Strange Brew by John Deering for September 02, 2024

Everything needs an “outlet” @ times.

For real consumer participation and fun: try throwing eggs at an electric fan.

You don’t have to leave home to see that.

Nothing to see here. Let’s everyone move along. OTOH, the fully electric concert in the next strip is quite shocking

Acoustic appliances. I miss Kurt Cobain.

Even the fans are unplugged, holding up lighters (remember those?) instead of cell phones.

How many of the readers here remember that this is a riff on MTV’s “Unplugged”?

I don’t want the salsa out of the acoustic blender!

My mother used to be hard of hearing and wore hearing aids. She would make an announcement before going to bed. “Does anyone have something to say to me before I turn these things off?”

My sons referred to this as “Nanna unplugged.”

It did work to our benefit when we had more than a houseful of company. My wife put me in the same room with my mother. She was so hard of hearing that she was the only one in the house that didn’t hear me snoring.

Mom also had another unit that worked with a box that she wore around her neck. When she wanted to hear something in particular she’d hold up the box and say, “Talk to the hand.”

Live In Concert!!

Not Live in Concert!!

This reminds of a music video from like 1984 that included some flying toast, can’t remember the song or band(?).

Unplugged has no cords – not unplugged cords. Now, if you could draw an “acoustical toaster” …

…and with that, Stephen King started writing Maximum Overdrive!

Microwave Oven? Color TV? Refrigerator?

Dogs may not enjoy going to Vacuums Unplugged! Sitting in audience and a dog’s stomach rumbles may sound like vacuum turned on spooking the audience. Chaos ensues, some hiding under seats, some running to bathroom, others storming the stage.

An acoustic set from “The Brave Little Toaster”.