“All my life I have heard of, admired, and witnessed the fine marksmanship of the South in its peaceful conflicts in the tobacco-chewing regions. But in my hotel a surprise awaited me. There were twelve bright, new, imposing, capacious brass cuspidors in the great lobby, tall enough to be called urns and so wide-mouthed that the crack pitcher of a lady baseball team should have been able to throw a ball into one of them at five paces distant. But, although a terrible battle had raged and was still raging, the enemy had not suffered. Bright, new, imposing, capacious, untouched, they stood. But, shades of Jefferson Brick! the tile floor – the beautiful tile floor! I could not avoid thinking of the battle of Nashville, and trying to draw, as is my foolish habit, some deductions about hereditary marksmanship.”
Yes, I watched Romper Room. Live. They don’t call me “The Old Wolf” for nothing. On that subject, I always wondered if Do Bee and Don’t Bee were ripped from Goofus and Gallant, which first appeared five years before Romper Room began.
margueritem over 13 years ago
What about Photoshop?
x_Tech over 13 years ago
Re: Blog, MALDIVES, I heard they’re crating up the population until they can obtain the recipe for Chicken Salad.
LocoOwl over 13 years ago
The pictures that I have seen of those islands are too beautiful to be believed. I wonder how long they have been that way.
LocoOwl over 13 years ago
Great strip today Teresa!!! Apt description of the New York Times and the WaPo and the PuffingtonHost. Now, if only we had a “Preview” button!
lewisbower over 13 years ago
They never do this in cartoons, Teresa? Teresa?
The Old Wolf over 13 years ago
Re: Courtroom with Spittoon
“All my life I have heard of, admired, and witnessed the fine marksmanship of the South in its peaceful conflicts in the tobacco-chewing regions. But in my hotel a surprise awaited me. There were twelve bright, new, imposing, capacious brass cuspidors in the great lobby, tall enough to be called urns and so wide-mouthed that the crack pitcher of a lady baseball team should have been able to throw a ball into one of them at five paces distant. But, although a terrible battle had raged and was still raging, the enemy had not suffered. Bright, new, imposing, capacious, untouched, they stood. But, shades of Jefferson Brick! the tile floor – the beautiful tile floor! I could not avoid thinking of the battle of Nashville, and trying to draw, as is my foolish habit, some deductions about hereditary marksmanship.”
-O. Henry, “A Municipal Report”
The Old Wolf over 13 years ago
Yes, I watched Romper Room. Live. They don’t call me “The Old Wolf” for nothing. On that subject, I always wondered if Do Bee and Don’t Bee were ripped from Goofus and Gallant, which first appeared five years before Romper Room began.
Fred Kuechenmeister over 13 years ago
re blog: many thanks for the update and time line on the go-comic melt down… I picked this week to up date my stuff… duh.
booktrout over 13 years ago
GoComics/Blogger meltdown, who’s been breathing too much Foxygen? Fauxygen?