For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for November 22, 2020

in control of the control

Fine, but how are you going to explain to Ellie why you’re watching late night Cinemax?

huh- the FBOFW website for a strip a bit back mentions Lynn Lake again- I keep forgetting about the time she spent there. Did anyone every get the full story on that one? I know someone has claimed that Lynn more or less forced Rob to abandon his “flying dentist” practice to move back to civilization, and blamed that for some of their later marital issues- resentment and what-not.

And yes, I know that’s off-topic to this strip, lol.

Good call.

The oldies sure beat a lot of what is being offered up now.

I suppose when the TV controller isn’t within arm’s reach, it’s called a remote.

Daddy’s little girl. So proud to have been MY dad’s little girl : )

The Boss got it right! Program guide in Spain! https://www.elmundo.es/television/programacion-tv/?intcmp=MEGAMENU26901&s_kw=program_tv

Well, in Aprils defense, all the programs are new to her.

Thirty plus years ago when my son was born, the wife said, “No toy guns.” I told her it wouldn’t make any difference but OK. I think he was about 3, and playing outside one day and had picked up a stick and was using it as a gun. I said, “Hon, come look at this.” “Its in the genes, guns and TV remotes.”

There is nothing wrong with your television. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are now controlling the transmission. We control the horizontal and the vertical. We can deluge you with a thousand channels or expand one single image to crystal clarity and beyond. We can shape your vision to anything our imagination can conceive. For the next hour we will control all that you see and hear.

surprised she didn’t try and taste it.

Yet another poignant reminder of why parenting is not for the faint hearted.

“Men don’t care what’s on TV. They only care what else is on TV.” — Jerry Seinfeld

There was a case where a 3-year old, who was paraplegic since birth, took her first steps after seeing the music video to Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus.

The All time greatest button on the remote, has been and continues to be the OFF button…I prefer a bookmark to continue reading where I left off…

Long before the days of TV remotes, both of my grandfathers came up with interesting innovations to suit their needs. My Oregon grandpa was nearly deaf, and he wired the TV’s sound to a box near his easy chair where he could plug in earphones and turn them up without forcing the rest of us out of the room. My California grandpa wired a small toggle switch to shut the sound off completely whenever he wanted. He called it the “blab off”.

Panel: Elly doesn’t buy John’s story that April picked Skinemax to watch.

Dang sure theres nothing on worth stopping for

November 22nd, 1963. We will never forget.

I never understand why guys gotta click-coast. My hubby is like this and it is very annoying. Thank God for Netflix and Hulu so we watch different shows on different screens. I don’t have to put up with his clicking.

Sometimes I can’t reach the remote due to COL: Cat On Lap.

Twerp. Babies are the worst.

Be grateful she does not want to watch a steady diet of vacuum cleaner videos. My almost-three-year-old grandson is obsessed with vacuums. His dad, my son, was a clean freak from day one, so it’s understandable.