It’s a minor detail, but I’m pretty sure that Shoe’s “Veranda Rights” was set in italics. Personally, I think calling attention to such a groaner pun was unnecessary, and sort of torpedoes the humor. It would have worked better with deadpan (Roman) delivery.
P.S. I can’t find it online, but anyone with access to the Far Side in print should check out the panel for January 1st, 1983 (and compare it to the Rapunzel here).
I have a niece named Miranda, and the family is accustomed to hearing her claim her Rights, or occasionally issue her Warning.
@Kilby Incidental information can filter out what you’re looking for. A search with Google for “the Far Side”, as you capitalized it, and “Rapunzel” returned your panel as the first hit.
The fourth hit had your panel with a date: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/308215168234570458/.
Bing got the same first hit also, but no dated one.
IDU the last one…
@Tree, it’s a rhyming pun of a prominent Russian performance group, hinted at by the tutu.
I got the Bolshoi one, but didn’t get much of a laugh out of it. Since Wayno took over the weekday Bizarro strip, I think its humor level has descended to the John McPherson (Close to Home) level, although Wayno does a crackerjack job of matching Dan Piraro’s artistic style.
Technically, of course, comics with the Oy take are more like to elicit a groan than a laugh.
Here’s one for Mitch4
Ha! Yes, thanks 😎!
Thanks to Kevin A for the follow-up link to Larson’s “Rapunzel”. I used the date, not the caption. Ooops.
Kilby, My pleasure. I might have also used the date on the first search attempt, just in case..
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Heh. Those are all good.
It’s a minor detail, but I’m pretty sure that Shoe’s “Veranda Rights” was set in italics. Personally, I think calling attention to such a groaner pun was unnecessary, and sort of torpedoes the humor. It would have worked better with deadpan (Roman) delivery.
P.S. I can’t find it online, but anyone with access to the Far Side in print should check out the panel for January 1st, 1983 (and compare it to the Rapunzel here).
I have a niece named Miranda, and the family is accustomed to hearing her claim her Rights, or occasionally issue her Warning.
@Kilby Incidental information can filter out what you’re looking for. A search with Google for “the Far Side”, as you capitalized it, and “Rapunzel” returned your panel as the first hit.
The fourth hit had your panel with a date: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/308215168234570458/.
Bing got the same first hit also, but no dated one.
IDU the last one…
@Tree, it’s a rhyming pun of a prominent Russian performance group, hinted at by the tutu.
I got the Bolshoi one, but didn’t get much of a laugh out of it. Since Wayno took over the weekday Bizarro strip, I think its humor level has descended to the John McPherson (Close to Home) level, although Wayno does a crackerjack job of matching Dan Piraro’s artistic style.
Technically, of course, comics with the Oy take are more like to elicit a groan than a laugh.
Here’s one for Mitch4
Ha! Yes, thanks 😎!
Thanks to Kevin A for the follow-up link to Larson’s “Rapunzel”. I used the date, not the caption. Ooops.
Kilby, My pleasure. I might have also used the date on the first search attempt, just in case..