I love the one where the dog is running for the doggy door, which is nailed shut as the woman screams out the window at the dog: “C’mon, Fifi, FASTER!”
For the longest time I didn’t get that one either. The way Larson drew the hoof, I thought it was a bow in his sisters hair.
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I MISS THE FAR SIDE!! My favorite shows two microbes on a couch with a watching a film of a microbe dividing.Caption:Ameoba porn flicks.(love those little black rectangles hiding the identity of the 'actors")
BTW Any Dopers out there who are runners,the “Run To The Far Side” is held in San Francisco in late Nov. and Gary Larson does the shirt.
Here’s a few more.
A baby rattlesnake is between its parents rattling his head wildy instead of his tail. Mom looks at dad and says,“He gets that from your side.”
Two men are in the middle of the desert looking ragged and extremely thirsty when they happen across a water fountain. The guy at the back says hurry up Bob as Bob is letting the water run, and Bob says I want to let it get cold first.
A bunch of vultures are apparently feasting on a dead cowboy and one of the vultures has on the cowboy hat and shirt saying, “Look at me. I’m a cowboy. Howdy Howdy Howdy.”
I’ll stop now.
Two snakes look into the nursery where they’ve got a crib full of baby snakes, which are crawling out between the bars.
“You know, this just isn’t working. What we need is a cardboard box.”
The lions are charging the herd of gazelles, except for one, just standing there going “rrr—rrrr—rrr”. Caption: When Flight Reflexes Stall.
I love the one with the guy sitting on a plane with his hand on some buttons under the window which read: “Light, A/C, wings stay on/off”
Those involving scientists, devils, or extraterrestrials are, in my opinion, especially good. My favorite is the one in which a flying saucer has landed and earthlings are crowding around to take a look. There are stairs from the spaceship to the ground, and an alien lies awkwardly at the bottom, having obviously taken a tumble. Another alien, at the top of the stairs, says, “Great! Just great! So much for instilling them with a sense of awe!”
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A bird on a wire, over a guy washing a car, saying "you are mine, all mine "
Yeah, I know, I started the thread…but I’ve been so inspired I want to share another favorite:
A bear is using two human skulls to put on a puppet show for her cubs and the caption is:
Okay, One more time then off to bed. “Gee, Bob do you think there are any bears in this the cave?–I don’t think so…”
I also liked his final Far Side, when he put himself in a “Wizard Of Oz” type scene.
Does any one know what Mr. Larson is doing these days?
How about this one: a man and woman are driving on a desolate planet and the Earth can be seen in the sky. The woman is saying, “Now look where the Earth is! Move over and let me drive!”
Typical Gary Larson woman sitting in her living room, with a big lizard in front of her wearing a human mask, hat, and trenchcoat:
“Dangit Monica, I can’t live this lie any longer! I’m not a TV repairman who just stumbled into your life - I’m a Kimodo Dragon, largest member of the lizard family, and a filthy liar!”
Also, the one where some cowboys have circled the wagons and are fighting indians. There are flaming arrows sticking out of the covered wagons. One cowboy says to the other, “Hey! They’re lighting their arrows - can they DO that!?”
These are the ones hanging on my office door, which kind of have to be seen to be appreciated:
A search pilot looking out the plane window at a castaway waving from a desert island. The guy on the island has spelled out in rocks H-E-L- and the last letter might be a P or an F. The caption is the pilot saying into the radio “Cancel that, I guess it says ‘helf’.”
Moses in front of the bathroom mirror making that Charlton-Heston-parting-the-waters gesture, as his hair springs apart. The caption is “Moses parting his hair.”
An older woman and an older man sitting in their living room. The man is reading the paper, the woman has a Superman suit on her lap and she is sowing to add “TUPID” to the big red S on the chest. The caption is “After many years of marital bliss, tension enters the Kent household.”
Two other favorites are the one with the dog in the car, yelling at the dog in the yard: “Ha, ha, Biff! I get to go get tutored!” And the one with two older ladies driving in a car, and there’s this scary-looking hitchhiker (eye-patch, hook, big knife in his belt and a sign that says “ANYWHERE”) and the one woman says to the other “C’mon, Gladys, you’re no fun. Live a little.”
But the one I most remember as being most funny and awful at the same time is the one showing people looking at a big stone statue. The caption is “Memorial to the Donner Pass Party.” The statue is of a hand between two slices of bread.
Sewing. She’s sewing. Not sowing.
Get this: I got that cartoon on card for VALENTINES Day. And got dumped shortly after. Subtle, eh?
the midvale school for the gifted. The door is clearly labled pull and the ‘gifted’ student is pushing with all his might.
always makes me think of my first major in college and some of those ‘gifted’ students.
My absolute favorite:
Michaelangelo is painting the Mona Lisa. A dog sits next to him. He’s thinking “Where’s my dinner? One of the great masters, indeed”
Other greats:
The caption: God makes the snake. God has a table full of snakes that he’s made the way kids roll clay into a string. He says “Hey, these things are a cinch”
An auditorium is filled with people, each holding a duck in his lap, except for one. The caption: Too late, Professor Feynman realizes he has come to the lecture without his duck. I don’t know why it’s funny, it just is.
And one more:
A bunch of contractors are laying tile on a church floor. The caption (paraphrased): Lost to history, Santini and Sons are generally credited for the Sistine Chapel floor.
Another good one:
A dog standing drinking out of a water hose.
His wife? looking at him disgusted saying. “So, planning a big night out ?”
- Cops entering a laboratory with dead cats all over the place.
Caption: “Notice all the computations, theoretical scribblings, and lab equipment, Norm…Yes, curiosity killed these cats”
2)Two polar bears. One is chomping on an igloo.
Caption: “Oh, Hey! I just love these things! Crunchy on the outside and a chewey center!”
- Bunch of ne’er-do-well frogs laying around drinking from bottles in paper bags
Caption: “Yeah. I remember Jerry. Good friend of mine. You know, I never understood a single word he said, but he always had some might fine wine.”
And a bunch of others already mentioned above.
Finally I remembered another that has not been posted before.
A caveman lecturing in front of an audience of other cavemen.
He points to a wall chart of a stegosaurus.
Indicating the “bussiness end” of the tail with a pointer he says “And this is the Thagomizer, named after the late Thag Simmons.”
Sign on a lawn that says “Beware of Doug”,
Nerdy fat guy with crewcut and glasses peering from behind a tree.
I still chuckle.