That's Whack
Wiggity-wiggity-whack, even. A quirky kind of day all around.
D'ya ever feel like you're eavesdropping on a toon? Toni and Luann are getting so detailed about the subject of love, I almost want to pardon myself.
I don't know of anyone else in the world who has so perfectly described a human state like "The Dungeon of Resentment" in "Rose Is Rose." We've all been there, and we all realize sometimes just how silly our pettiness can be, yet it doesn't make the resentment go away easily. Even after relinquishing the t.v. remote to Jimbo, Rose still sulks - but we all know there are quick exits avaiable from the dungeon!
Is it me, or did today's "Hi and Lois" make everyone look like they'd lost weight?
"Fred Basset", our British import with the odd humour pulled an existential trick today by making the second panel completely blank, causing a strolling Fred to remark "I like to keep you guessing!" Thatya do, pal, thatya do - was it not long ago that Fred broke the "Fourth wall" and peered over the newspaper into our faces?
Funniest image of the day, a puking pigeon in "Zits" - there's just something about the bird's posture in the final frame that clicked the joke for me. Now why does that little guy remind me of one of the Goodfeathers from "Animaniacs"?
posted by Bing Futch @ 10:00 AM
2 Comments:
Gosh, I used to LOVE Animaniacs. It was so sarcastic and subversive. I think it's still around, but far more tepid.
I love that Rose has "The Dungeon of Resentment." Usually, the strip is heartwarming and optimistic, but she throws in images like that to balance it out. It's perfect.
How do you feel about the developments at "For Better or For Worse"?
Spielberg was really on a roll at that point when he created "Tiny Toon Adventures" and then "Animaniacs." There was a third series, but by then, as you say, it had begun to seem a little "safe." I have the first three seasons on video though - absolutely classic stuff!
FBOFW is really cranking the thumbscrews, ain't it? If life gets any harder for this family, they might as well shorten the name of the comic to "For Worse." Ha. But really, she's always found a way to make the gritty and real very funny without resorting to the gag-mentality. FBOFW and "Doonesbury" are both cutting pretty close to the bone these days - I like it.
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