Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 27, 2024

I think there are a number of shows like that.

Dad could be the star of…..zilch.

Is “Father Knows Zilch” a television adaptation of his Dopey Dad comic strip?

Starring Jim Carrey. Or Ed Nelson. Or Dana Carvey. Or…

More a remake of “Wait till your father gets home”.

Dad is stupid until you turn maybe 25 and find out dad is quite smart

That’s been the basis of the family sitcom since the 60s.

How ’bout Leave it to a believer.

So ends this five-day arc. Tomorrow’s strip will be a one-off.

As I said on Monday, this story certainly reminds me of myself as a kid when I made a hole in a cardboard box. This story arc was not as interesting as some Calvin and Hobbes arcs have been but it was funny, it made some good points which are still very relevant to modern society and it reminded me of childhood fun.

My personal favourites include the wedding-burglary arc which was reprinted earlier this year, the two duplicator arcs and the Snow Goons arc which reminded me of Stephen King’s The Shining.

Just curious: has Calvin EVER been spanked for his many misdeeds, or is corporal punishment now banned?

Unfortunately for Calvin, his dad is not a Zilch Knower.

I guess all of those who chanted “Never Trust Anyone Over Thirty?” just grew up.

Why are Calvin’s parents are always against Calvin having any fun? This is exactly why he acts out at school!

……….always need a new project!!!!!

I like how Calvin and Hobbes were able to keep the flow of the conversation going after they teleported up to the branch of the tree they ended up sitting on…

And the kid is a know-it-all!

Or an off switch or a plug.

well, it’d be worth some laughs at least. :J

Nowadays, Calvin could go the streaming route.

If this strip was being produced in current time, wonder Dad would even both with tv.

Hallmark would take it.

In most occasions, the dad has a reason to punish Calvin.

Here, he’s just insulting him for playing.

Where everybody’s last name is Zilch.

Good for Calvin’s dad, that’s a pretty clever line.

Dad and mom know pretty well how to make the kid to spend his quality time. Dumb tv is a far away experience as compared to the tree top rendezvous.

All teenagers are writers for Father Knows Zilch.

It is just the two of us and we have 4 tvs in the house. Someday one TV seems like too many.

ONE TV in the house? ONE! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha …

Be done – waaaaaaaay too many times, presumably by producers who are clueless fathers. :)

Wait 30 years and the world will come to you Spiff !

That is the reason I don’t watch TV anymore. All the shows feature father-figures who are portrayed as dumb, useless idiots. This leads to a degradation of real-life families and particularly the parents. We need shows that have the father as the backbone of the family, and accepts his role willingly. Yes, I know C & H is a comic strip, but the issue is too real. I loved and respected my father, ‘warts and all.’ I hope my children have the same respect for me.

Dads know more about TVs than they do about raising kids because TVs come with instruction manuals.

Heh, “Father Knows Zilch” would be pretty funny! Like a TV adaptation of the comic strip “Dopey Dad.”

Zilch could be a character that is a friend of Dad’s

So, I guess I’ll start a Tik Tok channel…

When I was Calvin’s age I began to notice that some grownups weren’t very smart. Because of the authority thing I avoided rubbing their noses in it.

I think the last time I had only one TV where I was living was around 1968.

“Father Knows Zilch” could have been an appropriate title of “Married…With Children.”

Alas, the Calvin Network met a fate similar to that of the Dumont Network.

Sorry, Calvin but way before this strip was drawn sitcoms mined that very same theme. It’s why the late Bob Newhart never wanted his character of Dr Bob Hartley to ever have kids with his wife played by Suzanne Pleshette. In an interview he said, “I told the creators I didn’t want any children, because I didn’t want it to be a show about ‘How stupid Daddy is, but we love him so much, let’s get him out of the trouble he’s gotten himself into’.”