HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: steph@cs.uiuc.edu (Dale Stephenson)
Subject: Re: Peanuts: Can Snoopy Talk?
Keywords: peanuts
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 04:21:53 GMT

In <1992Apr13.214107.7652@descartes.waterloo.edu> kbnguyen@descartes.waterloo.edu (Khanh Nguyen) writes:

>	A friend and I was discussing the other day about if Snoopy can
>talk to others, or when he talks, do others hear?

Snoopy doesn't talk.  He communicates with "the round-headed kid" via
non-verbal cues.  (Gestures, props, etc.)

>	Is he like in a world of his own like Calvin (& Hobbes) and has his
>own imagination. 

No.  There really *was* a Van Gogh in his basement. :->

>Because most of the time that I've seen Snoopy talk, 
>he has thinking clouds.

I've never seen Snoopy talk without clouds.  When he has the normal ballons,
it is to say something like "Growf".

>	And in the cartoons on TV, he never speaks (or am I wrong?).

Quite correct.  Of course, the adults never speak on any of the cartoons
worth watching.  

>	As well, does he talk to Woodstock?

Woodstock reads Snoopy's mind.  Snoopy understands Woodstock's speech.
-- 
Dale J. Stephenson |*| (steph@cs.uiuc.edu) |*| Gigabit Study Group 

  "It is considered good to look wise, especially when not 
   overburdened with information" -- J. Golden Kimball
From: sl11@prism.gatech.EDU (LIEBESKIND,SUSAN H)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips
Subject: Re: Random Data
Date: 8 Apr 92 16:25:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: hydra.53933
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <1992Apr8.041511.6098@alliant.com> spain@alliant.alliant.com (Dave Spain) writes:
>
>Just thought I'd post some random data from the Jan. 27, 1992 issue of
>US News and World Report you may find interesting.
>
....omitted data

>Major dailies with no comics:  The New York Times [All the news that's
>fit to print, but humor that's drawn can't fit, won't print],

With one exception -- about 15 years ago.  On the end page of the
Sunday NYT Magazine Section, there appeared a comic strip under the
heading of "If the New York Times Published a Comic Strip".  It was
a black and white strip, in the big Sunday style, featuring a cast of
well-dressed businessmen making jokes about Wall Street, if my hazy memory
is correct.  It was quite dry, and quite ironic and above my head, being
a youngster at the time.  Does anyone recall more details of it?

As an aside, my mom grew up reading the Sunday New York Times and never got to 
see the comics (my grandfather would always get the Times, never the Syracuse 
paper with comics in it).   Being from one of the few Jewish families in our 
home town, and from the only family *she* knew who got the Times, she truly 
believed as a child that it was against the Jewish religion to read comics 
on Sunday :-)  

Susan Liebeskind
-- 
LIEBESKIND,SUSAN H
Georgia Tech Research Institute, GTRI/CSITL,  Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp:	  ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!sl11
Internet: sl11@prism.gatech.edu
From: dougm@hal.com (Doug Moran)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips
Subject: Letters to Artists (was Re: Calvin & Hobbes, Cathy my favs)
Date: 9 Apr 92 19:58:01 GMT
Reply-To: dougm@hal.com (Doug Moran)
Distribution: usa
Organization: HaL Computer Systems, Inc.; Campbell, CA

In article <1992Apr8.164824.13453@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>, cma@cbnewsm (christine.m.dakes) writes:
>Does anyone know how to fan letters to your favorite comic
>authors?  (in my case, for Cathy and Calvin & Hobbes).

Sending mail c/o the publishers of the collection books has worked for
me.  I received a wonderful reply from Alison Bechdel of DYKES TO WATCH
OUT FOR, for example.
-- 
     Doug Moran     | "Just because I wear this dress doesn't mean I don't put
{...}!hal.com!dougm | my panties on one leg at a time, if you know what I mean."
   dougm@hal.com    | "Not really."
From: jeffyg@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Jeffrey Wayne Geist)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips
Subject: Re: Jim's Journal
Date: 9 Apr 1992 11:50:33 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

twpierce@amhux1.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) writes:

>Has anyone else seen a strip called "Jim's Journal?"  We get it at
>Amherst, but it seems not to be distributed very widely.  This is kind
>of an existentialist/minimalist strip with a small but pretty
>dedicated following here and at UMass.  I was wondering if New England
>has the only pocket of "Jim's Journal" fans in the country.

Kansas State has Jims Journal in the campus paper, the Collegian.  Its
been here as long as i can remember (only been here a couple of years).
We are able to purchase Jim comic books in the Union bookstore.
>-- 
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From: ucda@toontown.uucp (Chris Andersen (The Dangerous Guy))
Subject: Re: The Best Far Side cartoon
Keywords: far side gary larson
Organization: The Department For Doing Departmental Things
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 22:36:05 GMT


Lupislipadipaphobia: The fear of being chased by a timber wolf around a kitchen 
		     table, on a newly waxed floor, while wearing sox.

(accompanied by a picture of a young kid going through just this horrible experience)



Another favorite:

  Picture: elephant in a trench coat hiding in the shadows under a stairwell and looking
	   rather menacing.  In front of him is a man preparing to enter his apartment.  
	   He has just noticed the elephant and appears startled.

  Caption: "Remember me Mr. <name forgotten>?  Kenya.  1963.  If your going to shoot 
	    at an elephant you better be prepared to finish the job."
	


(All of these from memory of course so apologies for any mistakes.)
-- 
Chris Andersen (..!uunet!sequent!toontown!chris)

"...the only thing worse than being hurt is being bored." -- Daniel Mocsny
From: hucke@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Matt Hucke)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips
Subject: Re: Fox Trot
Date: 14 Apr 92 21:04:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: ux1.1992Apr14.210419.22074
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

In article <1992Apr14.180122.14366@udel.edu> wagenfuh@huey.udel.edu (Karl Wagenfuehr) writes:
>>Bill Amend is great.
>>
>The best is a way early one, where we see the TV playing Wheel of Fourtune:

Amend does pay a lot of attention to detail in 'throwaway lines'.  For 
example, most equations that Jason uses are correct, Peter's physics book
is Skoog/West/Holler (a very popular univ. text, identifiable by a green
cover with a yellow wave), a quote from Star Trek had the episode 
identified with the proper title, writer's credits, and "#44", etc.

On alt.tv.simpsons things like this are called DYN's, for "Did you notice?",
and are great fun to watch for.


-- 
   And thither came Conan, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, to tread the jeweled 
   thrones of the Earth beneath his sandaled feet.  --THE NEMEDIAN CHRONICLES 
hucke@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu                               Gene Roddenberry 1921-1991
From: curtis@libra.wistar.upenn.edu (curtis wahlgren)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips
Subject: Re: The Best Far Side cartoon
Keywords: far side gary larson
Date: 10 Apr 92 22:30:35 GMT
Reply-To: curtis@libra.wistar.upenn.edu (curtis wahlgren)
Organization: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology
In-reply-to: warwick@cs.uq.oz.au (Warwick Allison)
Originator: curtis@libra.wistar.upenn.edu

My favorite Far Side cartoon is about the guy who finds The Loch Ness
Monster, Bigfoot and Jackie Onassis together in a forrest clearing
and his camera jams as he is about to take the picture.
Feels like some of my days.

Curtis Wahlgren
curtis@libra.wistar.upenn.edu
-- 
Curtis Wahlgren
curtis@libra.wistar.upenn.edu
Organization: Sophomore, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Date: Thu,  9 Apr 1992 15:14:32 -0400 
From: Vernon H Harmon <vh00+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Calvin and Hobbes Snowmen
	<53970@hydra.gatech.EDU>

>But Calvin's snowmen are just tremendous!

My favorites:
The huge snowman head he made that looked like it was looking over the
hill at people passing by.....
The one with a big open mouth that he climbed into and lied in like it
had killed him and was about to munch away....

These two had me rotf!!

--Vernon.
Xref: sparky rec.arts.comics.strips:426 soc.culture.canada:3272 soc.culture.usa:2861
From: smith@gramian.harvard.edu (Steven Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips,soc.culture.canada,soc.culture.usa
Subject: Re: Comic Strips -- American Cultural Imperialism over Canada
Date: 9 Apr 92 18:33:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: gramian.SMITH.92Apr9133359
	<SMITH.92Apr8092049@gramian.harvard.edu>
	<1992Apr9.154702.14813@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca>
Organization: Harvard Robotics Lab, Harvard University

In article <1992Apr9.154702.14813@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> p5ku@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (BAMFORD) writes:

> We're regulated more than the USA?  HA!  I think not, our communications 
> laws may require a certain amount of Canadian Content but our T.V. and radio
> are far more liberal than the American networks.  I can watch Kids in the 
> Hall without cable t.v. can you??  Have you heard the nasty four letter 
> word beinning with f in prime time on (for example) ABC.  I don't think so.
> 
> I also think that our news broadcasts are far more objective than American 
> ones.  Too much flag waving in *some* of your news.  I give the example of 
> (okay it's sports but . .. ) the Winter Olympics.  The CBC coverage was far 
> more objective than CBS.

The FCC enforces community standards just like its Canadian
counterpart.  Canada's regulations on speech, from Canadian content to
hate speech to Quebec's language laws are well known.  Nothing like
this exists in the United States.

I don't own a television and watch TV only infrequently; thus I am
unfamiliar with what's on cable and what's not.  I agree that CBC's
network news is superior to that the three American networks, but this
isn't a tremendous accomplishment.

Steven Smith
From: dube@milton.u.washington.edu (Ric Dube)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips
Subject: Re: Jim's Journal
Date: 9 Apr 92 21:53:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Apr9.215343.4895
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

If anybody can tell me how to get in touch with the artist and 
writer of Jim's Journal, please do.  Even if you know only the
syndicator, that may be enough.

Thank you,

Ric Dube
dube@u.washington.edu
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From: srheault@alfred.carleton.ca (Steven Rheault Kihara)
Subject: Re: Rerun and The Worst Strip (was Re: Peanuts)
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 22:22:02 GMT

In <STEINAR.92Apr14164436@faust.solan.unit.no> steinar@faust.solan.unit.no (Cindy Kandolf) writes:

>Todd Andrew Simpson writes:
>>In article <apple.702913191@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu> apple@garfield.catt.ncsu.ed\
>>u (Jessica White) writes:
>>
>>   I was just wondering...  does anyone else remember a little boy who
>>   rode on the back of his mother's bike?  I believe that he was the little
>>   brother of Linus and Lucy, but I'm not sure.  Please someone let me
>>   know that I'm not crazy!  :)  No one I have ever mentioned it to
>>   remembers him!
>>
>>   If you know who I'm talking about, do you remember his name?
>>   Also, I was wondering why no more was written about him.
>>
>>There was such a character, called Rerun, and he was Linus and Lucy's
>>little brother.  Come to think of it, I don't know what happened to him.
>>Also, why would anyone name a kid Rerun?

>I don't remember if that was his real name, but he was called that because
>Lucy was complaining that if the family had to have another baby she 
>wanted a sister.  But instead she got a brother... a rerun... and Linus
>yelled "That's it!  We'll call him Rerun!" or something similar.

>He popped up now and again for a little while, but i think he was dropped
>after a year or so.  Schultz seems to experiment, and if a character
>doesn't work out, he just drops him/her.  Shermy, one of the original
>characters, hasn't popped up in ages that i've seen.

Not to mention Frieda (naturally curly hair) or Violet and Patty (not
Peppermint Patty) the two girls whose chief function in life seemed to
have been solely to torture Charlie Brown. For that matter when was
the last time you saw Pigpen? Let's face it, the strip has been going
downhill ever since Charlie Brown lost out to Snoopy as the star of
the strip. There used to be some truly poignant moments a la Linus.
Can you remember the Gospel according to Peanuts? Would anyoone write
that book these days?
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From: tyg@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Tom Galloway)
Subject: Design your dream comics page
Reply-To: tyg@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Tom Galloway)
Organization: Interleaf, Inc.
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 21:15:59 GMT

I'd been running this on rec.arts.comics, and with the debut of r.a.c.strips it
seems appropriate to run it here before posting results.

The idea is to see what sort of comics pages would result if the readership of
r.a.c.s. were suddenly appointed as comics czar of the Boston Globe. Anyone
interested in participating should email me the strips they'd put on a comics
page that meet the following ground rules.

1) Assume that the Globe is the only paper in town; any syndicated strip
currently running anywhere in the world is available to you for use.

2)The Globe has 24 slots for strips, so you can suggest up to 24 different
strips. Because of the way they're formatted, I've decided that two one panels
count as a single strip slot. So, for example, you could send in 23 strips and
2 panels, such as Far Side and Family Circus, and that would be fine. Or 22
strips and 4 panels. Etc.

3)To make it more comprehensive, you've also got the ability to pick up to 6
weekly strips (such as Outland, Prince Valient, Life in Hell, Feiffer,
Washingtoon, etc.) to appear in the Sunday section in addition to the 24 daily
and Sunday (if they have a Sunday) strips already mentioned.

4)Discontinued strips, such as Li'l Abner and Eyebeam are not eligible.
Nor are strips which only appear in one paper, such as most college strips.
However, if the college strip is syndicated, such as Jim's Journal is and Thatch
was, it's eligible. Basically, if a strip appears in more than one paper, it's
eligible. 

Email your dream comics page, subject to the groundrules, and I'll compile the
results and post them. Deadline is April 22nd.

"A Tax Tip For Writers: Here is a little known tip that could save you a
bundle. Since the IRS allows you to deduct expenses incurred in writing a
book, make your next one an autobiographical novel. By all rights, you should 
be able to deduct all your living, travel, and entertainment expenses going
right back to the day of your birth" 
  --Scott Rice, It Was A Dark And Stormy Night: The Final Conflict
tyg    tyg@hq.ileaf.com
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From: jchokey@leland.Stanford.EDU (James Alexander Chokey)
Subject: Re: Calvin-Hobbes/Bloom County/Outland
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 03:15:09 GMT

In article <_y8t0w-@rpi.edu> pinelr@aix.rpi.edu (Rob Pinelli) writes:
>In article <emj.703190964@atop> emj@atop.ugcs.caltech.edu (ed johnson) writes:
>>flournoy@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Raymond Suke Flournoy) writes:
>>
>>>In article <1992Apr12.172743.17162@m.cs.uiuc.edu> bharat@cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>>>>....  Perhaps it due to the fact that C&H
>>>>essentially has a cast of two ...
>>
>>>  Anyway, the C&H cast that I can remember are:
>>
>>>Calvin
>>>Hobbes
>>>Mom
>>>Dad
>>>Susie Derkins
>>>Mr. Bun
>>>Miss Wormwood
>>>principal (Mr. Spittle?)
>>>Moe
>>>Rosalyn
>>>pediatrician
>>>anyone else???
>>
>>Flopsy mopsy (??) one of Susie's dolls that Calvin ransoms in
>>	the Snow Goons book
>
>  The ransomed doll's name was Binky Betsy
>
>Another supporting character is Ronald, the schoolmate that Calvin uses 
>the invisible cretinizer on in the Snow Goons book.

Others have added to the list:
 Uncle Max (Dad's brother)
 the gym teacher

To the list I would like to add:
 the monsters under calvin's bed (you never see them, but they definitely
	are there)

I also wonder whether or not we can really consider Susie's dolls (Mr. Bun
	and Binky Betsy) to be supporting characters--  they never talk, they
	never become animate, and there is no other reason to suspect that
	they are as real to Susie as Hobbes is to Calvin.

	--Jim C. <jchokey@leland.stanford.edu>
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From: bobsoron@world.std.com (Bob Soron)
Subject: Re: Mr. Boffo Books?
Followup-To: rec.arts.comics.strips
Summary: At least one more, but it's *tough* to find
Keywords: Mr. Boffo Joe Martin Books
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 21:44:39 GMT

In article <1992Apr12.175812.891@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> ack@coos.dartmouth.edu
(Andy J. Williams) writes:
>I have been searching for any Mr. Boffo book in addition to the wonderful
>"Unclear on the Concept"
>
>ARE THERE ANY????

Yes. The first one was called "Boffo" and was published in 1986. The
publishers are Turnbull and Willoughby at 1151 W. Webster, Chicago IL
60614. Its ISBN is 0-943084-38-5. It has a lot of stuff that's too raw
for the daily paper; I get the feeling they were college strips or
something regional in an alternative paper (though some of them are way
too non-politically correct for alternative papers). One, for instance,
has Mister Boffo being introduced to a couple, of which the woman has
large breasts. "And these, Mr. Boffo," the mutual friend says, "are the
Hogans." "What does she think," Mr. Boffo thinks, "I'm *blind*?"

There's also a "Household Hint from Mr. Gross-Man": "How to Make Christmas
Ornaments from Men's Room Urinal Sanitizers."

It also has some strips that did appear in the daily -- my favorite of
these is the kid who goes into the donut shop and orders 20,000 chocolate
donuts. "Hit the bricks, kid," they reply. "We're not falling for that
one again."

I mentioned my favorite Sunday strip a while back, but my favorite daily
has Mister Boffo strapped into the electric chair, ready to be fried. "Talk
about coming full circle," he says, "today I had Rice Krispies for breakfast!"
 
>My favorite Mr. Boffo T-Shirt:
>
>"Never let them see you sweat" -Number 1 on a list of phrases that most
>confuse Sylvester Stallone.

Another good one, which I can't find so I'll need to paraphrase: "Among
boys 8-12 at Disneyland, the most popular planet is Pluto."

>--
>Andy J. Williams       Andy.Williams@dartmouth.edu   echo "Hello."

Bob Soron
bobsoron@world.std.com
"With Velcro, gravity is obsolete" -- Mister Boffo



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From: twpierce@amhux1.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce)
Subject: Re: The Best Far Side cartoon
Keywords: far side gary larson
Organization: Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 04:28:28 GMT

In article <54122@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt4646a@prism.gatech.EDU (Rob Beauchamp) writes:
>Tim Pierce writes:
>>If anyone understands the "Some of the Non-Vital Organs" strip, please
>>let me know. 
>
>I'll take a stab at it... Larson's reasoning is that the phrase 
>"vital organs" is silly. In fact, it's downright redundant. So he
>started wondering what a non-vital organ would be like. Voila.  

That's clear.  It was his choice of the objects to portray as
"non-vital organs" that I think really confused us ... a sandwich, a
hat, a trombone, and so on.  I, at least, was looking for some pattern
among the objects as the _real_ joke, whereas the concept of the
"non-vital organ" was simply a convenient vehicle.  As usual, I'm
thinking straight past the joke ...  <grin>

-- 
____ Tim Pierce                / "Someone here suggested blue square badges for
\  / twpierce@amherst.edu      /  straights.  Maybe we should try mauve
 \/ (BITnet: TWPIERCE@AMHERST) /  heptagons?" - Damian Cugley, on soc.bi
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From: cec35848@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Chuck Carroll)
Subject: C&H strip not in small books!
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 18:01:11 GMT

somebody writes:

>>Calvin and Hobbes
>>Something Under the Bed is Drooling
>>The Essential Calvin & Hobbes (a combination of the first two)

Did everyone notice that the final weekday strip in TEC&H ("My iced tea is
a failure.") is not in either (actually, any) of the small books?

-- 
Chuck Carroll					      cec35848@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Vous bumme, il y a un poisson dans votre bibliotheque.
 (You bum, there is a fish in your library.)"		  -- Dave Barry
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From: greg@cs.washington.edu (Greg Barnes)
Subject: Re: Peanuts baseball team
Keywords: peanuts, baseball
Organization: Adolph Eichmann's Evil Cake Factory
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 92 02:38:08 GMT

In article <steph.702968646@pegasus.cs.uiuc.edu> steph@cs.uiuc.edu (Dale Stephenson) writes:
>Who were all the members of Charlie Brown's baseball team?  I know
>they consistently have had
>SP Charlie Brown (apx 0-600 lifetime)
>RP Linus         (at least 5-0 lifetime)
>C  Schroeder
>SS Snoopy  (One short of Babe Ruth's HR record)
>RF Lucy

2B Linus
1B Shermy
3B Pig Pen
CF Violet
LF Patty

Freida has also played in the outfield.  The positioning of Violet vs.
Patty is based on a hazy memory about Lucy talking with Violet about a
dress during the game ("And a big satin bow!").  Clearly, the right fielder
shouldn't be talking to the left fielder.

The Pig Pen/Shermy positioning is backed up by an old strip where Charlie
reviews the ranks ("Nice stretch at first, there, Shermy").

Before Chuck learned about the deadly Linus/Snoopy double play combination,
Linus had been known to play the outfield (probably left, given the power
of some of the balls hit to him).

				Greg Barnes
				greg@cs.washington.edu
From: axd7104@acfcluster.nyu.edu (Aaron Dickey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips
Subject: Re: Family Circus
Date: 11 Apr 92 20:49:00 GMT
Organization: New York University

In article <1992Apr9.165713.3848@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com>, force.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com!baylor writes:
>>Now _there_ is a class-act.  Bloom County was SUPERB for a number of
>>years, but it went down hill and the stripper (to use his term)
>>recognized the fact and let it go.  I can really respect that, as
>>opposed to Garfield and <retch> Peanuts.
> Bullroar. Breathed pretended to discontinue the strip, but immediately
> produced OUTLAND, which as far as I can tell, is the same stuff, temporarilly
> weighted to his more surreal material, some excellent characters cut, & 
> fewer deadlines (it only appears once a week)

Actually, Breathed has said that he ALWAYS intended to stop doing Bloom
County after a certain time (abt 10 years, I think).  I think the reason
it went downhill the last few months was that he KNEW he was about to
quit, and just stopped caring a little earlier than he should have.  And
Outland is probably just something he does to generate a regular salary
and keep his name in the papers.

-- 
Aaron Dickey                      Bitnet: axd7104@nyuacf
New York University             Internet: axd7104@ACFcluster.nyu.edu

Al Roker Is God.
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From: sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Stelter)
Subject: Re: The Best Far Side cartoon
Keywords: far side gary larson
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 16:04:35 GMT

warwick@cs.uq.oz.au (Warwick Allison) writes:

>What is your FAVOURITE Far Side cartoon?


Okay; in no particular order, my Top 5 Far Sides:

1.  "CAT FUD"

2.  "C'mon, Fifi!...Faster, Fifi!"

3.  The one about the family of howler monkeys moving in next door.  It's
    from "Unnatural Selections."

4.  "Boy, this is the laaaaaaast slice of beef, and I'm soooooooo full...
    guess I'll finish it off, though."  The dog's expression is
    priceless.

5.  The one with the dogs trying to use a shotgun to blast a cat.  "He's
    still there!...Hey!  Ow!  You idiots!..."


                                             --Steve Stelter
                                               sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu

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