September 18, 2021September 16, 2021 by EditorM

Saturday Morning Oys – September 18th, 2021

Pearls Before Swine is so often in service of a pun that we may stop noticing when it pulls off a pretty good one!

Here’s a bit of a CIDU-OY.

September 11, 2021September 10, 2021 by EditorM

Saturday Morning Oys – September 11th, 2021

Looking for 9/11 commemorative material to watch tonight?

Great Performances – Verdi’s Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11

Premiere: 9/11/2021 | 00:00:30 |

Honor the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with this special performance hosted by Misty Copeland and led by Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin featuring soloists Ailyn Pérez, Michelle DeYoung, Matthew Polenzani and Eric Owens.

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September 4, 2021September 3, 2021 by EditorM

Saturday Morning Oys – September 4th, 2021

This is not really a solid Oy, not really very funny, but somehow it’s just … just … just *something*.

The legacy of “Who’s on first?” is an apparently inexhaustible vein of humor!

Here’s a chuckle-OY from Philip:

Here’s one done by Jenny:

September 1, 2021August 25, 2021 by EditorM

Con and Pro

Not exactly a CIDU, says Targuman when sending it in, but maybe an OY-I’d-like-to-improve? His issue is which geezer ref might fly better today: “Not a CIDU but this is 2021, wouldn’t U2’s Bono be a bit more famous (and alive)?”

August 28, 2021August 27, 2021 by EditorM

Saturday Morning Oys – August 28th, 2021

This was a momentary CIDU, for want of a comma. Sent by Boise Ed. Ed did some research on our behalf and reports “If you look in the [GoComics] comments, you’ll see that it caught Mark Parisi by surprise.”

And a longer-puzzling CIDU-oy: I still can’t figure out the intended real-life musical pair being referred to. (Searching got me to an article mentioning opera director Robert Carsen and “superstar soprano Renée Fleming” — but the characters in the cartoon are not doing opera.)

August 26, 2021 by EditorM

Extra: Mike du Jour is trying

Mike du Jour is trying — trying for a week to make a workable pun about operations at the symphony. Can you find one you like?

Idea! Maybe it was meant as a “Can you spot the differences?” puzzle. There aren’t many…

August 21, 2021August 20, 2021 by EditorM

Saturday Morning Oys – August 21st, 2021

(Not a Cidu), Oy
Argyle Sweater, Beetle Bailey, Ben Lansing, Bunny Hoest, Dave Blazek, Gary Brookins, Greg Walker, John Reiner, Lockhorns, Loose Parts, Mort Walker, Scott Hilburn, Shoe, Susie MacNelly
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Another shot of Argyle:

An OY-LOL: Actually, by me the pun is pretty weak, but the execution of the planner page is quite fun!

Something of a nerd-Oy. Thanks to Mark Jackson for sending!

August 14, 2021August 13, 2021 by EditorM

Saturday Morning Oys – August 14th, 2021

Seems like Brevity tries out a pun every single day. Sometimes they may hit all right.

Ah well, this may raise the perpetual question, Can an auditory pun survive being put into writing when that breaks up a double meaning?

August 7, 2021August 6, 2021 by EditorM

Saturday Morning Oys – August 7th, 2021

This is from a book, Otto: A Palindrama by Jon Agee. It was brought to our attention by (and we picked up the image from) an online book review by Gene Ambaum, attached to his Library Comic newsletter.

Pastis is trying so hard in this one, how can we pass up enjoying another look?

Unless it’s disqualified because one of the characters is consciously making the pun joke?

Falco titled this “The Red Hoodie” in his enewsletter. But do we accept that these characters would use the plain form “hood” for either of the meanings required here? Mebbe.