# Cartoonist Johnny Hart dies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 8, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229 "2007-04-08T23:10:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229/41 "2007-04-09T12:22:48Z")
[QUOTE=Reepicheep] “Zot” [/QUOTE] “Zot who?” ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229/42 "2007-04-09T12:38:03Z")
Frammin’ on the jim-jam Frippin’ at the klotz Take away the curse With a big fat ZOTZ! ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229/43 "2007-04-09T17:55:02Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Wouldn’t it be easier to simply pour concrete over the opening? Or do you figure that it won’t have set up by then and Zombi Johnny Hart won’t have trouble rolling away the stone? If I have learned anything in my travels, sir, it is this: never underestimate a reanimated evangelist. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229/44 "2007-04-09T18:06:06Z")
[QUOTE=Rilchiam] Frammin’ on the jim-jam Frippin’ at the klotz Take away the curse With a big fat ZOTZ! [/QUOTE] Yes! that is what I remember best. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229/45 "2007-04-09T18:19:39Z")
Peter, pointing at Thor passsing by on a Wheel: Thor! Grog: GDUNGE! Peter: Wheel! Grog: GDUNGE! Grog: [large, shit-eating grin] ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229/46 "2007-04-09T18:40:56Z")
Btw, his last Easter comic… not too bad to go out on. [http://www.creators.com/comics/bc/3237.html](http://www.creators.com/comics/bc/3237.html) ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229/47 "2007-04-09T19:06:47Z")
“Somewhere in my magic there is a basic flaw.” I find myself using that a lot when things go haywire on the servers I support (which happens with distressing frequency). Guard (running into the throne room): “Sire! The moat monsters are starving!” King: “Oh, dear.” Another guard (running into the throne room): “Sire! The peasants are without water!” King (thought balloon): “We may be able to work this out yet.” ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229/48 "2007-04-09T19:19:10Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] Is that a supposition, or have they said that explicity? (Genuine query btw.) [/QUOTE] Supposition on my part. Both artists mentioned in my post did say they wanted to get out before they lost what made them funny. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229/49 "2007-04-09T21:47:46Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] When I was a kid, one of my fondest possessions was a faux stone carved bowl with _B. C._ characters on it that was given away as a promotion at Marathon gas stations. (Geeze, now I feel old, since I can remember full service stations and their giveaways and S&H greenstamps. :() [/QUOTE] We still got a couple of those, but the art wore/washed off years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229/50 "2007-04-09T22:22:48Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] The king stands in the turret looking over his kingdom. A voice from below cries out. The peasants are revolting! The king responds. You can say that again. [/QUOTE] Mel Brooks ripped (most of) this off in _History of the World Part I_. (At least he changed the response to “You said it! They stink on ice!”) I’d be surprised if this one doesn’t date to the days of radio or maybe even vaudeville. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229/51 "2007-04-09T23:40:43Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] Btw, his last Easter comic… not too bad to go out on. [http://www.creators.com/comics/bc/3237.html](http://www.creators.com/comics/bc/3237.html) [/QUOTE] I’m not sure what triggers my incongruity meter more; the ants being Christian, or thinking that “how old was Jesus when he was crucified?” is a math problem, simply because the answer is a number. Ants going to “SKOOL” doesn’t bother me a bit. Everyone knows that ants can’t spell for shit… ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229/52 "2007-04-10T01:00:32Z")
\*\*Guard \*\*: One o’clock and all is well. \*\*Guard \*\*: Two o’clock and all is swell. \*\*Guard \*\*: Three o’clock and the King is a fink. **King** : Four o’clock and the guard’s in the clink. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229/53 "2007-04-10T01:10:20Z")
Guard: Two o’clock and the king has been captured. Guard: STOP THAT DANCING IN THE STREETS! ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229/54 "2007-04-10T07:01:45Z")
Apteryx: Hi there, I am an aspirin…I mean, I am… Dinosaur…(laughing) Apteryx: An APTERYX!!! Dinosaur: Ha ha ha…I liked you better as an aspirin! _Apteryx goes away but comes back)_ Apteryx: Hi there, I am an aspirin. Dinosaur: What happened to “apteryx”? Apteryx: Being “liked better” is more important. 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229/55 "2007-04-10T07:51:56Z")
I think my favorite WOI strip was the king waking up in the morning, jumping onto a trampoline and up over and into his tights that were suspended so he could fall into them. The final panel had him unfastening the clips that held his tights, and the the King says “Like every one else, my ass” (Or words to that effect) Johnny, I hope you find that clams really do have legs. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229/56 "2007-04-10T11:15:08Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] I’m not sure what triggers my incongruity meter more; the ants being Christian, or thinking that “how old was Jesus when he was crucified?” is a math problem, simply because the answer is a number. Ants going to “SKOOL” doesn’t bother me a bit. Everyone knows that ants can’t spell for shit… [/QUOTE] Well, the incongruity ALWAYS is that they’re talking about Christ when the strip is plainly titled “B.C.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229/57 "2007-04-10T11:26:56Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] Mel Brooks ripped (most of) this off in _History of the World Part I_. (At least he changed the response to “You said it! They stink on ice!”) I’d be surprised if this one doesn’t date to the days of radio or maybe even vaudeville. [/QUOTE] Alan Sherman had the joke in his song about Louis XVI (from memory from a _long_ time ago so apols if I’ve got anything wrong): You went the wrong way old King Louis, That’s why they put you on the shelf, It’s no wonder that the peasants are revolting 'Cause Louis, you’re pretty revolting yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229/58 "2007-04-10T13:57:03Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] The final panel had him unfastening the clips that held his tights, and the the King says “Like every one else, my ass” (Or words to that effect). [/QUOTE] IIRC, it was “One leg at a time” which makes more sense. **Beggar** : Alms, alms. **King** : Do you have change for a fifty? **Beggar** : 🙂 Yes, sire. **King** : :mad: Then get out of my courtyard. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229/59 "2007-04-10T14:20:12Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] Until I read the linked obituary, I never knew Hart lived in Endicott, NY, a town I’ve been in several times. [/QUOTE] Well, one of the open secrets about B.C. was that it was populated with people Johnny Hart knew in the Binghamton/Endicott area. Or to put it another way, it was populated with charactures of people from **B** roome **C** ounty, NY. My uncle claims to have worked with the inspiration for Clumsy Carp. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229/60 "2007-04-10T16:08:29Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] Btw, his last Easter comic… not too bad to go out on. [http://www.creators.com/comics/bc/3237.html](http://www.creators.com/comics/bc/3237.html) [/QUOTE] You’ve got to be kidding. That last strip embodies the crap that Hart has been spewing out the last few years. It doesn’t make one bit of sense. Hell, neither does _Zippy_, but at least Zippy tries to be clever. This is utter crap. What does the test question have to do with math? For that matter, what does the student’s answer have to do with an “English” composition _or_ math? The answer, of course, is that they have absolutely nothing to do with any subject other than the Christian religion. It’s like Hart sat at his drawing board trying to figure out another way to shoehorn his religion into what used to be a clever premise. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoonist-johnny-hart-dies/399229.md?page=4)