Yesterday people on Twitter-X were posting that 60 years ago The Jetsons premiered. A couple of people were commenting how it was ridiculous in the opening titles that George was giving Jane cash to go shopping. But who’s to say a cartoon future might not’ve already tried electronic payments and decided to go back to physical money?
John Wayne, whose birth name was Marion Morrison. But Pastis did a good job picking a two-syllable phrase for a joke that would make a point true to Rat’s personality.
I used to think there’d be a hint of a clue in these Minit Mysteries that if we noticed or read carefully we could figure out the solution. I’ve given up on that notion.
There are plenty of times this strip can deserve a fun dose of snark. This week’s theme, though, I think is being handled nicely. Thirty years from now maybe some strip will do something similar with a couple reminiscing about Charli XCX.
Getting two at once in today’s email put a big grin on my face.