Archive for April, 2010
Cidu Bill on Apr 19th 2010
Ever notice how just about every comic strip and television show containing teenagers works in at least one storyline about the kid running up a monstrous text messaging bill? Is there a single American family with teenagers and cell phones that doesn’t take the unlimited texting option (which every wireless company offers)?
Are the writers so divorced from reality that they aren’t aware of this? Or is this like the “look at all the snow; so much for global warming, ha ha ha” gag where they just assume their audience is ignorant?
(Just for the record, without unlimited texting, my 16-year-old son’s average monthly bill would be about $350)
Filed in Bill Bickel, cell phones, comics, comics strips, humor, television, texting | 45 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 19th 2010
John DiFool: I think the Victoria Secret’s catalogs have only one possible use, and that isn’t exactly a G (or even PG) rated activity… Continue Reading »
Filed in Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Crock, comic strips, comics, humor | 24 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 18th 2010
I just want to express my surprise that nobody made any comment about Tiffany’s plastic boyfriend.
Filed in Bill Bickel, Greg Evans, Luann, comic strips, comics, humor | 34 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 18th 2010
Filed in Basketcase Comix, Bill Bickel, Brevity, Christo, Guy & Rodd, New Yorker, Rube Goldberg, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Zach Weiner, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 26 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 14th 2010
Filed in Bill Bickel, YouTube | 26 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 14th 2010
Mitchell Marks: It’s not surprising that a topical event would stimulate multiple editorial cartoons in response. But these two are so thoroughly similar, from the over-wordy setup to the mild or disguised cursing.
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, humor, political cartoons, synchronicity | 28 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 14th 2010
Lola: OK, it’s an eye and not blinking, but what kind of a creature is it supposed to be? An eight legged eyeball?
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, John Deering, Strange Brew, comic strips, comics, humor | 21 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 13th 2010
Judge Mental: The punchlines have little in common, but I think two Trojan horse comics on the same day qualifies for synchronicity.
Filed in Bill Bickel, Darby Conley, Get Fuzzy, Mark Parisi, Off the Mark, Trojan Horse, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 7 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 13th 2010
Nicole suggested that this comic might have made more sense in, say, 1963. she also supplied the actual lyrics (which, scarily enough, I also remembered):
Hercules, hero of song and story.
Hercules, winner of ancient glory.
Fighting for the right,
Fighting with his might,
With the strength of ten, ordinary men.
Hercules, people are safe when near him.
Hercules, only the evil fear him.
Softness in his eyes,
Iron in his thighs,
Virtue in his heart,
Fire in every part,
Of the Mighty Hercules.
Filed in Bill Bickel, Hey Geezers! Comics!, comic strips, comics, humor | 59 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 13th 2010
Elyrest: Is there more to this than just the obvious dinosaurs wiped out by asteroid?
I keep thinking I’m missing something or the comic is.
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Leigh Rubin, Rubes, comic strips, comics, dinosaurs, humor | 22 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 12th 2010
Mostly because it’s so rare to be able to use imbroglio in a sentence.
A few months ago, the prevailing narrative was that NBC and Jay Leno were eeeeevil because NBC wanted to give Jay Leno his 11:30 timeslot back and shift Conan to midnight. Today we hear that TBS has signed Conan to do an 11:30 show. George Lopez currently hosts a talkshow on TBS during that time; but that’s okay, they’re going to shift him to midnight.
So far there’s no indication that either Conan or his vocal supporters sees any irony here.
Filed in Bill Bickel, Conan O'Brien, Jay Leno, television | 42 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 11th 2010
We seem to have a threefer here:
Mitch4 sent it in as a LOL but I’m not really sure why Blind Carbon Copy is a humorous name for a blues singer. The “blind” part is a given, of course, but what’s the joke?
“Blind Carbon Copy” is itself a geezer-worthy reference because, at least according to people I know who work in offices, “cc” and “bcc” are now considered abbreviations for “copies” and “blind copies.”
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Dave Blazek, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Loose Parts, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 25 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 11th 2010
Jennifer Williams sent this one in as a LOL:
but honestly it annoyed me when I first read it: usually, Alix displays a lack of sexual knowledge more appropriate for a child even younger than her ten years; what’s she doing making egg jokes now?
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Filed in 2 Cups, Abstruse Goose, Bill Bickel, Jan Eliot, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Stone Soup, Tetris, Zach Weiner, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, gagh, humor, lol | 30 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 10th 2010
This Luann strip
was followed by this Shortpacked parody
which in turn was followed by today’s Luann:
Filed in Bill Bickel, David Willis, Greg Evans, Luann, Shortpacked, breasts, comic strips, comics, humor | 24 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 10th 2010
Mitchell Marks: This comic goes for the excremental pretty often anyway, but I thought this one was particularly disturbing.
Janice Rey:
Janice Rey:
Jon Delfin:
Filed in Bill Bickel, Diamond Lil, Eek, Ewww, One Big Happy, Pickles, Scott Nickel, comic strips, comics, humor | 12 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 9th 2010
Both Dave and Nicole - well, of course Nicole — sent this to me as an Arlo Award candidate. Continue Reading »
Filed in Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Dave Whamond, Pinocchio, Reality Check, Woody Allen, comic strips, comics, humor | 28 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 8th 2010
I just saw the season premiere, and I was wondering what y’all thought about Doctor Who 90210.
(There might be spoilers here, obviously)
Filed in Bill Bickel, Doctor Who | 26 responses so far
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