That's Quite a First Panel

 

Harry Anderson, star of Night Court, Dave's World, and a TV-movie remake of Harvey as seen on the left here, would've been 74 today. I didn't do any special post or anything but I did find this promotional picture from the aforementioned Harvey with a portrait of Anderson's Elwood Dowd and his mythological rabbit, Harvey.

Here is last year's Harry Anderson post featuring his appearance in the HBO series Tales from the Crypt. But if you like crap, then check out my post on Harry Anderson's first hosting stint on Saturday Night Live back in 1985. He doesn't call women at the gym whores but he does eat a guinea pig.

 

October 31, 1967

"Run up to bed"? It's five in the evening!

Did Brutus ask if something was unethical or dishonest again?

Brutus is doing his Other Mommy pose here. It's not quite the same.

This is honestly what would happen with me. "You and everybody else are exactly the same". Cool, that means that everybody sucks. Great.

Are they having leftovers or is she making a new meal from the leftovers?

 

October 30, 1967

Now this is the kind of stuff I want to see in modern Born Loser. The Veeblefester Corporation is a shady organization that produces a shoddy product and who pollutes our air and water. There is only one man who finds this "unethical...even dishonest" and that man is Brutus Thornapple! So don't expect anything to change.

Because we...ate...it...? I don't know what to tell you, kid.

HR Violation

 

October 28, 1967

Um, just put the box down and get out of the elevator? I don't know how many people Dastardly Throckmorton intends to kill, but I don't think the number is leaving the single digits.

I appreciate Brutus standing up for himself. We're all adults and you need to treat me accordingly. I don't really have anything for this. I like it when Brutus complains about his job and Veeblefester comments on how he's very good at it. I do not like Veeblefester literally abusing an employee. Can't Brutus report Veeblefester to someone?

I Think School Administration Would Put a Stop to That

August 28, 1988

"Nearly impossible..."? So they were able to flush it but it got stuck somewhere between the toilet and the wall? Sounds expensive.

Why can't we do both? Seems perfectly reasonable that, while you're out, you can purchase both school clothes and a Halloween costume. Saves on having to get out again and there should be a better selection right now.

I don't know what Gladys means by the "careful what you wish for" statement so I'm just going to pretend she didn't say it.

 

 

 

 

 

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Phone Woes

October 27, 1967

I wouldn't want to talk to anyone dressed like this either. If you're Spanish, Swiss, German, Dutch, or British and you're offended by how Brutus is dressed, you should be.

I tend to replace my phone every 3 or 4 years so I've never had a phone so old that it barely charges. I rarely use my phone when I am at home. I don't play many mobile games and I tend to use my laptop for browsing so having low battery is not something that happens to me very often. But now I'm just bragging.

Just Order a Damn Burger

October 26, 1967

That looks like a solid boy. Here's the thing, I just automatically think that every dog that's just roaming the streets is deranged and will attack at a moment's notice. Keep your dogs on your own property, people!

from Swan Boy

The chef is going through the storage room knocking over cans and angrily shaking bags of dry goods onto the floor at a loss for what to make for today's chef's choice.

Lucky, Lucky Guy

 

October 25, 1967

Eat shit, hippie!

Why is this guy crossing in the middle of the street without waiting for the cars to pass? You don't know how traffic works? You couldn't walk probably 50 feet to a crosswalk, buddy?

There goes Arnie again, bragging about his perfect wife!

Brutus hopes that tonight is the night he finally chokes and dies on one of Gladys' leftover-tasting meals.

I can't get over that Arnie's wife is named Althea.

Are They Just Playing With One Ship?

 

October 24, 1967

I remember when children would fight in the vacant lot or somewhere private out of the eyes of adults because they didn't want to get in trouble. Now it has to be in the middle of everything with everybody watching with their phones out.

Anyway, the boy that's not Wilberforce is gonna get beaned by that fence post.

It's Battleship, Gladys! It's clearly Battleship! Do you not know what Battleship looks like? Do you not know how Battleship works? I just...I can't...Gah!

What?

Tis the Sneezin'

 

October 23, 1967

Seat belts used to just be lap belts, Brutus can't just slide out? I wonder if this is how Art kept from wearing a seatbelt. "They get stuck all the time and you can't get out! I'll be dead in the cold hard ground before I'll wear a seatbelt!"

"You're sneezing a lot! I'm getting sick of it!"

Does Brutus take over-the-counter stuff or is his allergy medicine prescribed? There's not even really a joke here. I'd rather see Brutus get trapped in his car.

I love the two info dump panels

August 21, 1988

Yup. We could see this coming from about three panels away. Brutus was going to be hit by something. It was just a question of where and by what.

I'm not positive but I think this is the first Sunday strip without Wilberforce's curls. Wilberforce was last seen in the May 8, 1988 Sunday strip and he had his curls. I wonder if his normal haircut debuted in a Sunday strip or daily strip.

I'd take a sundial for my yard. I want my grandma's old birdbath. My aunt currently has it because at the time, she was the only one that had a house. There is also a water pump at an abandoned house I want.

The sundial will be able to be used an average of 166 days a year. I don't know if that's worth it and it doesn't take into consideration partly sunny days. There's not even half a year of sunny days in Cleveland. I fear Brutus once again has wasted his money.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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