# Sunday's Foxtrot- noticed another inside joke!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sundays-foxtrot-noticed-another-inside-joke/128554>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 15, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sundays-foxtrot-noticed-another-inside-joke/128554 "2002-09-15T16:34:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sundays-foxtrot-noticed-another-inside-joke/128554/1 "2002-09-15T16:34:39Z")

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I read Foxtrot in today’s paper and noticed something that is customary of Amend’s inside-joke style. You can see it [here](http://www.ucomics.com/foxtrot/index.phtml). I wondered where the names of the hot guys came from, and then I curiously started looking through the paper at other cartoonist’s names.

“Ricky Kirkman” is Rick Kirkman, who writes Baby Blues.  
“Scotty Adams” as you all know, is Scott Adams, who writes Dilbert.

Can you ID any others? My newspaper doesn’t carry many of the really good comics. This is up there with Amend sneaking in real math equations in Foxtrot when Jason is nerding.

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**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sundays-foxtrot-noticed-another-inside-joke/128554/2 "2002-09-15T16:44:55Z")

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Dan Piraro draws “Bizarro”.  
“Jimmy Davis” just has to be Jim Davis, of “Garfield” fame".  
Mike Peters draws “Mother Goose and Grimm”.  
Bill Hinds draws “Tank McNamara”.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sundays-foxtrot-noticed-another-inside-joke/128554/3 "2002-09-15T16:46:44Z")

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Jim Davis writes Garfield(and Mr. Potato Head)

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sundays-foxtrot-noticed-another-inside-joke/128554/4 "2002-09-15T16:58:14Z")

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Dan Pirraro writes _Bizarro_, and I think that Jim Davis is _Garfield_.

Was this supposed to be in Cafe Society?

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**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:** [September 16, 2002, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sundays-foxtrot-noticed-another-inside-joke/128554/5 "2002-09-16T01:06:38Z")

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I skimmed over that cartoon this morning, and completely ignored the names! :smack: (Piraro’s name certainly should have rung a bell…)

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**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2002, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sundays-foxtrot-noticed-another-inside-joke/128554/6 "2002-09-16T02:36:58Z")

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Yet another reason why I love Fox Trot. I also love little tiny things they put on newspapers or magazines in the strip–things like “Cartoonist to open for Bruce Springsteen” or something like that.

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**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2002, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sundays-foxtrot-noticed-another-inside-joke/128554/7 "2002-09-16T03:02:35Z")

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I so thought I put this in Cafe Society. I could have sworn. Wherever the mods decide to put it is fine with me. I actually went to CS to search for it.

Good work everyone!

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2002, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sundays-foxtrot-noticed-another-inside-joke/128554/8 "2002-09-16T03:04:32Z")

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Off to Cafe Society.

**DrMatrix** - General Questions Moderator