# Funniest single panel cartoon (part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [March 17, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307 "2023-03-17T21:57:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307/121 "2024-08-20T16:10:16Z")
Honestly, this sounds like something my mother would have said. šŸ˜– ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307/122 "2024-08-20T16:53:07Z")
Iā€™m a bit confused, is this supposed to be funny or motivational? ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307/123 "2024-08-20T17:16:14Z")
My all-time favorite Far Side (need to click through) [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/UjxsmAv.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/tYpILm8) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307/124 "2024-08-20T20:14:29Z")
Itā€™s similar to the cartoons of Bill Mauldin that were featured in _ **The Stars and Stripes** _ during WWII. His target audience was ordinary GIs, not officers or civilians. The cartoons aired common gripes in language soldiers could appreciate. If youā€™re unfamiliar with the work of Bill Mauldin, I highly recommend you read _ **Up Front** _, which he wrote while serving on the ground in Italy and France. It gives a lot of backstory for the cartoons and is a great read. You can access the entire book on the Internet Archive. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307/125 "2024-08-20T20:23:27Z")
Thanks, Iā€™ll check it out. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307/126 "2024-08-20T20:24:10Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Television? Movies? Video games, animated cartoons, toys, a musicalā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307/127 "2024-08-20T20:29:19Z")
Donā€™t forget the [breakfast cereal](https://addamsfamily.fandom.com/wiki/The_Addams_Family_cereal). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307/128 "2024-08-20T20:33:27Z")
When the musical debuted on Broadway, the audience immediately started snapping their fingers in time with the overture. ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307/129 "2024-08-20T21:17:55Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Iā€™m a bit confused, is this supposed to be funny or motivational? I interpret it as grumpy old soldier telling a new arrival that if he doesnā€™t like the hole they have both found themselves in, he is welcome to try to find a better one. (I doubt Bairnsfather realised this cartoon contained a possible _double entendre_; innocent times). Bairnsfatherā€™s grumpy cartoon character, ā€˜Old Billā€™, became quite famous in WWI, and was the subject of a play and at least two movies. In the second one he was played by Charlie Chaplinā€™s brother, Syd. Curiously enough this movie ā€˜The Better Oleā€™ was recorded using the Vitaphone system in 1926, and appears to have been one of the first films with a spoken word of dialogue - the single word ā€˜Coffeeā€™ uttered by one of the supporting characters. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307/130 "2024-08-20T22:18:11Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > My faves have birds in them. I canā€™t find it, but there is one very much like the frog in the wheelchair thing. Guy sitting with his back to the kitchen door, and the sign reads ā€œTodays Special Flaming Chicken Supriseā€ Youā€™ll have to imagine the rest. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307/131 "2024-08-20T22:31:58Z")
Probably not the funniest cartoon, but Iā€™ve always liked this one: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/2274/1845966605_4873922c28_b.jpg "Lift!") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/1845966605/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307/132 "2024-08-20T23:12:10Z")
Love it! ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307/133 "2024-08-23T20:57:09Z")
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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307/134 "2024-08-25T17:30:23Z")
I remember one cartoon that I canā€™t locate. It showed a guy on a hang glider poised right in front of a gigantic aircraft bearing down on him from behind. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307/135 "2024-08-25T19:03:28Z")
Far Side. Sorry, canā€™t link it right now. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307/136 "2025-12-13T14:17:40Z")
Just saw this one. [![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/a8d37343-8fc8-4023-950c-5a6055358ecc_l.jpg) ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/a8d37343-8fc8-4023-950c-5a6055358ecc_l.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![EnolaStraight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307/137 "2025-12-15T19:45:31Z")
[The Far Side | Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/franksthefarside/posts/1627525254622916/) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307/138 "2025-12-16T00:19:04Z")
Iā€™m not sure I get that one. Is it just so bad they go up in flames? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307/139 "2025-12-16T00:26:10Z")
[![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F3htskzXYAA8N4r.jpg) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F3htskzXYAA8N4r.jpg) I recall how for years after we saw this, me and my mother would periodically just randomly say ā€œCat Fudā€ to each other and break out laughing. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307/140 "2025-12-16T00:39:52Z")
I loved that one too. The dog hiding badly, the cat not seeing, ā€¦ So perfect. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307.md?page=8)