FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for May 03, 2012

Ah, memories. Even twelve years later, this strip seems as fresh as it was back when Survivor first aired!

What did we ever do before DVRs?

Looks like Paige is gonna have to kill Jason…again.

Ah yes. Survivor: Like watching paint dry or grass grow. Just like the rest of all those “reality” shows. Man! I don’t CARE!!!!!

Because all entertainment is bad, dagnabit! What with them funny movin’ pictures and big movin’ pictures downtown and them funny lil’ drawings people puts in them thar newspapers ta laugh at! Kids these days think life is about more than work and sufferin’ for the rest of your life! Back in my day we weren’t allowed to have fun no sir no how! The most fun we were allowed to have was to watch the dawg chase squirrels!

What passes for “entertainment” today has me rummaging through my DVD’s of old shows like “Emergency!”. Those were (and still are) worth watching. At least they had a plot, compared to today’s programs.Besides, who wants to be reminded of the real world we live in? It stinks.

Wait, how does rice figure into this?

My favorite TV network is OFF.

It might have been the Survivor with the supposed chef that couldn’t cook a pan of rice that was edible.

Survivor? That makes me feel old. Their first winner got arrested for tax evasion on the prize money, didn’t he?

Survivor has ALWAYS ended on a Sunday night, even when the show was mainly on Thursdays.

Yes, I’m a Gen Xer so I know what a VCR is. It was easy enough to pop in a movie, but to program them to record shows was another thing. Almost required a degree in rocket science.