One of my cow-orkers, smelling my minestrone soup heating in the microwave, asked what brand it was. "Chez madbaker", I replied (using my name, though).
Bonus points for correctly identifying the header reference - the one that also uses "I really like vanilla."
One of my favorite Far Side's. One summer program I attended in high school had the dorm rooms corridors peppered with enlarged Far Side cartoons. On the last day we ripped down our favorites and took them home. I've still got that one hanging right by the side of the bed back home in CT, along with the classic Midvale School for the Gifted, and "Working Alone, Professor Dawson Stumbles Into A Bad Section of the Petri Dish" (shot shows a professor looking, frightened, into the microscope, holding his hands above his head, while a word bubble emanating from the dish says, "...now put the wallet on the counter!"
I should've pulled out the Far Side Halloween TV Special on Sat. I've got to burn that on DVD one of these days, since the tape is getting worn, and I don't think it's ever been rebroadcast.
(other odd Far Side reference...a mid 90's episode of Disney's Duck Tales, entitled, "The Mystery of Twin Beaks." Weird plot involving Launchpad attempting to become a psychic, proclaiming, 'The Cows Are Not What They Seem!' Everyone scoffs at him, util one stands up and says, "Greeting, Earth Duck!" "A talking animal?" responds the duck, totally missing the irony. "That's impossible!" The cow responds with, "I am from the planet Larson, on the Far Side of the galaxy.")
(Oh, and there's the great moment in Bloom County where, after they learn they're being cancelled, the characters start looking for other jobs and have a final party to say goodbye to each other. Binkley spends several panels shaking hands with someone who appears to be wearing a snake costume - or rather, the snake costume seems to have swallowed him, since just his feet are sticking out. Finally, Binkley asks, "To whom am I addressing?" "It's me, Milo. I'm appearing Tuesdays in The Far Side.")
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Date: 2005-11-01 09:22 pm (UTC)I should've pulled out the Far Side Halloween TV Special on Sat. I've got to burn that on DVD one of these days, since the tape is getting worn, and I don't think it's ever been rebroadcast.
(other odd Far Side reference...a mid 90's episode of Disney's Duck Tales, entitled, "The Mystery of Twin Beaks." Weird plot involving Launchpad attempting to become a psychic, proclaiming, 'The Cows Are Not What They Seem!' Everyone scoffs at him, util one stands up and says, "Greeting, Earth Duck!" "A talking animal?" responds the duck, totally missing the irony. "That's impossible!" The cow responds with, "I am from the planet Larson, on the Far Side of the galaxy.")
(Oh, and there's the great moment in Bloom County where, after they learn they're being cancelled, the characters start looking for other jobs and have a final party to say goodbye to each other. Binkley spends several panels shaking hands with someone who appears to be wearing a snake costume - or rather, the snake costume seems to have swallowed him, since just his feet are sticking out. Finally, Binkley asks, "To whom am I addressing?" "It's me, Milo. I'm appearing Tuesdays in The Far Side.")
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Date: 2005-11-01 09:59 pm (UTC)Personally, I like the "When a body meets a body comin' thru the rye".
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Date: 2005-11-02 05:44 am (UTC)But still I think my all-time faves have to be the Great Moments in Evolution. (Both of them.)
The giant wall-size edition of "Early Microscopes" at the DeYoung exhibition always cracked me up, too.