Kliban by B. Kliban for July 08, 2024

Anybody else hearing Yakko Warner?

They left out my optometrist’s office…

Not celebrating Christmas, I guess.

And it turns out there actually is a Galloo Island. Is that where big Galloots come from? Also small and medium Galloots, presumably.

Dig the background animals…

The song is the hands. So watch the hands, guys.

Nothing like watching a bunch of land-lubber city folks singing “Oh we’re go-wing… to a hooki-lau… hooki hooki hooki hooki hooki lau!”

And the far flung Isles of Langerhans.

I give you Dave Van Ronk’s Garden State Stomp :

Allamuchy, Hacklebarney, Rockaway, Piscataway

Ho-Ho-Kus, Secaucus, Lower Squankum, Fair Play

Wanamassa, Succasunna, Manumuskin, Plumbsock

BiValve, Buckshutem, Turkey Foot, Macanippock

Jugtown, Feebletown, Nummytown, Rahway…

Wickatunk, Manunka Chunk, Mantua, Mizpah

Manasquan, Raritan, Matawan, Totowa

Whippany, Parsippany, Penny Pot, Hackensack

Batsto, Nesco, Metedeconk, Peapack

Loch Arbour, Egg Harbor, Swinesburg, Caviar…

Cheesequake, Boy Scout Lake, Moonachie, Tenafly

Netcong, Watchung, Pluckemin, Mount Misery

Bardonia, Ironia, Colonia, Weehawken

Manahawkin, Mantoloking, Mahalala, Pennsauken

Dutchtown, Ironbound, Frelinghuysen, and Lodi…

Hardscrabble, Double Trouble, Picatinny, Montague

Muckshaw Pond, Oakanickon, Espanong, Ocean View

Navesink, Shabakunk, Ongs Hat, Jumbo

Wortendyke, Waterwitch Park, Blue Ball, Ringoes

Matchaponix, Delawanna, Wawayanda, Timbuctoo…

Albemarle, Mysterious…

Island song?

Sung to the tune of “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini”

He needs to add “no man.”

How could you leave out Kokomo.

She been everywhere, Man.

And let’s not forget the pride of Lake Superior, Beaver Island. Everyone likes a little bit of Beaver in the summer.