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    Mitch4 on Saturday Morning OYs May 23, 2026May 23, 2026

    And the name Ted Nugent carries a particular association for me, as I once studied with a Comp Sci professor…

  2. Max C. Webster, III's avatar
    Max C. Webster, III on Saturday Morning OYs May 23, 2026May 23, 2026

    And I just realized Ian was asking about Teddy Roosevelt, not Ted Nugent! I came to share the meta bit…

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    Max C. Webster, III on Saturday Morning OYs May 23, 2026May 23, 2026

    For Ian: It's a reference to Ted Nugent, a hard rock act. He started with The Amboy Dukes ("Journey to…

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    Downpuppy on Saturday Morning OYs May 23, 2026May 23, 2026

    And of course, it's a bogus attribution https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/02/06/thief-of-joy/

  5. Powers's avatar
    Powers on Saturday Morning OYs May 23, 2026May 23, 2026

    Lots of things. But I don't think there's anything specific. The joke relies entirely on the irony of comparing a…

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June 20, 2020June 13, 2020 by CIDU Bill

The Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B

  • movies, YouTube
  • Bill Bickel, Coronavirus
  • 24 Comments

Charles: The ultimate wake-up song!

June 20, 2020June 20, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Saturday Funnies – Jun 20, 2020

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  • Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, Bizarro, comic strips, comics, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Dan Piraro, humor, King Arthur, movies, music, Rhymes With Orange, Rina Piccolo, Scott Hilburn
  • 23 Comments

missing2argyle arthurbizarro chairrhymes sheba

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 by CIDU Bill

How early do these guys go to sleep???

  • (Not a Cidu)
  • Arlo (Page-worthy), Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Jimmy Johnson
  • 32 Comments

sleep

Where Arlo and Janis live, presumably the Gulf area, the year’s latest sunset is about 8:15, so basically it’ll be completely dark a little after 9. In the northeast, add about twenty minutes to those times.

 

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Your Favorite Face Mask

  • Bill Bickel
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oedipus-and-antigone-or-the-plague-of-thebes-charles-francois-jalabert

I thought Charles Francois Jalabert’s Oedipus and Antigone or The Plague of Thebes would be appropriate.

Do any of you have a favorite?

Feel free to email me a photo of the mask

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Full painting (Advisory: it’s kind of a bleak)

painting

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Just randomly wondering…

  • (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel
  • Brian Gordon, comic strips, comics, Fowl Language, humor
  • 10 Comments

big-fan

… whether this was inspired by a specific reader, or simply represents a common cartoonists’ complaint and this just happened to be the day Mr. Gordon chose to draw it.

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Feet

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  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Joe Martin, Mister Boffo
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june19a boffo

June 19, 2020June 13, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Better Mornings

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  • Bill Bickel, Coronavirus
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Unca $crooge :

June 19, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Spaced Out

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  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Nicholas Gurewich, Perry Bible Fellowship
  • 33 Comments

spaced outspaced out2

June 18, 2020June 17, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Art I Don’t Understand

  • Arlo (Page-worthy), Art

Over on the Arlo Page.

June 18, 2020June 17, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Mount Yaffle

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  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Jeffrey Caulfield and Brian Ponshock, Three Stooges, Yaffle
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June18a Yaffle by Jeffrey Caulfield and Brian Ponshock shemp

I don’t know… maybe it’s just supposed to be silly. Which is okay too.

I am impressed that he drew a recognizable Shemp.

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