Cidu Bill on Dec 9th 2011
Okay, I thought it was funny. But what about somebody with no gray in his hair?
Filed in Bill Bickel, Bizarro, Dan Piraro, Hey Geezers! Comics!, comic strips, comics, humor | 40 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Nov 4th 2011
Filed in Bill Bickel, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Mother Goose and Grimm, baseball, comic strips, comics, humor | 48 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Mar 27th 2011
Filed in Bill Bickel, Chuckles Brothers, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Simon & Garfunkel, comics strips, humor | 24 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Mar 22nd 2011
So was I wrong? Would a younger reader look at this and have no idea what’s being referred to?
Filed in Bill Bickel, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, comcis, comic strips, humor | 53 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Mar 21st 2011
James Schend: Perfect Strangers went off the air in, what, 1992? It’s not even in re-runs anywhere, as far as I’m aware. Granted, not as geezerly as most geezer strips, but still.
Filed in Bill Bickel, Chainsaw Suit, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Perfect Strangers, comic strips, comics, humor | 25 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Feb 8th 2011
Filed in Bill Bickel, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Rubes, comic strips, comics, humor | 56 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Dec 29th 2010
Filed in Hey Geezers! Comics!, James Dean, Jimmy Dean, Shoe, comic strips, comics, humor | 30 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Dec 19th 2010
Aqua Velva still exists — but has the commercial referenced here aired since the Johnson administration?
Filed in Aqua Man, Aqua Velva, Bizarro, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Dan Piraro, Hey Geezers! Comics!, comic strips, comics, humor, lol | 18 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Dec 9th 2010
Filed in Bill Bickel, Car 54 Where Are You, Duffy Brothers, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Idelwild Airport, comic strips, comics, humor | 28 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Dec 9th 2010
Filed in Bill Bickel, Christmas, Hey Geezers! Comics!, One Big Happy, comic strips, comics, humor | 20 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Nov 27th 2010
Filed in Bill Bickel, Crankshaft, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Johnny Unitas, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics | 41 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Sep 22nd 2010
Filed in Bill Bickel, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Oh Calcutta, Pardon My Planet, Vic Lee, comic strips, comics, humor | 31 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Jul 9th 2010
BVCC: How long has it been since that series of commercials aired? 20 years? 30?
Filed in Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Scott Hilburn, comic strips, comics, humor | 30 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Jul 8th 2010
I was going to post this under the Geezers tag, since I’m not sure many people reaching adulthood today would quickly identify this as a reference to Porgy and Bess. But then I realized that Porgy and Bess was well before my time as well, yet I don’t think it odd that I understood it and I’d expect most people my age to recognize it as well.
The difference, I think, is that when I was growing up, entertainment was more communal: Instead of every family member scattering about for their separate entertainments — computers, DVD players, cell phones, whatever — there was a television set. Usually one in the house and if you lived in the right city, and the Reception Gods were being kind, you might be able to tune in all of seven different stations. So you watched what your parents watched, and probably your neighbors were watching the same thing. You were exposed to Bonanza because your father liked it, and to old movies because your grandparents liked them, and just about everybody growing up had the same cultural reference points (just walk over to a crowd of people my age and say “A horse is a horse” and see if anybody doesn’t respond).
Anyway, for your listening enjoyment…
Filed in Bill Bickel, Hey Geezers! Comics!, New Yorker, Paul Robeson, Porgy and Bess, comic strips, comics, humor | 35 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Jul 8th 2010
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Cidu Bill on Jun 30th 2010
Filed in Bill Bickel, Hey Geezers! Comics!, One Big Happy, Rick Detorie, comic strips, comics, humor | 16 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Jun 22nd 2010
Timothy Carignan: I don’t know which is more “geezer-ish”; Spuds MacKenzie, or “flipping around the dial.”
Filed in Bill Bickel, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Mike Peters, Mother Goose, Spuds MacKenzie, comic strips, comics, humor, l'esprit d'escalier | 19 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 29th 2010
Janice Rey: You know, I sort of understood it even before I looked up “second banana,” but is that really a commonly known phrase? Or is it a geezer thing?
And for what it’s worth, I think what Janis really means is “straight man.” -Bill
Filed in Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Jimmy Johnson, comic strips, comics, humor | 67 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 13th 2010
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 11th 2010
“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 Mar 8th 2010
Filed in Bill Bickel, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Pardon My Planet, Vic Lee, comic strips, comics, gasoline, humor | 34 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Dec 14th 2009
Marshall Dabney: This is archaic, which you call “hey geezers”
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Cidu Bill on Dec 14th 2009
I guess you don’t have to be an AARP member to enjoy this comic, but I don’t think you’re likely to really get the fifth panel if you’re not. And could you ever have imagined yourself, in the mid-1960s, as a member of the AARP?
Filed in Bill Bickel, Darby Conley, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Pearls Before Swine, comic strips, comics, humor | 20 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Dec 7th 2009
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Frazz, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Jef Mallet, comic strips, comics, humor | 16 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Nov 4th 2009
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