Wilberforce the Last Two Days: 🤑

May 1, 1967

Did people still go to drive-in theaters when it was raining? I think you could still see the movie if it's raining hard enough. Why's the kid crying? I agree, shut him up! Is the Native American being shot at by arrows from other Native Americans? 

I feel a lot of my commentary on these old comics is just me asking about life back in the 1960s because I wasn't around for them. I need to work on that.

I think Brutus and Gladys need to sit Wilberforce down and talk to him about money. He's getting a little obsessed. I don't think you need to worry about money talking, Wilberforce. You won't have enough money for it to matter.

I Always Knew We Were Poor

April 29, 1967

Caddyshack is a movie that came out on July 25, 1980 and stars Rodney Dangerfield, Chevy Chase, and Bill Murray. The B-plot of the movie focuses on Murray's character trying to get rid of a gopher that is damaging the golf course. I don't honestly know how common rodents living(?) in the golf holes and I know that Caddyshack is based on Brian Doyle-Murray's time working as a caddy, and I'm not saying the Estate of Arthur B. Sansom II should sue Warner Bros., but I am saying maybe look into it.

This still counts though, right? I'd look it up but I already spent time looking up Caddyshack information.

I, and my wife, work with a lot of disadvantaged youths and they occasionally ask if we are rich. We are absolutely not. But they wonder what kind of house we live in and it's literally like this sometimes:

"Yeah, you rich."

Brutus is mixing metaphors but I can't explain how.

But He Has That Pencil In His Ear Like He Was Working...

April 28, 1967

What's going on? Is Brutus drunk? Is he having an "episode"? Does he have...what are those called? The vapors? The doldrums? Whatever it is, Gladys is not amused.

Oop. He got caught.

This week has been very up-and-down for Brutus. He's sleeping half the day away, he's getting yelled at, he's getting caught sleeping, Veeblefester's nose has lost all its color. Who knows what Thursday and Friday will bring?

Everybody Yell At Brutus Day

April 27, 1967

None of this is getting through to Brutus. He is too enamored by seeing all of Gladys' teeth as she screams, her face getting red, and her green bloodshot eyes. Although maybe some is getting through in that last panel...

Poor Brutus is getting yelled at in both strips today. :(  At least Gladys isn't stepping on his foot.

Is Brutus talking about another buffet?

Break Time

April 26, 1967

How did Brutus land in that position? Maybe he wants to be in that position. So he can be screwed by capitalism.

Brutus should construct a little bunk bed underneath his desk. You know what I'm talking about.

It's just a break. You can stop working and grab yourself a cup of coffee at any point of the day, you don't have to wait for your 15-minute break. Get up, grab a cup of coffee, go back to work.

Should the Coffee Pot Just Be Sitting On the Table Like That?

Nancy, March 4, 2026

Huh. Nancy's Aunt Fritzi is now canonically (at least) bisexual. Guy Gilchrist would never! Ernie Bushmiller is sitting in a rocking chair, slowly rocking, smiling, and nodding in acquiescence.

January 24, 1988

That doesn't seem like $200 worth of franks.

I'm also confused by the phrase "This one takes the rag off the bush" and the look of that administrative assistant. That definitely isn't Miss Preen.

I'm fine with the rom-com but I'd be a little miffed at the Asian fusion. I'm sure it's fine, but Asian food isn't something that's in the top three of food I'd choose. Mexican, American, Italian would be my top three. I'm sure someone reading this has a problem with that.

What was Wilberforce doing during this time? Did he get any Asian fusion? Did Wilberforce even have a babysitter or was he just chained out in the backyard?

Saturday Quickies

April 25, 1967

That's what you get for loving him, a face full of gum. This wouldn't happen to anyone to kisses me. I can't chew gum anymore. It hurts my jaw as soon as it goes in!

Ha ha ha! Uncle Ted is going to die because he can't afford prescriptions. Ha ha! It's funny! What a great country we have here.

I'm Surprised Veeblefester Went to an All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Once

April 24, 1967

A lot of people get stranded on desert islands in this comic strip. I've mentioned before that "stranded on desert island" is one of those things movies and television made me and two, three whole generations believe would be a common occurrence. Turns out you can't get stranded on an island if you never go out in the ocean.

I would never go to an all-you-can-eat buffet at a diner. Unless that diner had biscuits and gravy on the buffet. I'd go through Hell itself for some biscuits and gravy.

Beany Boy

April 22, 1967

Brutus keeps his change in his wallet? Just keep some coins in your pocket. But let this be a lesson to the ice cream man, take the money first.

Did ice cream melt faster back then? There's a lot of melt between panels one and two. And only, like, five seconds have passed.

"You have to bring in your own beans."

Brutus seems way too excited about three-bean soup in the second panel. Calm down, Brutus. It's three-bean soup. Three. Bean. Soup.

I'm Glad to See Brutus' Tour Includes the Watercooler

April 21, 1967

What is Brutus watering? Maybe he's hosing something off like the side of the garage or something. He's just pointing that hose straight ahead. What needs watering is on the ground, guy.

Like that'll stop me. I'll just turn the water back on and spray mother-in-law when your back in turned. *mutters*Waterboard the old bag...

I'm tagging this Mother Gargle even though she's still in her first form here. I'm sure the old witch will show up soon. 🧙‍♀️

"Welcome to work. I hope you know how..."

Brutus, you don't have to make snide jokes and puns about the job. Let it crush this new guy's spirit on its own. It knows what it's doing.