Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for March 26, 2023

On occasion, my brain just doesn’t get back to me at all even if it was something I was just thinking about. I’m 22

Hey, look, kids, Crankshaft’s back! And you know what? His joke is not that bad…by “Crankshaft” standards. Welcome back, Ed.

And Crankshaft will wonder on Tuesday why he thought of that actor’s name.

Crank has a brain?

My brain and my cats operate the same way; they take a message and maybe get back to me.

Bob Steele??

Crank retires to his thinking room, the smelly outhouse, with a Beanz-end catalog.

Ooh, a cameo appearance by Ed himself. Maybe he’ll be back again this week.

IMDB is our best resource in our house

When that happens to me, I just ask Grandpa Google…

Or, instead of waiting for Ed’s brain to get in gear, you could just look it up on IMDB.

Drives me mad when that happens. Usually it’s something totally unrelated that brings the answer LOL

IMDB can be your friend.

It’s Humphrey whatshisname. The other movie has Marilyn whatsherface. The movie we are watching next is directed by whatchacallit Spielberg.

Like a boomerang… except that sometimes it doesn’t come back.

I watch TV with my phone next to me with my IMDB app open to solve this very problem.

Looks like Ed’s staring at the southbound end of a northbound horse. Could be a whole lot of stars in that role.

Thank goodness for Google on the cellphone…

This is bad. Very bad.

Haha! XD

Occasionally it just pops to me a day or two later. Sometimes even the same day.