Why, after all? Because they just go in to cool off? Then is there a logical plot to the original choices and substitutions?
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If the motivation for entering the restaurant is temperature (rather than hunger), it might have been more logical to publish this strip at the peak of summer temperatures (in July or August, rather than mid-September). My guess is that Griffith wrote the strip back then, but its appearance was delayed until yesterday by the usual lead time.
P.S. I don’t think there is any logic to the food each person did or did not order, it’s just a random selection of typical diner fare, indicating rushed decision making.
I think Kilby has it in one. They are so focused on getting out of the heat, they initially don’t really think about the food and end up ordering something they don’t really want.
I don’t think Zippy is meant to be read for its continuity logic.
@ Targuman (2) – I think mitch had it before I did: “… they just go in to cool off …“
Hm, there might even be some connection between going in, just to cool off and the menu selection: The guy in the yellow shirt selected the lighter (and cold) salad, while still in the smeltering heat. After giving his order and having some time to cool off he contemplates that he’d rather have soup. The soup will heat him up a bit, but that is no longer a concern in the air conditioned room.
Or I’m reading too much into a small detail.
Thank you, Markus. And perhaps the same story can be made to fit the case of the other customer, just not as strongly, with the tuna melt (at least warmed) vs turkey club (cold).
billr has it. Forget it, Jake – it’s Zippy.
I don’t know. I find after ordering at a restaurant I sometimes get a pang of regret. I shoulda gotten the other thing. I think this reflex is not all that uncommon. Too many choices, and you’ll think you’re missing out on something.
Buyer’s remorse.
I usually don’t regret it until after it arrives, and did not meet or exceed expectations.
Folks, come on. It’s Zippy!
Folks, come on. It’s Zippy. Zippy=non sequiturs
(Slow news day for things to post, possibly. I mean, really)
@ dollarbill (10) – I agree that Griffith definitely deserved the 77th Reuben, but I was also happy to see that Will Henry received the newspaper strip divisional award for “Wallace the Brave” (click the links for the respective reports in The Daily Cartoonist).
P.S. Griffith’s title for the strip above still reminds me of this: “Two peanuts were in a bar, and one of them was assaulted…“
Tomorrow’s Sunday Funnies post here also mentions (as news items attached to current cartoons) three of the divisional awards.
I feel a contradiction in the Zippy comments. Do you really want to complain about having a daily standalone post dedicated to Griffith and Zippy on CIDU? Yet not see it as a place to peg the Rueben award congratulations?
Anyway…. All good polkadotted Zippy fans join in saying CONGRATS to Griffy for the big win!
@ Dana (15) – There is no contradiction, it simply shows that Zippy the Pinhead is (and always has been) an acquired taste. There are plenty of ardent fans, but also many people who just don’t appreciate Griffith’s “off the wall” style.
I’ve been surprised Zippy hasn’t regularly shown up here.
Probably a fair amount of the time people figure you weren’t supposed to understand the strip.
Make me a malted – old joke of which I am forgetting most of what it involves, Fellow goes into a candy store (in the NYC of my young years – candy stores were generally a small store which had a soda fountain, light meal service at counter and ice cream, and also sold candy, magazines and comic books) and he sits at the counter. He does not know that the counterman is a genii. He says to the counterman “Make me a malted.” Counterman says “Poof you’re a malted” and turns the man into a genii. (Much funnier in the original – but hey, this joke is from something like 65 years ago and I was much younger then.)
I don’t think this time around we have as yet covered “Make me one with everything.”
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If the motivation for entering the restaurant is temperature (rather than hunger), it might have been more logical to publish this strip at the peak of summer temperatures (in July or August, rather than mid-September). My guess is that Griffith wrote the strip back then, but its appearance was delayed until yesterday by the usual lead time.
P.S. I don’t think there is any logic to the food each person did or did not order, it’s just a random selection of typical diner fare, indicating rushed decision making.
I think Kilby has it in one. They are so focused on getting out of the heat, they initially don’t really think about the food and end up ordering something they don’t really want.
I don’t think Zippy is meant to be read for its continuity logic.
@ Targuman (2) – I think mitch had it before I did: “… they just go in to cool off …“
Hm, there might even be some connection between going in, just to cool off and the menu selection: The guy in the yellow shirt selected the lighter (and cold) salad, while still in the smeltering heat. After giving his order and having some time to cool off he contemplates that he’d rather have soup. The soup will heat him up a bit, but that is no longer a concern in the air conditioned room.
Or I’m reading too much into a small detail.
Thank you, Markus. And perhaps the same story can be made to fit the case of the other customer, just not as strongly, with the tuna melt (at least warmed) vs turkey club (cold).
billr has it. Forget it, Jake – it’s Zippy.
I don’t know. I find after ordering at a restaurant I sometimes get a pang of regret. I shoulda gotten the other thing. I think this reflex is not all that uncommon. Too many choices, and you’ll think you’re missing out on something.
Buyer’s remorse.
I usually don’t regret it until after it arrives, and did not meet or exceed expectations.
Folks, come on. It’s Zippy!
Folks, come on. It’s Zippy. Zippy=non sequiturs
(Slow news day for things to post, possibly. I mean, really)
Zippy the Pinhead creator Bill Griffith wins the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award First time. Long overdue.
https://boingboing.net/2023/09/08/bill-griffith-wins-the-national-cartoonists-societys-reuben-award.html?fbclid=IwAR3kJ920vRRMty621cYfuWBLeFSwCJdimL3B1oLOPWOhYtv-DS0NWgiOnYM
Folks, come on. It’s Zippy. Zippy=non sequiturs
(Slow news day for things to post, possibly. I mean, really)
Zippy the Pinhead creator Bill Griffith wins the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award First time. Long overdue.
https://boingboing.net/2023/09/08/bill-griffith-wins-the-national-cartoonists-societys-reuben-award.html?fbclid=IwAR3kJ920vRRMty621cYfuWBLeFSwCJdimL3B1oLOPWOhYtv-DS0NWgiOnYM
@ dollarbill (10) – I agree that Griffith definitely deserved the 77th Reuben, but I was also happy to see that Will Henry received the newspaper strip divisional award for “Wallace the Brave” (click the links for the respective reports in The Daily Cartoonist).
P.S. Griffith’s title for the strip above still reminds me of this: “Two peanuts were in a bar, and one of them was assaulted…“
Tomorrow’s Sunday Funnies post here also mentions (as news items attached to current cartoons) three of the divisional awards.
I feel a contradiction in the Zippy comments. Do you really want to complain about having a daily standalone post dedicated to Griffith and Zippy on CIDU? Yet not see it as a place to peg the Rueben award congratulations?
Anyway…. All good polkadotted Zippy fans join in saying CONGRATS to Griffy for the big win!
@ Dana (15) – There is no contradiction, it simply shows that Zippy the Pinhead is (and always has been) an acquired taste. There are plenty of ardent fans, but also many people who just don’t appreciate Griffith’s “off the wall” style.
I’ve been surprised Zippy hasn’t regularly shown up here.
Probably a fair amount of the time people figure you weren’t supposed to understand the strip.
Make me a malted – old joke of which I am forgetting most of what it involves, Fellow goes into a candy store (in the NYC of my young years – candy stores were generally a small store which had a soda fountain, light meal service at counter and ice cream, and also sold candy, magazines and comic books) and he sits at the counter. He does not know that the counterman is a genii. He says to the counterman “Make me a malted.” Counterman says “Poof you’re a malted” and turns the man into a genii. (Much funnier in the original – but hey, this joke is from something like 65 years ago and I was much younger then.)
I don’t think this time around we have as yet covered “Make me one with everything.”