Mother Goose and Grimm by Mike Peters for August 16, 2024

Guess he’s a natural.

“me play dead?”

“that’s umpossible!”

The possum Greatful to play The Dead.

Type casting.

When he auditioned, they felt they had to give him the part.

How could they possumbly do otherwise?

“And all he had to do was Act Naturally.”

I see would-be hopefuls laying on the side of the road, all very convincing.

Try something original.

Type casting.

Possums are masters of playing dead.

Grimm seems to be wondering why about something that makes perfect sense. Does he have a y chromosome?

As an Australian, I have to point out that opossums are not the same as possums, and possums are NOT known for playing dead.

Everyone knows that Phish are better at playing Dead than the Possum Posse – though they did know that guy on a buffalo…

It was either him or the mime.

Easy to envision Grimm playing the death scene in Camille, a la Greta Garbo (before the three Cukor rewrites)!

“Rose…bud…”…………Over the Hedge (Movie)