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Courage under Fire

By Jimmy Johnson

July 6, 2011


Arlo is in the kitchen still. I like now and then to give props to Julia Child, a person I greatly admire. Of course, Julia is gone from us now, as is another person I admire, Kirk Douglas. He did live to be 103, but his death was sad news. Fellow cartoonist Jeff Parker yesterday asked on Facebook, “What was your favorite Kirk Douglas movie?” I listed “Paths of Glory” and “Ace in the Hole.” I know, that’s two. I would add, as a third, “Lust for Life.”


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27 responses to “Courage under Fire”

  1. Steve From Royal Oak, MI Avatar

    One of Child’s cardinal rules was “No matter what happens in the kitchen, never apologize.”

  2. RayRay Avatar
    RayRay

    103 is a very long life still sad to see him go. I guess Man Without a Star was my favorite

  3. Philippe E Gut Avatar
    Philippe E Gut

    My mother was Symply outstanding at flipping whatever she was cooking, I on the other hand have gradually learned over the years that you need to Fargone commit if you are going to flip, else the results are very much like Arlo’s.

    Happy Greetings to all the denizens of the village….

  4. Symply Fargone Avatar
    Symply Fargone

    Exposed lol….

    1. Gloria Ryan Avatar
      Gloria Ryan

      LOL!

      1. Symply Fargone Avatar
        Symply Fargone

        yeah….

    2. Ghost Avatar
      Ghost

      Yeah, like we didn’t know who you were. 😀

  5. Cozmik Cowboy Avatar
    Cozmik Cowboy

    “There Was A Crooked Man”!

  6. Laura in Upstate NY Avatar
    Laura in Upstate NY

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

  7. Jon in Denver Avatar

    “Lonely are the Brave” A tribute to individualism. You kept wondering why they kept inserting the scenes of this truck making its way across the country and then “Bam” you find out. For a kid from Wisconsin it was hard to conceive of cowboys in an era of trucks and super highways. Now I live in Colorado and lo and behold, cowboys still exist.

  8. Rob Fargher Avatar
    Rob Fargher

    Spartacus was a great flick.

  9. emb Avatar
    emb

    Grevy Zebra [fine stripes]. Dry country, Kenya, Eritrea, etc. Only 1 we saw was a kill. Likely won’t be here when you get up. Fri, my volunteer day at SHB.

    https://explore.org/livecams/african-wildlife/african-animal-lookout-camera

    Peace,

  10. Steve From Royal Oak, MI Avatar

    Re: February 7th comic. Does that mean the strip will soon be called Arlo and Luddy? 🙂

  11. dave Avatar
    dave

    I’ll second “Lonely are the Brave”! I loved the horse, “Whiskey”.

  12. Rich in Griswold Avatar
    Rich in Griswold

    Another vote for Lonely are the Brave. Ace in the Hole and Paths of Glory are great, too.

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