The cartoons this week are from 1994, the first year of A&J digitalization, 20 years ago. I’ve been using this “new” method of storing and transferring my artwork for well over half the time I’ve been drawing the strip. My, my. I intended to skip the above strip, to move this little beach narrative along, but I decided to rerun it for you, as this year is also another significant anniversary. More than a handful of readers might actually get this one this time around.
Tourist Invasion
By Jimmy Johnson
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188 responses to “Tourist Invasion”
Jerry – At first, I had no idea what the first part of your post was referencing. I scrolled back through and found your “Mickey” post. I’m guessing this was a quick way of figuring out if you were speaking with an ally or not in WWII.
You are calling for a busy hurrican season, or just big consequences from the few we get?
Good morning Villagers….
and a big thank you Jean…awesome talent there…so do (did) you like Genesis? Great performances and concerts listed on the right of links to their videos…..
This is just great, the packer at the other hen house just called and she is sick…running on a skeleton crew the way it is. Trying to keep Andrew and Ian free for ‘mishaps’, like the one yesterday, another stinking auger came out. They had to replace gear boxes, motors….as I’ve said before….I want an exorcism!!!!
Gotta go….gonna be a long day, but hey….wait….it’s PAYDAY!!!!
later….
ya’ll have a blessed day
Debbe, you’re welcome! Yes, I’ve always liked Genesis, but I like Phil Collins better than I did Peter Gabriel. I’ve never gotten to see them in concert, but I have seen Phil once and Mike Rutherford with his band Mike and the Mechanics twice.
While we’re on the subject of musical instruments, while I agree that a sax is good, it’s hard to beat a well-played clarinet! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61WTC4vTot0
Charlotte:
Yes, wife and I saw South Pacific on Broadway summer of ’53 after I returned from overseas duty. Unfortunately, Pinza was no longer there, and probably others of the original cast had also left. They may all have been in London.
In spring ’53 I rode to London with another officer who had a ticket to SP, with Pinza and perhaps most of the original cast. Tickets were sold out, but I’d noticed another theatre, probably on The Strand, where Maurice Chevalier was on a ‘farewell’ tour [I’m not sure it was his last], and count myself lucky to have seen that.
In ’52, in Paris, I’d seen the Folies Bergere, which is where Chevalier started out. He was not there, but I saw a lot else.
Fireworks: I hate them. Fortunately, this ‘townhome community’ is not close to many homes where they will be common. We had planned on our first dog being a doghouse dog. Brought her home just about now [in the ’70s], and the fireworks made her an inside dog. She was neurotic; I’ve mentioned here before that you would know why if you’d met her previous owner.
Totally off subject unless cats, music and A & J counts!
Sometime not long ago there was a strip where Arlo was talking to Ludwig about not knowing his daddy or his brothers and sisters (Luddie) and not having anybody to love. Then Luddie kissed/licked Arlo and Arlo said “You silver tongued devil!”
First, Ghost, do you remember that one? Anyone else? And second, could this be a reference from JJ to a song/album by Kris Kristopherson by same name?
Stumbled over that one last night listening to youtube along with the neighbor’s fireworks. Asked my youngest daughter how I had managed to miss the entire 70’s period for music and movies?
She said I was busy watching Sesame Street, Disney movies and listening to kiddie records. Totally true, one born in 71, another in 75.
Love, Jackie Monies
Trapper, you got me too with Pete Fountain and then looked down and saw music from Al Hirt on same page. Living in the Quarter we were in middle of clubs, landlady dated Fountain’s brother who kept electricity working in all the old buildings. She was “old New Orleans money” along with some new Texas money.
We were surrounded by all these people daily and nightly. Husband says he is convinced we somehow knew Jimmy Buffet and don’t remember him. But New Orleans was music back then and I remember so many great musicians.
People like Fats Domino played for dances back then!
Love, Jackie Monies
Jean dear 😉 Because, you know, saxy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogJfEXBOdg8
And I don’t believe Candy was wearing one of Janis’s Kevlar garments. 😉
Thanks for the Kevlar reference GR, I probably wouldn’t have watched it without it.
I tried to watch that number — I enjoyed the music, Candy is a saxy lady and easy on the eyes — but whoever edited it should take a few tranquilizers! I’ve never enjoyed frenetic camera work, with the typical shot lasting less than 5 seconds and most of them with the camera in motion.
At least, TR, they didn’t utilize the highly-annoying, motion sickness-inducing, herky-jerky “handheld camera” technique some movies and TV shows do. (I’m looking at you, NYPD Blue.) Whose real-life POV is like that, unless maybe if they are having a stroke?
Everyone is going to display the US Flag tomorrow, right? What’s that you say? You don’t have a US Flag, and it’s too much trouble to get one and display it?
Fortunately, transporting troops, horses and artillery pieces across the freezing waters of the Delaware River by boat the night of December 25, 1776, wasn’t “too much trouble” for the Continental Army.
Why just tomorrow? Ours is up daily.
Not to brag; it’s just part of our family tradition.
Wild photos: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/10940513/In-pictures-Photoshop-artist-digitally-transplants-cats-faces-onto-owners-bodies.html
Good for you, TR. That would be the ideal, but I realize not everyone has the location or resources to do that.
Ah, Mark, am I the only one that finds that a bit weird? Identifying with your pets is one thing, but looking like them? Or them looking like you? Really?
But, heck, I even find dressing small animals in human clothes silly rather than amusing. But, whatever blows your skirt up.
Dear eMb, sorry that you missed Pinza, but good that you saw M. Chevalier; I never saw either one. I loved Some Enchanted Evening so much, I probably wore out the record (shellac, 78 rpm, natch). No, I don’t remember you writing before about your dog; care to elaborate? I greatly object to the loud bangs of fireworks, too, and will flee, if possible. The skyrockets are very beautiful, if the sound is off, on TV, or far away.
Dear Jackie, that remark about TV you watched in the ’70s is cute. A lot of us can relate to that! May your holiday be as quiet as possible … maybe it will rain?
Jackie, I don’t remember that cartoon, but I do remember this Silver Tongued Devil.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmMtbGaDjn8
Flags:
Flags are an outward sign, either of patriotism or something else. I neither put out a flag on particular holidays nor permanently. I also criticize, in general, neither those who do nor those who don’t. [There is a place for one at every front door in this townhome community. It also has three large flags on poles at appropriate sites.]
On the other hand, I recycle, conserve one way and another, live nowhere near as high on the hog as I could, try not to waste resources on junk, and contribute to worthy causes. My attitude on patriotism is much like that of the writer of the Epistle of James on faith–Js., ch. 2, esp. Js.2:18.
I have a large flag, never unfolded, given to my mother at Dad’s funeral in ’58 [he served in the Spanish-American War]. I will try to remember to give it to the local post of the American Legion. Thanks for the reminder. Peace, emb
Mark in TTown, okay, those are some scary photos.
I saw a picture today that made me think of something I’ve never realized-if you live in a subdivision/neighborhood/townhome community please remember there might be veterans living there who might not like fireworks. Fireworks and PTSD don’t mix.
From Jeff Foxworthy: You might be a redneck if you think the Declaration of Independence is somebody’s divorce papers!
Happy Independence Day!
Ghost, no I don’t think Candy is wearing Kevlar anything, but she sure can play that sax!
Please do that, emb. I’m sure that either an American Legion or a Veterans of Foreign Wars post would be honored to have your father’s flag entrusted to them.
Yes, Jean dear, she’s definitely got a lot of sax appeal.
I know, but someone had to say it. 🙂
Testing again. I’m at Dunn Bros., enjoying 16 oz. of the real stuff [I should have asked for ‘small’ 12 oz.],that I get free when I buy a # of decaf. I won’t fall asleep on the way home.
They have only one kind of decaf at a time, but it changes. This time it’s Trilladora, from Colombia. I’ve not found any I didn’t like.
I did give the Legion the flag on the way down. Peace, emb.
Louie Zamperini, a true American hero, died yesterday at age 97. If you don’t know his story, it would be worth your while to look it up. I had the good fortune last year to discover and read his biography, “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption” by Laura Hillenbrand. And later this year, there will be a movie released based on the book, one produced by the Coen brothers, no less.
Jackie – I *just saw* that “silver-tongued” strip. I forget the date. I want to say it’s between Nov. – Mar.
I really want to comment about the current temperature, but I don’t want Mother Nature to think I’m complaining (Really, I’m not.) I’ll just stay under my blankets and stay happy.