# Get Fuzzy meets Pearls Before Swine **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 18, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226 "2006-04-18T23:41:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226/1 "2006-04-18T23:41:17Z")
Has anyone notcied this week’s strips??? Lordy! Good stuff! First read Get Fuzzy from 4/17, then Pearls Before Swine 4/18, then Get Fuzzy 4/18. I’m sure the effect is even more funny on the actual funny page if you get both strips (which I don’t) [http://www.comics.com/comics/getfuzzy/archive/getfuzzy-20060417.html](http://www.comics.com/comics/getfuzzy/archive/getfuzzy-20060417.html) [http://www.comics.com/comics/pearls/archive/pearls-20060418.html](http://www.comics.com/comics/pearls/archive/pearls-20060418.html) [http://www.comics.com/comics/getfuzzy/archive/getfuzzy-20060418.html](http://www.comics.com/comics/getfuzzy/archive/getfuzzy-20060418.html) ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226/2 "2006-04-18T23:49:09Z")
Ha! Excellent! I like how it’s not even “redrawn” - the dog’s just stuck in front of the…uh…other dog? Anyway, very funny. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226/3 "2006-04-18T23:51:14Z")
LOL, that’s great. Reminds me of some of the comics they do for the on-campus newspaper here at Texas A&M around April Fools day. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226/4 "2006-04-18T23:52:01Z")
> [@Revenant Threshold](#): > > Ha! Excellent! I like how it’s not even “redrawn” - the dog’s just stuck in front of the…uh…other dog? Anyway, very funny. 😃 Zebra (“zeeba neighba” to you crocs out there). Yeah, our paper actually runs PBS right beneath GF, so it’ very effective. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226/5 "2006-04-19T00:03:02Z")
The Portland _Oregonian_ prints Get Fuzzy right above Pearls Before Swine, and the effect this week is hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226/6 "2006-04-19T00:06:41Z")
The Toronto Sun doesn’t carry PBS, and I missed yesterday’s GF, so I had NO idea what was going on in GF (except that it was a PBS crossover, and it was kind of amusing) until I went online, read today’s PBS and found yesterday’s GF. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226/7 "2006-04-19T00:38:15Z")
Sigh. Okay. We had a ha-ha today. Is it still going to be funny tomorrow…? And aren’t comics crossovers getting kind of old…? ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226/8 "2006-04-19T00:42:08Z")
the newpaper here has them on separate pages. very funny. there have been quite a few cross overs lately. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226/9 "2006-04-19T01:26:39Z")
Looking back through this month’s _Pearls Before Swine_ brought up [this](http://www.comics.com/comics/pearls/archive/pearls-20060320.html) terrific crossover. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226/10 "2006-04-19T02:13:16Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Sigh. Okay. We had a ha-ha today. Is it still going to be funny tomorrow…? And aren’t comics crossovers getting kind of old…? _Pearls_ is about the only comic that elicits chuckles out of me anymore. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226/11 "2006-04-19T02:39:34Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Looking back through this month’s _Pearls Before Swine_ brought up [this](http://www.comics.com/comics/pearls/archive/pearls-20060320.html) terrific crossover. Find the _Baby Blues_ right after that series - the joke continues there. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226/12 "2006-04-19T03:00:37Z")
The best was the Family Circle in Guitmo. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226/13 "2006-04-19T04:37:51Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The best was the Family Circle in Guitmo. 🙂 Did that series start with Osama bin Laden hiding out with the Family Circus family because they were the most clueless family in all of America? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226/14 "2006-04-19T12:12:12Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Did that series start with Osama bin Laden hiding out with the Family Circus family because they were the most clueless family in all of America? Yeah, that’s the one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226/15 "2006-04-19T12:53:06Z")
I noticed the crossover thing and I thought it was funny because they never used to do this in the newspapers, but it happens all the time in the online comics. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226/16 "2006-04-19T13:02:05Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Sigh. Okay. We had a ha-ha today. Is it still going to be funny tomorrow…? And aren’t comics crossovers getting kind of old…? I believe the two writers are good friends, which makes it a bit funnier. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226/17 "2006-04-19T18:20:33Z")
It made me laugh because Pearls does this to other comics all the time. It’s amusing to see someone do it to Pearls. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226/18 "2006-04-19T18:24:15Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Osama bin Laden hiding out with the Family Circus family because they were the most clueless family in all of America? Obviously they are just as clueless as I am about a comic I haven’t read since I was twelve. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226/19 "2006-04-19T18:32:12Z")
I’m sorry but I can’t believe anyone thinks this is funny. I saw that cartoon yesterday and thought “damn, Get Fuzzy is _really_ starting to suck now!” The interminable “Boogy/Booger/etc” joke was horrid, and now this. I despise Pearls Before Swine. It is the stupidest strip ever and NEVER funny. Get Fuzzy used to be good. I get the feeling the writer has run out of ideas and is just phoning it in now. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226/20 "2006-04-19T18:40:28Z")
I think Conley and Pastis are friends in real life, or at least know each other (many cartoonists stick together)- last year, they collaborated on an April Fools joke along with _Foxtrot_’s Bill Amend in which the same basic gag was used in all three strips. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-fuzzy-meets-pearls-before-swine/353226.md?page=2)