Now that I have your attention, take a look at this old comic strip from 1985, less than six weeks after the debut of Arlo & Janis. Don’t the characters look weird? But that’s not why I’m showing you this particular strip. I’m showing you this strip, because it is the only A&J strip ever changed or rejected by syndicate editors because of risqué content. United Media editors in New York struck the words “without a bra.” Apparently, other cartoonists have groaning file drawers filled with material rejected by an editor for salaciousness, and the annoyed cartoonists take their revenge by publishing this forbidden material on their own Web sites, to the delight of readers. If you believe my reputation, you would think that I would have the groaningest file drawers of all. I am sorry to disappoint you. I am at a loss to explain this.
Arlo & Janis, Uncensored!
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266 responses to “Arlo & Janis, Uncensored!”
I never got any questions like these – just the old “youth in Asia” or “blue bonnet plague”.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roz-warren/would-you-ask-a-librarian_b_7531000.html
“Last week a woman came in asking for my help to get the witches and demons to stop pinching her.” I know she didn’t include ghosts, but I have an alibi, just in case.
So, Ruth Anne, how are you filling your time now that you’re retired…visiting the local library? 🙂
Hello Ruth Anne from Winter Park, I’ve been wanting to ask you, so now I will: can you recommend a good biography of Robert Louis Stevenson? Or more than one. I live near the Public Library, although I don’t visit as often as I’d like; I have so many books here at home. They have a Web site and I can search it; also they do Interlibrary Loans. Congratulations on your retirement!
Domaucan1, you are welcome. When I posted the link I was in a hurry and didn’t look beyond that first page. Now I see that he does transfer work for people who want their old records or cassettes on a CD. Sounds like a one-stop shop.
Ruth Anne, maybe the woman with the pinching problem was having problems with government budgeting?
By the way, that site Jimmy gave us for the internet wayback machine has other things too. I did some exploring on it over the weekend and found that the main site is called the Internet Archive and it has recordings, movies, books, and more for free.
Debbe 😉 I’m starting to see a trend here…something tells me I need to call up a gal I know who likes to slow dance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bQGRRolrg0
Mark
Thanks for the audio link
I thought I remembered there was a 16rpm (will see if I can find something)
It was for V records during WWII – and voice only (Radio program transcripts?)
Denise
No AR is :
They’re written by the late Andy Rooney (ex-60 Minutes USA), a man who had the gift
of saying so much with so few words.
I try to use those with some relevance to what is said that day.
I have not tapped Will Rogers or Ben Franklin yet.
Mark
Here is one link
http://bloggerhythms.blogspot.com/2011/05/slower-than-slow-16-rpm-records.html
I was right in that it was for spoken words, books for blind and background music
(Low quality)
Had an old cabinet victrola (I think it was a small v but may have been Victrola)
that had a variable speed control
Will look at other links
Here is another
Notice the size of the hole
http://www.capsnews.org/apn2010-3.htm
Old Bear, here is someone selling refurbished vintage players. Some will play those 16’s your article mentioned. http://www.ultraelectronicactive.com/elx/Vintage-RecordChangers.html
Good morning Villagers….
Rooster combs!!!!! I can see that, maybe. The combs on my roosters are large, on George, his is so big and heavy it shuts one eye.
John, so excited for you, keep us informed…high hopes for you.
GR 😉 a while back, was it Denise we decided that should write our obits? She does have a great perspective, does she not. And did you ever get around to asking out the female sheriff deputy?
On Harry Nilsson, do you remember his “The Point”. I’ll get back to that later.
Ruth Anne, those were pretty funny requests, and rather daring on some. I’m surprised that GR did say anything about the stories on the right side of the article. One was on boobs 🙂 I checked out the ‘dirty’ words that were used a long time ago that a link was posted on your library questions site…
Indy Mindy….give us a shout out.
TR…the tail on that cat was definitely ‘fluffed’ out…
gotta go….hot and humid today, Ugghhhh.
ya’ll have a blessed day
Miss Charlotte, if I’ve ever annoyed you, my apologies. Sometimes I do get carried away.
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Thanks to everyone who provided references on old records. I still have a bunch of them. Blessings on everyone.
I have only flown through Atlanta about 4 times and each time the flight arrived in late afternoon in the summer…So every time I have been delayed. I hear that it is the same in many other Southern cities.
Yesterday I flew in and got to my gate in ATL thinking that I was in for a completely stress free connection. Then I looked out the window and it seemed like a fog had rolled in. Except it was not fog, but a HUGE downpour. At first it was 15 minutes, then an hour, then 2 and quickly cancelled. I then had to go to the other end of the terminal, scan my ticket, where they rebooked me for today. I then had to stand in line for an hour, waiting for my hotel voucher.
I had some amazing conversations with strangers. A couple guys were talking and I eavesdropped, realizing that they worked at my last employer. The lady in line at the ticketcounter lives in Leon MX (where I am headed) and gave me great advice on where to go and where NOT to go. I am going for business, but I will need to find a place to eat. Even the trip to hotel was fun with a guy that now lives in Bancock traveling with his family. His wife asked if we were co-workers and we laughed. No, we just had a lot in common, even though at first glance no one could tell.
Lemons into Lemonade. Apples into applesauce…and for some of you on this blog, Grapes into wine.
That cat’s reaction is closer to hysterically funny, TruckerRon!
Old Bear, you can’t go wrong with Rooney, Rogers, and Franklin. Or Emerson and Thoreau, either, in a different vein.
Mark, I’ll have to check out the Internet Archive you mentioned…sounds interesting! Somehow, I missed Jimmy’s mention of it. Thank you!
Debbe, if I declare I write no obits, could I say I write nobits? 😉
Ghost, I’m planning to steal your “…time to renew my Compliments Fishing License” line. Just so you know.
I was thinking about old movie serials, and “The Perils of Pauline” came to mind. Around here, we have “The Adventures of Jackie”!
Charlotte: I’m sorry, but I’m not familiar with any good Stevenson biographies and my usual sources weren’t much help. Have you tried the good folks at your local library? Florida has a service called Ask a Librarian; maybe your state has something similar.
Ghost: So far my time has been spent with the usual summer routine, catching up on housework and doctor appointments. I’m continuing to sort the junk I brought home (some of which I may quote here or, in the case of old A&Js, post on Facebook), making to-do lists, taking naps, etc. Yes, I have visited my local library for a fresh supply of pure pleasure reading.
Debbie: Glad you enjoyed the article and its tangents. I missed the one on “dirty words”. You might want to check out her non-library humor too – http://www.rosalindwarren.com/rosalind/home.html
Steve: Reminds me of the old saying that no one, especially in the south, goes straight to heaven – they always have a stopover in Atlanta.
Steve, reading about your airport experiences made me realize that strangers can just be friends we haven’t met yet.
Debbe 😉 The boob article was in the HuffPo, and I don’t normally waste my time reading anything that the HuffPo publishes, but I read what Ruth Anne linked to because I trust her judgment when it comes to something to read. So then I went back and read the boob article, but it was all from the female perspective, and was therefore something about which I did not feel qualified to expound upon. Other than the general comment to women, “If they make you happy, they make me happy. And if they don’t make you happy, they probably still make me happy.” 😉
My life has been too busy lately to include Deputy Darling, but who knows what the future may bring.
The last …. whatever this adds up to … hours from June 7: Go to work, fight and lose to paperwork – again. Type up detailed instructions, as best as I know, for book work for my day off. Leave at 5:30p to make mad dash to Fort Wayne to attend some of aunt’s sister’s viewing. Leave 9:30p to return back to work to get “absolutely required to submit book work tomorrow” counts complete (no one knows where to put them, not “required” to close bookwork. !!!!! ) for book work girl. Fall into bed 2am. First phone call at 9:30a – To quote “bookwork girl” – “I’m stupid, I can’t read/follow [color-coded and numbered!] instructions. What am I supposed to do with this stuff?” Muffle annoyed screams. Housework. Bed at 10p. Call from second store at midnight that my third shift girl had been robbed, again. At store until 2a. Go home. Sleep two hours, come back. Dash out an order, lose to paperwork. Work until 5p, go to bed, go back in at 2a. Work until 2p. Come home and turn I to vegetable on couch. Current.
About the robbery – for the second time, the same girl never acknowledged persons entering store, nor looked up until gun was pointed between her eyes. I cannot impress upon her that her inattentiveness has gained a reputation, and she now is actually part of the problem. I would love to be shut of her, but unfortunately, have not found a suitable replacement.
I have put in a request for a pair of retired K9 officers, each “on duty” for 12 hour shifts getting 24 hour coverage (preferably with blood-stained muzzles and low tolerances for stupid people ?).
Denise, that is so true. Although one time I escorted a customer to Japan and he told everyone in our group that he finally met someone that talked more than his wife. I immediately started to get very self-conscious about my talking until he told he ” Oh don’t feel bad, at least you usually have something interesting to say”
I am in Leon Mexico on business. When I was in Italy, I had no issues with my cell phone but basically I could not get the signal to work when I landed in Mexico. Wifi allowed me internet access but my phone wouldn’t let me call using Wifi. So I turned that option off and suddenly my cellular service is working. Ate at 6:30 AM and had 2 bags of peanuts on the planes. I am still at the plant at 7:00 so hopefully I can eat in the next half hour or so!
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