I know when I draw them that certain comic strips will not hold up with time. I don’t worry about this especially, because I produce a product for the moment, a four-panel joke to be read and tossed away. My emphasis is on now. This is true today, but it was especially true in 1994, when the above A&J was produced and before the Internet was relevant to you or me. There was a television advertising campaign for a brand of instant coffee airing at that time. It was clever enough. Each ad was a little episode in a to-be-continued storyline, like a little soap opera. In this story, a man and a woman verbally parried over cups of instant coffee as they inevitably fell in love. Like in real soap operas, they were beautiful and obviously well-heeled. This was, after all, the mid-90s, the heyday of the yuppie. Well, there you have it. That’s it, all you need to understand the above cartoon. I hope.
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nothing personal, just funny and true in some cases
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Jimmy:
The best humor is always topical and subject to the enveloping mists of time.
For example, I love Shakespeare’s comedies, but much of the humor is lost to us unless we have a thorough knowledge of that time period.
About the only humor that is timeless is physical humor, such as someone (preferably a swell or a high-ranking politician) slipping on a banana peel.
Well, it’s 35F out there this morning, with an expected high of 56. Perfect sleeping weather for us heart-challenged folk.
Still recovering from the flood or 2016 and praying that Matthew doesn’t bring rain to LA.
God bless us every one. God bless the USA.
I think it rained last night. I remember thunder and lightening, think I saw rain on decks. Couldn’t find last loads from Trigger so hope they got inside house or shop.
Feel better from doctor visit but broke out in itchy rash. Entire body. Have appointment with orthopedist tomorrow I want to keep in Tulsa.
Just spent almost 10 minutes writing about our storm experiences and preparations, hot something wrong, and lost the whole thing! Hal?
I’ll try again later. Work to do now.
Hit not hot … grrrr