I'm Gonna Be the Very Best...

I think every kid goes through a "Can I be an Olympian" phase. My sport would be the running ones. I thought I pretty fast when I was younger. Maybe I was, maybe I wasn't. I don't know.

What's with the speech tail? Are Brutus and Wilberforce using their r o b o t  v o i c e ?

Brutus Would Use a Terrible Starting Word

Great. Now Brutus needs a new starting word. 'Born' is only four letters. What else can he use? 'Lemon'? 'Botch'? Those have been used too. There needs to be more five-letter words that mean 'loser'.

Sunday Is for Rest

January 31, 1988

You can't really cut Brutus out of your will. Whatever Gladys inherits would just become Brutus'. If Mother Gargle wants to cut Brutus out, she'd have to cut Gladys out as well. Although I do think Mother Gargle is that petty so I guess it's safe to be cautious.

A simple signed letter from Winston Churchill could fetch about $800-$2000, so not really the fortune Brutus is thinking. Now if Churchill wrote to Mother Gargle about how delightful Joseph Stalin and Franklin Roosevelt were during the Tehran Conference then that letter could fetch upwards of $50,000.

Had Mother Gargle mailed that letter, it could've turned the tide of World War II...

Brutus was originally planning to get up at 11!? I went to bed at one last night was still up by 8:30. Did Brutus really drug himself up or something? What time was Gladys up and why can't she help with the "chores"?

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Happiness = $$$

May 2, 1967

I don't understand why children can never get their own water. Is it because they should be in bed and not wandering around the house? I think Wilberforce is old enough to get his own water. It's not like he's in a crib, he sleeps in a bed.

Nice heart pajamas, Brutus.

What is going on with Wilberforce this week?! Is money all he thinks about? Is this some kind of brain damage? What I really hate are the dumb idioms. "Easy Street", "Money talks", "Is money the key to happiness". I'm glad it's Saturday so this, I guess I'll call it a storyline, is done.

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?