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Ah, a nice new thread to mess up with comics! Rhymes with Orange is a long-running gag-a-day comic by Hilary Price and Rina Piccolo.  Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley is a pet strip with a low-key, quirky sense of humor. This one is from December 31, 2001.  Brenda Starr by Dale Messick was, in its heyday, one of the most popular soap opera strips, chronicling the life and many, many romances of the worst reporter in the Midwest. Fortunately, we just wrapped up a way-too-long-running story in the last thread, so we're starting fresh here. Brenda and her cousin/roommate, Abretha, have finally found an affordable apartment after a couple years of increasingly improbable housing situations. The only catch is that they don't have enough money for furniture. So they've been living on the floor, something Brenda hasn't shared with her coworkers, and that brings us to November 23, 1947 ...   (And believe it or not, this is the second time in the strip's history Brenda's coworkers have shown up on her doorstep without warning at holiday time, brandishing an uncooked bird.) Smokey Stover by Bill Holman is a screwball comedy strip about a firefighter and his family that takes a carpet-bombing approach to puns and sight gags. If you don't like one joke, just wait -- there will be six in the next panel. Like in this example from May 13, 1945:  And new for this thread, I'm going to try posting Everyday Movies (also known as Metropolitan Movies) by Denys Wortman. It ran from 1924 to 1954 in a couple of long-defunct New York papers, the Sun and the World-Telegram, and features slice-of-life humor combined with notably detailed art for a daily panel. Unfortunately, I don't have access to the New York papers, but through the miracle of syndication and the Wilmington, Delaware, Morning News, we can start with the September 13, 1934, panel:  Bonus Ad! While searching old papers for comics, I occasionally notice ads or other material I find amusing and throw them in. Like so:  I'm not particularly religious, but I would totally pull up a pew to hear "the old-time gospel" from an ex-bobby. I also post Buni (Mondays/Wednesdays) and Stephen Collins (Saturdays). Selachian fucked around with this message at 19:09 on Jan 1, 2022 |
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/1/02  Brenda Starr 11/24-26/47    Smokey Stover 5/20/45  Everyday Movies 9/14/34 
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Jan 2, 2022 14:46
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Buni Rhymes with Orange  Get Fuzzy 1/2/02  Brenda Starr 11/27-29/47    (Princess Elizabeth had been in the news lately because she'd just married Prince Philip.) Smokey Stover 5/27/45  Everyday Movies 9/15/34 
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Jan 3, 2022 14:36
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Potsticker posted:what is pash? A kiss, particularly of the big sloppy type.
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Jan 3, 2022 20:05
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/3/02  Brenda Starr 11/30/47  Smokey Stover 6/3/45  Everyday Movies 9/17/34 
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Jan 4, 2022 13:52
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Buni Rhymes with Orange  Get Fuzzy 1/4/02  Brenda Starr 12/1-3/47    Smokey Stover 6/10/45  Everyday Movies 9/18/34  Mopey Dick and the Duke, a couple of tramps, were one of various sets of recurring characters in this strip. Bonus Ad! Can you resist the lure of free gum with your meal? 
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Jan 5, 2022 12:35
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/5/02  Brenda Starr 12/4-6/47    Smokey Stover 6/17/45  "Watch on the Rind" is going pretty far for a pun even by Holman's standards. Everyday Movies 9/20/34 
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Jan 6, 2022 12:26
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/6/02  Brenda Starr 12/7/47   Smokey Stover 6/24/45  Everyday Movies 9/21/34 
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Jan 7, 2022 16:19
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/7/02  Stephen Collins  Brenda Starr 12/8-10/47    Smokey Stover 7/1/45  Sigh. Well, it's still wartime, although not for much longer. Everyday Movies 9/22/34  "There was a time when fish was cheaper. Why, when I lived down the Lambert Cove road you could get all the fish you wanted for nothing." Selachian fucked around with this message at 18:31 on Jan 11, 2022 |
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Comics Kingdom is down, probably due to crazed Wilbur fans, so today's Rhymes with Dustin is courtesy of Arcamax.  Get Fuzzy 1/8/02  Brenda Starr 12/11-13/47    Smokey Stover 7/8/45  Everyday Movies 9/24/34  "I never danced so much in my whole life before -- I was sweating like a pig -- it was terrible. We had a swell time." With the decorated church in the background, this one feels like Little Italy to me. Selachian fucked around with this message at 19:13 on Jan 9, 2022 |
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Samovar posted:Btw, do you think it would be possible to write the captions of these in the future? Sure. I did wonder if legibility might be an issue.
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Buni Rhymes with Orange  Get Fuzzy 1/9/02  Brenda Starr 12/14/47  Smokey Stover 7/15/45  Everyday Movies 9/25/34  "Gee, Duke, I just dreamed I saw a skeleton walking -- at least I THINK it was a dream. It couldn't really have been a skeleton, could it?" Also, I found another Everyday Movies I forgot to date and don't seem to have posted already, so here it is:  "Oh, you marvel! And then how many orders did you get on your second trip, Mr. Wince?"
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Jan 10, 2022 12:48
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Mr. Squishy posted:That's just how she draws toothy grins, I don't think 9CL has influenced anything. (also Foob started in '79, 9CL in '93. I don't think we're 14 years deep in the reruns but I'm unsure how to tell for sure) I mentioned it last thread, but April was born in 1991. So my guess would be late 1992/early 1993?
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Jan 10, 2022 14:45
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/10/02  Brenda Starr 12/15-17/47    Smokey Stover 7/22/45  Everyday Movies 9/26/34  "Oh, was that lobster salad we just had? I wish I'd known it -- I love it so." Selachian fucked around with this message at 15:18 on Jan 11, 2022 |
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Buni Rhymes with Orange  Get Fuzzy 1/11/02  Brenda Starr 12/18-20/47    Smokey Stover 7/29/45  This is a dated joke even for 1945: quote:Sometime between the founding of the Order of the Elks in 1868 and the end of the 19th century, it became fashionable for members of the Benevolent Order of Elks to wear a genuine elk’s tooth. The tooth was polished and mounted in a gold casing and was commonly worn as a fob. The elk’s tooth fob became so popular that in 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt suggested that elk herds were being slaughtered to obtain their teeth to make into fobs and were in danger of disappearing. President Roosevelt appealed to the Grand Exulted Ruler, Henry Melvin, stating the wearing of the elks’ teeth by members was causing a great slaughter of elk and asked him to abolish members from wearing the teeth for decorative purposes. Everyday Movies 9/27/34  "You'll like it if you take the apartment -- we're all one big family in this house."
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Jan 12, 2022 12:39
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/12/02  Brenda Starr 12/21/47  Smokey Stover 8/5/45  Everyday Movies 9/28/34  "Hey, Mom, the lady downstairs is still hollerin' up the dumbwaiter about her ceiling leakin'." Bonus Ad! Spotted this in the middle of a big ad for Army surplus gear:  Although the actual item looks a bit less terrifying than the art: 
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Jan 13, 2022 12:47
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/13/02  Brenda Starr 12/22-24/47    Smokey Stover 8/12/45  Everyday Movies 9/29/34  "If I could only remember where I put my powder puff, I'd feel much better."
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Jan 14, 2022 14:10
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/14/01  (true story, as you might guess.) Stephen Collins  Brenda Starr 12/25-27/47    Smokey Stover 8/19/45  Everyday Movies 10/1/34  "I don't know whether to buy some lounging pajamas and look seductive around the house or to buy a new dress and impress the girls at the office."
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Jan 15, 2022 15:20
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:Holy poo poo, I had never heard of this! As someone who contributed a few captions to the DFC back in the day, thanks for helping me feel old. (But then, I am old.) Like a lot of edgy 90s humor, the DFC hasn't aged particularly well, but it'll probably be floating around the internet forever.
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Jan 15, 2022 23:17
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/15/02  Brenda Starr 12/28/47  Smokey Stover 8/26/45  Everyday Movies 10/2/34  "You'll find some very interesting people over there."
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Buni Rhymes with Orange  Get Fuzzy 1/16/02  Brenda Starr 12/29-31/47    Smokey Stover 9/2/45  Everyday Movies 10/3/34  "Duke, I believe you get more energy when you relax."
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/17/02  Brenda Starr 1/1-3/48    Smokey Stover 9/9/45  Everyday Movies 10/4/34  "Don't throw your chawing gum on the carpet. Somebody might trip over it."
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maltesh posted:I guess I'll put my arcade token down on [Something odd and 1970's about women and safeguarding combs that is treated as Physical Law], Chuck's bald and hates all hair care products with a blinding passion, so the comb belongs to Tex. That was my guess too ... back in the 70s women would use a hairbrush, not a comb.
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Pastry of the Year posted:Arlo and Janis Forget '80s Flash Gordon, how many folks in this thread have any idea who Dobie Gillis was, or could recognize Maynard G. Krebs by sight? (Had a rush this morning, so no comics, alas.)
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Rhymes with Orange  Get Fuzzy 1/18-19/02   Brenda Starr 1/4/48  Smokey Stover 9/16/45  Everyday Movies 10/5/34  "I'm getting real annoyed with brother Robert -- he's beginning to tell my stories as though they were his."
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Buni Rhymes with Orange  Get Fuzzy 1/20/02  Brenda Starr 1/5-7/48    Smokey Stover 9/23/45  "It's a living." Everyday Movies 10/6/34  "My husband wants we should move to an apartment on a court where it's quiet, but I says what's the use of living in a city if you can't see what's goin' on?"
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*eleventh grade flashback*
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/21/02  Stephen Collins  Brenda Starr 1/8-10/48    Smokey Stover 9/30/45  Everyday Movies 10/8/34  "He's simply dying to marry me but he can't get a divorce because he's afraid it would give his wife an inferiority complex." (Washington Square Park in the background)
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/22/02  Brenda Starr 1/10/48  Smokey Stover 10/7/45  Everyday Movies 10/9/34  "I say, painter, do you think this is a good day for me to start on my hunting trip?" Bonus Ad! If you feel like you have five eyeballs, constipation is probably the least of your troubles. 
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Buni Rhymes with Orange  Get Fuzzy 1/23/02  Brenda Starr 1/12-14/48    Smokey Stover 10/14/45  Everyday Movies 10/10/34  "I guess your son must be doing pretty good down in New York, Mrs. Allen -- I see he sends you letters now instead of penny post-cards."
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/24/02  Brenda Starr 1/15-17/48    Smokey Stover 10/21/45  Everyday Movies 10/11/34  "Georgie don't wear tops, so I get the large size and make his father wear the tops, and Georgie wears the pants." (I was a bit confused by this one, but my guess is that they're talking about two-piece pajamas.)
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Stultus Maximus posted:Those strips are actually specifically jabs at a friend of his. Note that the cyclist character in Pearls is named Jef, as in Jef Mallett of Frazz infamy. And Frazz is just loaded with smug, self-congratulatory cyclist and runner pontification. Selachian fucked around with this message at 22:15 on Jan 25, 2022 |
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Buni Rhymes with Orange  Get Fuzzy 1/25/02  Brenda Starr 1/18/48   Smokey Stover 10/28/45  Everyday Movies 10/12/34  "But, Duke, you don't understand -- I LIKE to worry about where we'll spend our vacation next Summer."
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/26/02  Brenda Starr 1/19-21/48    Smokey Stover 11/4/45  Everyday Movies 10/13/34  "No, I put you on the spot. You couldn't have bumped me off -- you haven't got a gat." Bonus Ad! Selling cigarettes with dwarf judo!  (Johnny Roventini was a real person -- although probably not judo-trained.)
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Haifisch posted:The 79 paper I use has a full page cigarette ad in a surprising number of issues along with some smaller ads. My favorite is all the ads talking about "low tar". I assume people were starting to push back against how unhealthy smoking is and the low tar stuff was companies trying to pretend their product is healthy and fine. Oh yeah, it can be startling to pick up an old magazine or newspaper and be reminded just how omnipresent tobacco advertising used to be in print media -- especially after tobacco ads were banned from TV, and the butt peddlers had to put their advertising budgets somewhere.
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/27/02  Brenda Starr 1/22-24/48    Smokey Stover 11/11/45  Everyday Movies 10/15/34  "But I couldn't rent this apartment -- it has no who's this. You know, one of those things when the bell rings you call through and ask 'Who's this?'"
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/28/02  Stephen Collins is political today.  Brenda Starr 1/25/48  Smokey Stover 11/18/45  Everyday Movies 10/16/34  "I guess I'm losing my technique, Mopey -- I put on my best manners and tried to flatter her into it, but I couldn't get a handout." Bonus dating tip! 
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/29/02  Brenda Starr 1/26-28/48   Gosh, yeah, who would ever want to eat raw fish?  Smokey Stover 11/25/45  Everyday Movies 10/17/34  "Put a little more in -- he leaves good tips."
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Zombi Rhymes with Orange  Get Fuzzy 1/30/02  Brenda Starr 1/29-31/48    Smokey Stover 12/2/45  Everyday Movies 10/18/34  "No, I didn't unpack anything since this morning -- I'm exhausted trying to think up a color scheme for this new place."
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EasyEW posted:Funky Winkerbean "Drive off a 'clef' -- you know, like Bull did."
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