# Today's B.C. "comic" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 6, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088 "2003-06-06T14:43:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088/41 "2003-06-06T22:15:29Z")
1. I didn’t get it, but I think it’s funny now I do, (for a pun). 2. I’d have described it as a joke slightly at O’Reilly’s expense. 3. But accept that it could be that in the wider context of BC, it would be seen as an endorsement. 4. Some of the best political commentary is satire is in cartoons. Of course, you have to think, not just accept what you read, but doesn’t that always apply? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088/42 "2003-06-06T22:16:09Z")
The entire premise of the strip is to skewer present-day foibles by depicting cavepersons in an anachronistic way. And **matt** , just for asking that, I’m tempted to send you my copy of _Jesus in Genesis_ (I have to find some way to get the thing out of my house! ;)) ---
**Author:** ![Flowerchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@Flowerchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flowerchild)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088/43 "2003-06-06T22:23:53Z")
I aggree ith rexdart , I dont see any christianity in this, ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088/44 "2003-06-06T22:48:49Z")
CLAMS GOT LEGS!!! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088/45 "2003-06-06T23:57:08Z")
I also remember being a fan of BC in earlier years. “Fan” is surely too strong a word, but his stuff was ok. I dont remember exactly when I first noticed his witnessing, but figure, hey, whats the hurt. After I saw Zonker telling the fable about the man who was kind to animals and was rewarded with his weight in primo hashish, I kinda figured all bets were off. But, a moment for _Pogo_. How we miss you. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088/46 "2003-06-07T00:27:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mhendo \* > **On first reading, and before finding out about Hart’s recent history, i took the cartoon as an ironic dig at O’Reilly, or at least at the show’s motto. I actually thought that the OP was complaining that Hart was too liberal!** I read this strip exactly as **mhendo** did. This particular _B.C._ strip seems to be an interesting Rorsach test for personal political leanings. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088/47 "2003-06-07T00:33:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jackmannii \* > \*\*CLAMS GOT LEGS!!! \*\* Hart’s finest moment, right there. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088/48 "2003-06-07T00:42:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Munch \* > \*\*butr, read the whole thread. \*\* Sorry, the hamsters were so slow that my computer timed out and I thought my post hadn’t posted; but apparently after about half a dozen others did, it trickled onto the thread. I’m not THAT slow. Really. BC isn’t funny any more even if you DO agree with the politics. Which I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088/49 "2003-06-07T00:52:16Z")
For those unfamiliar with Hart’s latter year God dropping penchant, two God mentions in the last 30 days(last one snuck under the wire): [http://www.comics.com/creators/bc/archive/bc-20030518.html](http://www.comics.com/creators/bc/archive/bc-20030518.html) [http://www.comics.com/creators/bc/archive/bc-20030506.html](http://www.comics.com/creators/bc/archive/bc-20030506.html) And what the heck is this about? Was there some holiday I’m unaware of?(my search turns up “Armed Forces Day”): [http://www.comics.com/creators/bc/archive/bc-20030517.html](http://www.comics.com/creators/bc/archive/bc-20030517.html) I guess some think the OP comic is an endorsement d/t the fact that since the beanie is indeed not spinning it implies O’Reilly is also truly not spinning. I am ambivalent. Nowadays the comic page is 90% skipped for me anyway. How do these guys stay on these gravy trains, recycled lame ass jokes reprinted in hundreds of papers. Blecch. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088/50 "2003-06-07T01:01:21Z")
Actually just realized that that last link also has “God bless America” in it so I guess that’s really 3 mentions in 30 days. Maybe it’s his form of tithing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088/51 "2003-06-07T01:37:58Z")
Comes now to the BBQ Pit a poor example of the visual humors. It depicts a propellor beanie the propellor of which will not spin. Upon inspection, the beanie bears the words “The O’Reilly Factor”. [ul] [li]Statement 1: Johnny Hart has a definite Christian slant in his comics. He ain’t Jack Chick, but it’s there.[/li][li]Statement 2: Johnny Hart frequently uses substandard jokes in his comics, including bad puns and poor visual humor.[/li][/ul] Both statements are generally accepted by The Dopers. Now The Dopers apply Hanlon’s Razor, to wit: “Never ascribe to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.” While malice is not at issue here, Hanlon’s Razor applies to the extent that it is more likely to be Hart’s lack of talent than any bias that caused the strip in question. Therefore, it is the opinion of this Doper that the strip is simply a bad pun. I doubt it reflects any political bias whatsoever. (Anyone want to dissent? ;)) ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088/52 "2003-06-07T03:21:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jeevmon \* > \*\*Depending on your perspective, it’s either: > > a) a talk show where those who waffle over the issues of the day are called to account to the court of common sense; > > b) the salvation of the Republic, the only shining beacon of truth in the Evil Lie-beral Media; > > c) an ego-boosting charade hosted by an intolerant bully; > > d) the most ruinuous thing to happen to television news. \*\* I’ll choose **B** , Alex… ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088/53 "2003-06-07T12:55:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elucidator \* > \*\*I also remember being a fan of BC in earlier years. “Fan” is surely too strong a word, but his stuff was ok. I dont remember exactly when I first noticed his witnessing, but figure, hey, whats the hurt. After I saw Zonker telling the fable about the man who was kind to animals and was rewarded with his weight in primo hashish, I kinda figured all bets were off. \*\* 😕 Zonker is a Doonesbury character. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088/54 "2003-06-07T17:29:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\*😕 Zonker is a Doonesbury character. \*\* **Elucidator** was making the point that Doonesbury is already so political that it would be churlish for us lefties to complain too much about BC endorsing Bill O’Reilly. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088/55 "2003-06-07T22:51:42Z")
Okay then. ---
**Author:** ![Rigel\_Haloran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rigel\_Haloran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigel_Haloran)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088/56 "2003-06-08T16:31:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by desdinova \* > \*\*B.C. is more like an editorial sniper hiding behind the guise of a comic strip. I’ve got the same beef with “Non Sequitur”, as well as “Bizarro” sometimes (although Dan Pirraro is a pretty cool guy, and I usually love his strips). \*\* I’m a huge fan of Non Sequitur, and while I’ll agree that it takes some pretty vicious swipes I can’t recall any that were less that accurate and deserved, and usually very funny as well. I’m one of “them” people who clip fav toons to go on the fridge, and the “Darwin Genelogical Preserve” strip has been up there for years and can still make me grin. Rigel ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088/57 "2003-06-09T03:04:39Z")
Really, dudes, if it has taken anyone this long to give up on BC… Sign me in with those who think it’s a lame-o-rrific attempt at pun humour. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088/58 "2003-06-09T12:01:36Z")
I’m sort of surprised that this thread has gone on for so long with only a passing reference to Doonesbury. It seems to me from some of the comments here that if a cartoonist is in line with your political view, he or she is just fine. If they aren’t, then they should be drawn and quartered. I didn’t find the BC comic in question funny…I found it kind of lame. Hart has been phoning it in lately. As for Trudeau and Doonesbury…I ignore that comic now. I had to start doing that after my eyes began cramping up from all that involuntary rolling they were doing when exposed to Trudeau’s leftist drivel. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088/59 "2003-06-09T12:59:11Z")
At least Doonesbury is funny. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088/60 "2003-06-09T13:15:12Z")
I didn’t know BC was still going. I haven’t read the comics actively in 10 years. I haven’t cared since Bloomsbury went bye bye. Tell me, is Dondie still staring out with those big scary eyes into the unknown? Is Brenda Starr still looking for Basil, the mysterious dark haired stranger with the eye patch? Is Prince Valiant every going to be done in a book format to make it more interesting? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-b-c-comic/180088.md?page=4)