Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for June 21, 2014

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    Sisyphos  over 10 years ago

    TM!! I don’t care if the part of Spuds is played by a female, but the color of her underwear is more than I care to know….

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    ShadowBeast Premium Member over 10 years ago

    And Lassie was played by a male dog.

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    tripwire45  over 10 years ago

    Trans?

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    Piksea Premium Member over 10 years ago

    No,Spuds McKenzie was played by a female dog… Just like all the Lassies were male.

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    Imacyn  over 10 years ago

    Bamboo Harvester (1949-1970) was the name of the Half Arabian, Half Saddlebred, Palomino horse that portrayed Mister Ed on the 1961–1966 comedy series of the same name. Foaled in 1949 in El Monte, California, the gelding was trained by Will Rogers’ protégé, Les Hilton.

    In 1968, two years after the cancellation of Mister Ed, at the age of 19, Bamboo began to suffer from a variety of age related ailments, including kidney problems and arthritis. He was euthanized in 1970.

    A second palomino horse, which had posed for still pictures used in press kits for the show, survived until 1979. After Bamboo Harvester’s death in 1970, the second horse was unofficially known as Mister Ed.

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    todyoung  over 10 years ago

    In the 4th panel: is that a little grin on Spud’s ‘face’? Hm…

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    celeconecca  over 10 years ago

    Lassie was a laddie…

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    Lambeth777  over 10 years ago

    The Truth at last!!!

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    tedsini  over 10 years ago

    Actually, horses commonly live 25 to 30 years. My next-door neighbors have an old thoroughbred who is in his 30’s. I feed him a carrot and an apple every day, over the fence. Needless to say, he’s always glad to see me.

    There was a horse in the 19th century who lived to 62 – “Old Billy”. I wonder how old he was when he got his nickname. More recently, a horse lived to 56 years of age and died in 2007. My source is Wikipedia, so take this with as many grains of salt as you like.

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