Mister Bun?

Cidu Bill on Dec 22nd 2009

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Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor | 12 responses so far

12 Responses to “Mister Bun?”

  1. Kamino Neko Dec 22nd 2009 at 12:17 am 1

    It’s a reference to the British card game Happy Families.

  2. TasmanSea Dec 22nd 2009 at 12:26 am 2

    Yep definitely a reference to Happy Families: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Families

    That still doesn’t quite clarify the joke for me, though. I guess in part it’s that its funny to be playing a children’s game in a casino setting instead of a “serious” game like poker or whatever. But then why is it Queen Victoria? Just because she is always in this comic? Because she is an extra-serious person so it is even more absurd that she’s playing a kids’ game?

  3. Kamino Neko Dec 22nd 2009 at 12:44 am 3

    Victoria is the star of the comic, and really quite batty.

    There was an arc a week or two ago where she spent the entire time torturing her Sims in The Sims 3 (much to Prince Edward’s dismay.)

    And gambling on Happy Families is funny.

  4. furrykef Dec 22nd 2009 at 01:02 am 4

    Reminds me of a bit on the Super Mario Bros. Super Show cartoon, where Mario and Luigi were in disguise, gambling with the bad guys. They were seated around a table, with a very big pile of coins in the middle…

    Mario: Got any 7’s?
    [silence]
    Mario: Well, then, go fish!

  5. Christian Dec 22nd 2009 at 04:32 am 5

    I grew up in Las Vegas. One of my old high school friends is a salesperson for a company that sells gambling games based on popular children’s games to casinos. So it is indeed possible to gamble in Vegas at Monopoly, though I’m not sure about this “Happy Families” game.

  6. MellowCake Dec 22nd 2009 at 06:57 am 6

    In the same vein:
    http://www.videosift.com/video/Mitchell-and-Webb-Casino-Carnivale

  7. John DiFool Dec 22nd 2009 at 09:20 am 7

    I always knew that Susie (from Calvin & Hobbes) would grow up to be a queen someday…

  8. tdcjames Dec 22nd 2009 at 10:38 am 8

    I seem to remember reading that the real Victoria was fond of cards (Edward VII even more so) and even asked some American guests to teach her this “poker” she’d heard about. I wish I could dig up the reference.

  9. Dyfsunctional Dec 22nd 2009 at 02:20 pm 9

    @John DiFool: I was just about to post something about Susie Derkins’ toy rabbit (and vague Hobbes analogue). It was the first thing I thought of.

  10. paperboy Dec 22nd 2009 at 03:23 pm 10

    This looks like it was set up by an “Improv” audience: “We need a place…” “A CASINO!” “…an activity…” “A CARD GAME!” “…now a person.” “QUEEN VICTORIA!”.

  11. Dave Van Domelen Dec 22nd 2009 at 07:10 pm 11

    Sounds like she’s playing Old Maid.

  12. John DiFool Dec 22nd 2009 at 08:16 pm 12

    Dysfunctional: Great minds think alike.

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