This comic is still one of my favorites, and has permanently altered my perception of the Muppets.
Note from Missy: I feel like this might be the first appearance of my “rooster hair.”
Note from Scott: I believe you're right.
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Yes, that is a drawing of my mother, and no, she doesn’t really ride a scooter everywhere. We would just rent her one when she’d come to visit us and we’d go to Walt Disney World.
I am a HUGE fan of renting the slowest member of your party a scooter when you visit any vary large theme park. Yes, it costs extra, but the benefits outweigh the cost. The scooter allows the slowest member of the party to effortlessly keep up, gives the entire party a chair that travels with them, and gives the most physically feeble person in your group the super-human ability to carry everyone’s coat, multiple purses, and a cooler.
I know that sounds as if I’m advocating using your elderly parents as beasts of burden, but that’s not the case. I’m advocating using them drivers. The vehicle hauls all of the cargo. They’re basically just like Han Solo! Who doesn’t think that’s cool?
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This is one of the few comics that where I can remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I came up with the idea. As with many comics, the idea for the third panel came to me first. It is one of the best ideas I’ve ever had.
While making custom Infini-Tees for people didn’t work out, I am proud of the fact that I gave it a shot, and seeing my shirts on Wil Wheaton and Adam Savage was a big thrill.
And before you ask, no, I’m not making them anymore. As I said a few commentaries ago, it was just too challenging making acceptable likenesses of people I’d never met. The problem was even worse on the Infini-Tees, because the image was repeated six times at different scales.
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I’m not going to get into a lot of detail here, because I don’t have to, but we’ve all seen an example or two of the classic, “I’m sorry people’s feelings were hurt” apology recently. It’s a gambit that works beautifully, as long as the person you’re apologizing to isn’t listening, or thinking much about what they hear. If they do listen, or apply even a little bit of critical thought to what you say they’ll realize that you might as well have told them that you’re sorry they caught you.
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I tried using an eyeshade for naps during the day. I couldn’t sleep with it on. It turns out I don’t find being blindfolded relaxing.
I once worked with a comedian who said he couldn’t sleep in a hotel unless he had all of the lights on and the TV blaring full blast. I can only assume that he slept better knowing that other people couldn’t sleep at all.
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Yet another character who only appeared once or twice because I was never happy with the quality of my artwork. That’s a big part of the reason I discontinued doing custom portrait shirts and social-media profile images for people. My quality was so hit and miss, and it was always just painfully awkward when it didn’t work out.
“Thank you for your support. Here’s your drawing.”
“I look like a monster.”
“Yes. That is true.”
“I’d like a refund.”
“Really? I mean, I understand that you feel insulted by my drawing, but I don’t know that a full refund is fair. I mean, I did put a lot of work into crafting that insulting drawing of you. Look at the gaps between your teeth. That’s a lot of fine detail work!”
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The one thing most Americans can agree on is that a large portion of the population seems to be trying to destroy the country. We just can’t agree on which portion it is.
In engineering, there’s a principle that having structural elements work in direct opposition to one another can lead to a stronger overall structure. Buckminster Fuller used to name his projects with the name Dymaxion, which was made up from parts of the words dynamic, maximum, and tension. I don’t know if anyone has formally applied this principle to politics, but I can attest that this presidential election has been quite dynamic, and, for me, has caused maximum tension.
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I’m telling you, the only difference between most people’s “spooky ghost voice” and their “Jolly Santa voice” is saying “oooooh” instead of “ho ho ho.” It’s just moaning versus laughing.
No costume in history is scarier than Sean Connery’s costume from ZARDOZ! Seeing someone wear it is scary. The idea of attending a party with someone who is wearing it is scary. The idea of wearing it yourself is terrifying. Think about it, what’s scarier, a ghost, or a ghost wearing the ZARDOZ costume? A serial killer, or a serial killer wearing the ZARDOZ costume?
If I’m being chased by zombies, I’m gonna run a little faster if those zombies are wearing the ZARDOZ costume.
It’s not just that the costume is revealing. It’s that it’s revealing, and bright orange, and involves gun belts, a pony tail, and a big ‘70s moustache. The whole package just speaks of a person whose judgment is so suspect that they are capable pf anything.
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I once worked for a large company where one could transfer to a different part of the company, and there was a means of transferring back within thirty days if the new position didn’t work out. I found that the coworkers who I was sad to see go seldom came back, while the ones I was happy to see leave were far more likely to return.
For a long time, I thought that this was just bad luck, but then I realized that it’s more likely that if I was sad to see someone go, the place they transferred to probably made an effort to keep them. That thought occurred to me shortly after telling someone who had just transferred into my area, “You know, if you’re not happy with how much work you’re being asked to do, you could transfer back where you came from. There’s no shame in it. In fact, it’s kind of the brave move.”
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When this comic first ran I got an angry letter chastising me for making fun of someone just because they don’t speak English. This person read this comic, and their takeaway was: “The cartoonist thinks people who don’t speak English are dumb.”
That was, of course, not my intention. I thought (and still think) that it’s pretty obvious that I’m the butt of the joke here. In fact, looking at the last panel, it makes me wonder if the person who complained could read English.
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