Barney & Clyde by Gene Weingarten; Dan Weingarten & David Clark for October 07, 2023

If my old lamp is still lightning up my home, why should I look for a new?

Clyde’s already tried it. Wonder what he would have wished for.

Clyde, you disappoint me. That lamp can be recycled.

Is Jeannie in there?? Wait, she was in a bottle—

What could he possibly wish for that he doesn’t already have?

Some people just never seem to have enough… they always want more.

If I hear Burl Ives, I’m outta here!

(Burl was the Genie in a funny movie “The Brass Bottle”, which BTW, Barbara Eden was also in, and which, apparently, was the inspiration for “I Dream of Jeannie”)

Barney really rubs me the wrong way.

Useful as all get out in a power outage!