Hair’s Arlo!

by Jimmy Johnson


I wonder how many plays on words are attached to the name of hair-styling establishments; they seem particularly vulnerable to attempted cleverness. I thought I might as well play out this string from 1997 and show you the first image of Arlo with his then-new haircut. I hate drawing hair. There is nothing more challenging about cartooning for me than drawing hair. Long or short, I have always thought Arlo’s hair looks ridiculous, but by now he wouldn’t be Arlo without that hair. However, no one has ever complained about Arlo’s hair. But Janis! There are people out there who hate her hair and are always asking stuff like, “Why does she have a pot on her head?” I was giving a talk one time when two women in the audience got into a heated exchange about Janis’ hair. One thought it was terrible, and the other thought it was fine. I’ve always thought it looks all right, for cartoon hair. Better than Arlo’s!

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148 responses to “Hair’s Arlo!”

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  2. faninjapan Avatar
    faninjapan

    Greetings to one and all,

    I received an email that may be spam or a virus and I was wondering if anyone else in the community received it as well. The subject line was: You have a message from Jimmy Johnson. I almost clicked on the link until I saw the address, which had “ru” attached to it. This usually means it’s a dubious source (as in Nigerian princes), so I chucked it in the trash can.

    I don’t know if it was actually a message from the real Jimmy Johnson, but I wanted to give everyone in the community a heads-up to be a little careful if you receive a similar message.

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    BTW, the address on the mail contained the following.

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    domaucan1

    Not much to say except blessings and hope for all. Summer is here in South Louisiana.

    God bless us every one.

  4. Evan Avatar
    Evan

    Steve, that is the most quotable movie ever. Even the lesser known quotes are great.

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  5. Jerry in Fl Avatar
    Jerry in Fl

    Fan, first of all, it’s good to know that you are still with us. Second, and anyone correct me if I’m wrong, on one occasion JJ did communicate with me and even then it was only through this forum. He once stated when we were trying to contact Denice that he keeps no records of anyone’s address.

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    Jerry in Fl

    Thirdly, I know from sad experience that it is possible to hijack someone else’s address and send an email that appears to come from them.

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    Fan, and .ru means the domain is in Russia. Obviously JJ is not living in Russia, nor using an internet server located there.

    As the officer on Hill Street Blues always said, “Let’s be careful out there.”

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