04, 2022

Nasty Grinch! Fortunately, Santa knows what’s on Red’s list.

Mean old grinch!

That explains why I didn’t get a bicycle when I was ten…!

You do not need that red rider will bb gun you will shoot out somebody’s eye out with it

I remember red-and-blue mail boxes, but I also remember when they were olive-drab because of all the surplus paint left over from WWII.

You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch/You really are a heel/You’re as cuddly as a cactus/And as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch/You’re a bad banana with a greasy black peel

He’s just making sure it gets delivered directly to Santa.

I remember going through that enormous Sears & Roebuck Christmas catalog. Then writing my list. Still catching the Grinch Who Stole Christmas a couple of times during the season. I have the song as my ringtone during the holidays. Folks love it, especially in bars, ha!

Bad Grinch! But I think our little darlings will let Mom and Dad know what were in the letters, lol!

Yesterday’s strip mentioned some classic Warner Bros cartoons including the Roadrunner cartoons which were created and mostly directed by Chuck Jones (usually billed as Charles M. Jones). Chuck Jones also directed the first adaption of How The Grinch Stole Christmas. That was in the 1960s when Boris Karloff was still alive and he provided the narration for it.

Another point about Chuck Jones, which I forgot to mention yesterday, was that his second wife Dorothy Weber Jones wrote the “Rick O’ Shea and Hipshot” spoof western strip for several years. Chuck Jones used a sample of this – which paid tribute to his Roadrunner cartoons – in his 1989 autobiography “Chuck Amuck”.

It was a Sunday strip which showed Hipshot and his horse out in the desert with Hipshot thinking “Sure is peaceful out here.” The peace is interrupted when a cloud of dust appears. Hipshot then sees a roadrunner closely followed by a coyote. The chase continues for several panels with the coyote never quite catching the roadrunner. In the last panel, Hipshot enters a saloon while thinking, “That crazy coyote will never catch that roadrunner!” The sign on the saloon says “ACME Saloon – Proprieter C. Jones”.

Hey, that’s not Santa’s little helper!

The Grinch Delivery Service, and his heart grew three sizes that day. And his wallet grew 100 sizes fatter. Yip yip yip yip yip

I didn’t know that!

Must think it’s an Arizona Voting Box.

USPS, as usual.

This really explains a lot…

waaaahh!

….and there it is!

Oh, no!!! That was dreadful !!!

I love that there are two letters – one each from Red & Rover.

Oh he’s bad, he’s REAL bad……

In upstate NY we have grinches that are stealing mail from private mailboxes. We take Santa’s letters straight to the Post Office to avoid the grinch.

The kiss! The high five! This is the best comic.

You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch.

Wait, why is my collection key missing?

Hey, that’s a federal crime Grinch!!"

You’re a mean one, Mr. DeJoy.

Apparently, this is before his heart grew three sizes.

Love it! Absolutely priceless! Thanks so very much for sharing your heart and memories with us, Mr Bassett. I can always count on your comic strip to bring a smile.

Noooooooooooo!

Oh Noooo… It’s the Grinch !!

Evil Grinch.

lol nice Grinch joke.

Ah the red and blue mailboxes from the 1960’s.

And the Grinch!