Let’s see (it was a few years back)…Rob’s Chicago trip was an excuse for his dad to come and house-sit with Bucky and Satchel, and hilarity ensued.
During whatever it was that happened at home, there was one cutaway panel showing Rob in Chicago, which was the one I described above.
Maybe I wasn’t supposed to have that reaction, but the idea seemed to be that Rob was havin’ himself a swinging time in the big city, and there he was, the essence of Boob-ism. Broke my heart.
Another Frazz fan, here. Get Fuzzy usually cracks me up, but I love Frazz. Some days I swear Calvin grew up to be a songwriter/school janitor.
“I want a Howdy Meal! With a TOY!”
That’s right.
My favorite strips are the nonsensical ones, especially the catnip ones.
“Middle!”
“You guys are so immature! I wanna go home! I wanna go home!”
i want tuna! i want tuna!
my fav. was the one where rob and satchel are teasing bucky over his religion, catolic, pussbyterian, etc. i howled over geek orthodox!!!
hey! people aren’t supposed to know about us.
I just wanted to say that I love Get Fuzzy! It’s filled a void in my life, which appeared after Watterson and Larson hung up their pens.
I remember when Satchel got his cast off. Rob commented on how Satchel’s limb which had been under the cast smelled a lot like sauerkraut. Satchel sniffs his newly uncovered limb and comments “I think I would like sauerkraut!”
Holy mother of Carl! :eek:
I wonder if Watterson has come back…?
How can you not like a comic strip in which a cartoon cockroach comes to life and kidnaps Cathy?
Also:
Rat: If you could have a conversation with one person, living or dead, who would it be?
Pig: The living one. (pause) You must think I’m really stupid.
I loved when Bucky opened his birthday present…and it was Ben & Jerry’s Chunky Monkey ice cream!
I carry my daughter in a front carrier much like Rob’s Bundle O’ Joy, and I always think of Get Fuzzy when I’m wearing it.
By coincidence, I was reading someone’s desk calendar earlier today that had “Get Fuzzy” strips. The one that made me laugh the most was an early one where Stachel and Bucky had just returned from butterfly collecting with nets. Satchel was all bandaged up and Rob asked him what happened. Satchel responded “I tried to catch what I thought was a monarch butterfly but which may in retrospect have belonged to a different species.” After he leaves the room, Rob asks Bucky what really happened. Bucky says, “He netted a buzzard. It was hilarious.”
Best. “Pearls.” Ever.
Anyway … I also love the “Get Fuzzy” with the mushrooms and the following exchange:
Bucky: Oh yeah? Well, I don’t have any fungus in me, either, and I like it that way.
Rob: You’re really closed-minded, do you know that? Even for a cat.
Bucky: I’m not closed-minded. You’re just wrong.
That last line has become my catch-all comeback for many occasions.
Satchel has the best throw-away lines ever. He’s so funny.
I have one on my fridge where Rob is yelling at the two of them to hurry up and come on, and Satchel says Bucky is laying on the floor and won’t come. Rob says to just pick him up, and it cuts back to Satchel and Bucky. Bucky is laying on his back, all four legs in the air, and Satchel says, “But he’s laying pointy-side up!”
I also have an older one where they’re on a subway train, Bucky in his front carrier and Satchel looking scared. Bucky says, “The subway is always full of weirdos!” and Rob is shushing him. The other people on the subway seat are other well-known comic characters: Calvin and Hobbes, Dilbert, Steve from Bloom County in the full-body cast, and a couple of others. Makes me giggle every time I look at it.
My favorite is this recent one: Pig attempts to write a biography of Lincoln
“#@&# it!” yelled Lincoln, “Who dinged my Volvo with this shopping cart?”
Any of the ones with Zebra and the crocodiles makes me laugh aloud - it’s a great dynamic of “smart but good hearted” vs. “stupid but lucky”.
Thank you.
I just wasted an entire day and now have a new bookmarked favorite that must be checked daily. :smack:
Great stuff! 
Ditto.
You are most welcome! 
Frazz is probably the most “literate” comic strip being written today.
I love Pearls Before Swine and Get Fuzzy.
I started reading Pearls when Atlas showed up, I even cut them out to keep sometimes.
Pig: Who are you?
Atlas: I’m Atlas. I carry the world on my shoulders. But lately, it’s grown much too heavy.
Pig: Just rest it on the counter there I’m sure it’ll be fine.
Atlas: Thanks man… phew What a relief
Last panel captioned ‘Somewhere in Antarctica’ with a couple of flat people and a penguin.
I like the ending with Chris the zookeeper:
Rob:Chris isn’t your kind of guy, eh?
Bucky:Let’s just say this Chris was 100% opposite from me.
Rob:One might even go so far as to call you the Anti-Chris.
Bucky:That’s correct.