How old is Arlo & Janis? Pretty darned old. Here, we have young Gene going to a bookshelf for inspiration. Then, he writes a love note to his friend Ruth on paper. When it is perfect, he delivers it in person. This was in 1996, so I was a little behind the curve, as usual. They probably would have exchanged emails via America Online or CompuServe, over a dial-up modem. I will say, in my defense, that A&J was one of the first strips out there to include an email address. It was “arlnjan@aol.com.” I suppose it still functions, but you needn’t bother. I haven’t checked it since the 20th Century.
Remember to Sonnet
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27 responses to “Remember to Sonnet”
Scott Adams used an AOL address until recently. And there’s a guy on the bleeding edge of technology.
By “front range” do you mean THE “front range” as in Colorado foothills? If so, we would be neighbors.
And me. We moved to Trinidad, CO about 18 months ago.
When I first visited this village, I lived in Colorado Springs. I moved to Florida in 2011 and changed the moniker at that time.
Thanks for asking!
Adams first put that email address on his strip in early 1993. In late 1993 Dilbert strips, in uuencoded GIF format, began being carried on Clarinet, a commercial service distributed to subscribing Usenet servers; this is where I first encountered them. I believe they first became available on the Web when the United Media site went online in June 1994; this may be where I first encountered Arlo & Janis, which has – unfortunately, and despite my best efforts – never been carried by a newspaper local to where we were living.
You must be aware that a few days after this strip appeared, October 20th, you started a contest about “how old is Arlo?” I haven’t followed it to the conclusion but could you be headed in that direction? If you are, I promise not to look for the answer.
After reading the strip I thought the same thing. I remember submitting my entry and winners received an Arlo and Janis t shirt. I did not have email at that time and had to call my sister for her to submit my entry.
Today’s Grizwells
https://www.gocomics.com/thegrizzwells/2020/03/25
Peace,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMDNsHb-sI4
Dang, Mark, I just spent an hour on those videos! Never seen them before, but I enjoyed their stuff. Thanks!
You’re welcome, Bookworm. They’re a hoot, aren’t they? I was reading the Al.com website and they started posting them there last year. But I found I could get them all on YouTube and I binge on them every now and again.
Man, I haven’t heard the term CompuServe since Abe Lincoln was president!
Neither has Abe. 🙂
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