The daily story started way back on August 1 as sort of a segue from the Joel / Rufus amnesia with Dumb and Dumber looking for a bear cave to hide in as they try to beat the hospital bill. Here’s a quick summary for those who came in late and might have missed the “action”:
8/1: talking bear, with some kind of bionic hearing ability, hears Joel and Rufus heading for his uncle’s cave
8/2: bear meets “Jones”
8/3 – 8/9: the two wander though the woods looking for Jones’ parents and reach campsite, guided by talking deer (hoo boy)
8/10: forest fire starts, not “far to the ranger tower”
8/12: the two reach ranger tower
8/15 – 9/13: bear, Hoogie and Jones bond as the fire is apparently put out as Hoogie does nothing to help
9/14 – 9/19: The “Authorities” show up and Jones escapes (boarded up window simply disappears)
9/20 – 10/02: Bear scares Authorities away and bear and Hoogie jabber for days and days about nothing
10/03 – 10/07: The Authorities return and are somehow tricked into believing that bear is a “talking mannequin”, howbeit a very smelly one
That’s what the last two+ months of absolute nonsense has been. Sure, this story has more “action” than the “Rufus has amnesia” dreck but that is a ridicuolusly low bar. But why has GA come to be such a mess? Why do all of the characters have to act like absolute idiots? For many decades this strip was built around the real-lfe antics of characters that people could identify with. Why was there a need to add time-travelling talkiing dolls, talking bears, and piano playing mall lizards? Is Jim incapable of telling a story that doesn’t involve slap stick type hijinks that make the Three Stooges seems like Fellini? Have we finally hit bottom or is there still a ways to go? Haven’t the long-time fans suffered enough? Is Jim going to work until he’s 100 like Corky?
Maybe Joel and Rufus can get jobs with one of those “Call us, we’ll pick up your junk” companies that seems to be the rage, if radio commercials on oldie rock stations are the true pulse of the nation at least.
October 8 posts include: Ruthie not helping Clovia play tennis, Brenda gets a taste of the Natural life, and it’s another Saturday night at the Crystal Pistol. (Walt will remain lost in the jungles of Brazil until I find a little more time in my day.)
Uncle $crooge about 1 year ago
The daily story started way back on August 1 as sort of a segue from the Joel / Rufus amnesia with Dumb and Dumber looking for a bear cave to hide in as they try to beat the hospital bill. Here’s a quick summary for those who came in late and might have missed the “action”:
8/1: talking bear, with some kind of bionic hearing ability, hears Joel and Rufus heading for his uncle’s cave
8/2: bear meets “Jones”
8/3 – 8/9: the two wander though the woods looking for Jones’ parents and reach campsite, guided by talking deer (hoo boy)
8/10: forest fire starts, not “far to the ranger tower”
8/12: the two reach ranger tower
8/15 – 9/13: bear, Hoogie and Jones bond as the fire is apparently put out as Hoogie does nothing to help
9/14 – 9/19: The “Authorities” show up and Jones escapes (boarded up window simply disappears)
9/20 – 10/02: Bear scares Authorities away and bear and Hoogie jabber for days and days about nothing
10/03 – 10/07: The Authorities return and are somehow tricked into believing that bear is a “talking mannequin”, howbeit a very smelly one
That’s what the last two+ months of absolute nonsense has been. Sure, this story has more “action” than the “Rufus has amnesia” dreck but that is a ridicuolusly low bar. But why has GA come to be such a mess? Why do all of the characters have to act like absolute idiots? For many decades this strip was built around the real-lfe antics of characters that people could identify with. Why was there a need to add time-travelling talkiing dolls, talking bears, and piano playing mall lizards? Is Jim incapable of telling a story that doesn’t involve slap stick type hijinks that make the Three Stooges seems like Fellini? Have we finally hit bottom or is there still a ways to go? Haven’t the long-time fans suffered enough? Is Jim going to work until he’s 100 like Corky?
Dirty Dragon about 1 year ago
Maybe Joel and Rufus can get jobs with one of those “Call us, we’ll pick up your junk” companies that seems to be the rage, if radio commercials on oldie rock stations are the true pulse of the nation at least.
October 8 posts include: Ruthie not helping Clovia play tennis, Brenda gets a taste of the Natural life, and it’s another Saturday night at the Crystal Pistol. (Walt will remain lost in the jungles of Brazil until I find a little more time in my day.)
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray about 1 year ago
Maybe next Sunday a song will happen. (Can we get the meeces back ?)
PoodleGroomer about 1 year ago
Short tour. The manager said to not bother checking in or unpacking.
iggyman about 1 year ago
Fellas “Play on our stage, THE FIRST ONE OUT OF TOWN”!
top cat james about 1 year ago
They’re a-pickin’, and no one’s a-grinnin’.
WaitingMan about 1 year ago
Grand opera at The Grand Ole Opry? Just what the world needs. A bluegrass rendition of Wagner’s “Der Ring des Niebelungen”.
Darryl Heine about 1 year ago
How hot was that night??
Old Time Tales about 1 year ago
You know, this is the FIRST time Joel ever made sense to me.
Usually he’s just some backwards, aggravating goof whose silliness just keeps getting him deeper into trouble.
But here, on stage, his country bumpkin persona works. I’d pay to see this guy and the Molehill Highlanders.
oakie817 about 1 year ago
oh where’s Smokey?
Uncle $crooge about 1 year ago
Another shameless plug for his band that plays music that 98% of the population doesn’t care about.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] about 1 year ago
Let me go,let me go—Blubber
Let me scat like a cat away from y ou
You’re too fat in the first place,you know it’s true
And you’re too fat in the second place,too