JMcAndrew sends this in: “I believe the object on the left is an old style computer. I’ve spent longer than I care to admit contemplating the mechanics of how this “affair” might happen.”
This might be filed under “jokes that don’t work well anymore”. At the time this was done (1987), this would be hard. Now, linking computers to TVs is ubiquitous in several ways, most obviously via HDMI, which dates from the early 2000s. There’s some history of HDMI here: https://blog.solidsignal.com/tutorials/sordid-history-hdmi-revised-updated/
Parenting isn’t quite what it used to be, either (or, as JMcAndrew suggested, this deserves an Arlo tag).
And: would Alice’s condition be covered by United Healthcare?
Tony sends this one in, which began as a CIDU: “as I was writing this realized that the punchline was about a nose job. It didn’t even notice the change at first. I guess not having a nose must be pretty miserable, but I couldn’t even tell that sphinx was supposed to be a living creature.”
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Yeah, that sphinx probably smells a lot better now.
I think the March Hare’s best bet is to claim it as mold damage from his homeowner’s insurance. Alice is British so she’ll be okay financially but good luck finding a doctor that makes house calls.
A house that makes doctor calls is more likely in Alice’s situation.
In the early days of Robotman, a running joke was the little robot falling in love with various household appliances.
The three bears having read the book reminds me of a Little Red Riding Hood joke. Unfortunately I can’t tell it here but the punch line is that Red says “Oh no you ain’t! You gonna [something] just like the book says!”
Okay Dvandom that was pretty good.
the punch line is that Red says
This is a comment I don’t understand. I couldn’t think of what [something] was, nor find the joke by searching.
I agree with AM. Dvandom wins today’s prize.
Brian in STL – There is a character in the story that threatens her with death in a particular way. In a different context it is instead something she would enjoy and is now demanding.
@ TedD & Mark: I don’t know about Brian, but I was trying to match the wrong story — despite Mark’s saying it was Little Red Riding Hood, I nevertheless continued to think Three Little Bears. But now, with Ted’s comment, it seems obvious…
Got it now.
In 1987 my home computer didn’t look like that (I didn’t have a mac), so it did attach to my TV. Admittedly, the RF connection was one-way only, so I’m not sure what the computer could have received from any such relationship.
But the industrial roller cart reminds me more of a terminal for a business mainframe than it does for a home computer. In that case rather than networking, maybe they just stare at each other. The terminal in awe of multiple channels and full (well NTSC anyway) color and the carefree life in the home. While the TV marvels at the crisp resolution of the terminal and is swayed by their apparent success in business.
I thought the Alice In Wonderland gag was referring to homeowner’s insurance.