“Well, Buster, we’d have a hard time passing him off as Tige … But maybe with some addition of shoe polish here and there, we can at least make him resemble Nipper. Possibly, Wishbone.
“Heck, most of these snooty Wall Street types think they are so smart — but they couldn’t tell sh!t from Shinola! We’ll pull off this scam, and make it big like one them Horatio Alger kids!”
"Category:1900s oil on canvas paintings" Wikimedia
(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ecosia, and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string Brown, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. File history has the strip coloration image.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3208 (October 23, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to the blog entry with my comment and reply pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 8 works by him have been used here (9 times total, including 1 repeat), the August 24, 2023, strip being the prior (the repeat).
BE THIS GUY 11 months ago
“If the shoeshine business doesn’t pick up, we can always eat the dog.”
Say What Now‽ Premium Member 11 months ago
Zipper is disappointed that he didn’t get the part with RCA that Nipper got.
rmremail 11 months ago
What do you call a shoe-shiner’s dog?
Blackie.
Solstice*1947 11 months ago
/// Underdog finds himself In the Hands
of the Enemy. He understands.
(Secret identity
known as “Shoeshine Boy.”) He
must comply with these bootblacks’ demands.
/// They are poor and don’t want competition
from a dog. If he earns their suspicion
that he talks and flies, too,
(on his chest a big “U”),
he must give up his crime-fighting mission.
ronaldspence 11 months ago
His master’s voice? I think he ate his master’s keys!
Kiba65 11 months ago
Looks a little like Nipper…..
Call me Ishmael 11 months ago
In societies diverse and global/
The dog is regarded as “noble”/
But this lazy beast/
Won’t budge in the least/
Which is why we have named him “Immobile”.
Call me Ishmael 11 months ago
“You ain’t ever caught a rabbit- you ain’t no friend of mine..”
Zykoic 11 months ago
Dog is sad….they took his RCA Victrola away.
Exasperated999 11 months ago
Looks like Fido fell for the old joke telescope again….
GoComicsGo! 11 months ago
“I though you said it speaks?”
PraiseofFolly 11 months ago
“Well, Buster, we’d have a hard time passing him off as Tige … But maybe with some addition of shoe polish here and there, we can at least make him resemble Nipper. Possibly, Wishbone.
“Heck, most of these snooty Wall Street types think they are so smart — but they couldn’t tell sh!t from Shinola! We’ll pull off this scam, and make it big like one them Horatio Alger kids!”
PraiseofFolly 11 months ago
“Shoeshine Boy” — Fats Waller Conception (excerpt):
https://www.sheetmusicnow.Com/products/shoe-shine-boy-fats-wallers-conception-p313652
P51Strega 11 months ago
They’ve really taken a shine to ol’ Spot.
bobpeters61 11 months ago
Where’s the Victrola?
jel354 11 months ago
Training the RCA dog for its iconic pose in front of the phonograph.
thebashfulone 11 months ago
“You came back, Chattanooga! We were so worried!”
ldavis44 11 months ago
On his way to the office that morning, the advertising manager for RCA stopped for a shoe shine. The rest, as they say, was history.
Buzzworld 11 months ago
“Get me a Labrador and I’ll retrieve it.”
phritzg Premium Member 11 months ago
Now draw a circle around his other eye, change his name to Pete, and Hollywood will be knocking on your door.
wincoach Premium Member 11 months ago
Maybe instead of training him to pee on customers who don’t tip, we should’ve trained him to find customers.
MuddyUSA Premium Member 11 months ago
A trade mark for RCA Victor….his master’s voice…………..
Snoopy_Fan 11 months ago
Two boys and their dog waiting for the invention of the Victrola.
The Wolf In Your Midst 11 months ago
It was hours before they realized the flaw in their “shoeshine for pets” business scheme.
lagoulou 11 months ago
Looks like doggie has a comfortable straw bed….
Calvins Brother 11 months ago
“Geez, Maggie, have you been eating poop again?”
kjeffus 11 months ago
Where’s his gramophone?
anomaly 11 months ago
“Speak, boy! Y’know, I think that taxidermist lied when he said it’d be life-like.”
stamps 11 months ago
No, I don’t think we can make money by letting him lick their shoes.
epaphus8 11 months ago
“Hey, do you think if we pull this loose thread the dog will unravel?”
Ken Holman Premium Member 11 months ago
“But what if he doesn’t recite Shakespeare when we take him to the bar?”
mabrndt Premium Member 11 months ago
In the Hands of the Enemy or Shoeshine Boy:
Paste (including the quote marks)
"Category:1900s oil on canvas paintings" Wikimedia
(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ecosia, and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string Brown, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. File history has the strip coloration image.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3208 (October 23, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to the blog entry with my comment and reply pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 8 works by him have been used here (9 times total, including 1 repeat), the August 24, 2023, strip being the prior (the repeat).
mistercatworks 11 months ago
“So you lost the audition to be the Buster Brown dog and the RCA Victor dog. It’s OK. You’re still a good boy.”
hubbard3188 11 months ago
Why call him at all? He never comes!
d1234dick Premium Member 11 months ago
smarty the dog, let the boys hold his leach so they won’t get away, he was always the smartest of the bunch.
harebell 11 months ago
Rats, shoe polish doesn’t work on him and we ran out of hair dye. Where can we get some paint?