March 21, 2019 by CIDU Bill “… and so people will stop using us to describe how cold it is” Image (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel comic strips, comics, humor, Wizard of Id 8 Comments Related
In the late 1960’s, Tommy Smothers was always pushing the boundaries of censorship on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. In one sketch he was in Alaska with a dog sled and he said, good and loud, “It’s colder than a witch’s chest!” LikeLike
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In the late 1960’s, Tommy Smothers was always pushing the boundaries of censorship on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. In one sketch he was in Alaska with a dog sled and he said, good and loud, “It’s colder than a witch’s chest!”
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Thanks for memory jog, MiB. I actually remember that.
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@ MiB – I thought that pirates had chests, not witches.
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Those comments really could put a different spin on “Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest”
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The caption would have made a much funnier joke.
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No, pirates have brass monkeys.
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But their brass monkeys don’t have certain things, because they froze off.
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