Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 12, 2014
Transcript:
Goat: What are you two doing? Rat: Making pancakes and tossing them to Pig. Pig: Flip me the pancake! Flip me the pancake! Rat: This on in the pan now is shaped like a sparrow. Pig: Flip me the bird! Flip me the bird! Censor: That does it. Rat: What?? Are you anti-pancake? Pig: I can give you the bird if you want.
Bilan over 10 years ago
Seriously? This is the first time the Comic Strip Censor showed up?
Sherlock Watson over 10 years ago
They’ll be having chicken fingers for dinner tonight, Mr. Censor; if you stop by, I’m sure they’ll be glad to give you a finger.
cdgar over 10 years ago
Funny!
bubjerryk over 10 years ago
Is this the difference between Pearls and The Family Circus? Patsis needs 2/3 of the strip to set up for a lame punchline?
Hugh B. Hayve over 10 years ago
You can’t censor euphemism, ask Craig Ferguson, he loads his monologue with double meanings and then laughs at the producer.
cayugarunner over 10 years ago
if you give a pig a pancake… he’ll want to give somebody the bird
PICTO over 10 years ago
This is starting to get a little crêpe…
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member over 10 years ago
Who will stop “The Punster’?.How about ’The Homonym”!.Miss steakes maid while you weight!.Take that Punster!
Oxnate over 10 years ago
Me thinks there’s a story behind this one.
doublepaw over 10 years ago
Lately the alleged humor has becoming more and more obvious before it happens.
Defective Premium Member over 10 years ago
Not the first time the censor has been there, and also, the first panel made it so obvious what was coming, I don’t see how anyone can laugh.
Enoki over 10 years ago
This one doesn’t deserve a punch line… It deserves a punch out…!
JudyAz over 10 years ago
Love the Snidely Whiplash moustache!
Thomas Scott Roberts creator over 10 years ago
Reminds me of the early Tweety cartoon- before Sylvester. Babbit and Catsetello are trying to catch Tweety. Babbit sends Catstello up a ladder, and tells him “Get up there and give me the bird.” Catstello look at the camera and says “Oh, if only the Hayes office would let me, I’d give him the bird all right.”
Sisyphos over 10 years ago
I wouldn’t be surprised if Comic Strip Censor-guy were anti-pancake. Pancakes can be shaped like almost anything, including all the objectionable thingees!
Vet Premium Member over 10 years ago
Where was this censor when they showed the Doritos commercial made by a guy from Australia.Where you get your Dorito dusted finger clean…..that one is soooo funny…it should have be number 1.Time Machine was funny too but “insert finger into cleaning machine.” that is just too funny.
gmu328 over 10 years ago
I like it! … If you can manage to wring a groan by the retelling of this it would be worth it, too.
luvdafuneez over 10 years ago
And, don’t forget THING!
MeGoNow Premium Member over 10 years ago
Must be a new censor. The old comic book censor just covered his eyes, put his fingers in his ears and hollared, “YAHYAHYAHYAHYAH!!” when he walked past Pearls.
kzturtlegirl over 10 years ago
Who will love a little sparrow, and who will speak a kindly word? Not I said the Comic Censor
Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 10 years ago
Then there was the Women’s Club breakfast where they served flapjills!
jungle68 over 10 years ago
Oh Pig. Your innocence makes this comic live.
AngelMarieSings over 10 years ago
Rat being innocent is a nice touch. This is why this is my favorite comic.
ChessPirate over 10 years ago
“Flip me the cheese! Flip me the cheese! But cut it first!”
Number Three over 10 years ago
I think he’s anti-humour.
xxx
cupertino jay over 10 years ago
thanks for the link. btw, i credited you, muttnjeff, for inciting comment #400 over there.
Willow Mt Lyon over 10 years ago
I think this strip is funny. Especially panel three.
Radical-Knight over 10 years ago
Stephan, Stephan Stephan… >sigh<, whatever are we gonna do with you?
luvdafuneez over 10 years ago
Oooo, yeah – I just remembered that (my bad). I do thank you for the play on the Munsters, tho, it took me back to a time when I looked forward to watching TV…
comicsnerd74 over 9 years ago
Oh, of COURSE rat cut it like a sparrow.
SomeOtherGocomicsGuy about 6 years ago
Hey, where is the stove?
SomeOtherGocomicsGuy about 6 years ago
.^.
Goat the goat about 4 years ago
I don’t get it, sir.
Goat from PBS over 3 years ago
How are you making pancakes without a heat source?
the muppets. over 2 years ago
heeheehee
leopardglily almost 2 years ago