Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for March 01, 2017
February 28, 2017
March 02, 2017
Transcript:
Janis: Relax with a glass of wine!
Arlo: Thanks!
Arlo: Is this the good stuff or the house plonk?
Janis: You tell me!
Arlo: I was always partial to "Hi, Bob," myself!
Hi Bob?? Is this equivalent to MD 20/20 and Boone’s Farm? I assume the “good stuff” is Two Buck Chuck Charles Shaw at Trader Joe’s, now $299 or three buck Chuck)
At a Second City revue I attended, one of the sketches included a couple at a restaurant where the man ordered “Ripple.” The waiter deadpanned, “What year?” Someone seated near us was heard to say “He should have asked ‘What month?’” And the waiter made the proper show of twisting the cap off the pantomime bottle.
So I’ve got to think A&J make good money, so WHY would you even HAVE house Plonk?? I’m not into wine, but if I’m buying its only the good stuff. Life is to short to drink junk.
||| almost 8 years ago
Ah, college in the 80s. A “Hi, Bob.” side note: always start with the good stuff as you won’t notice the switch to the plonk.
Olddog1 almost 8 years ago
IFS: same applies to whiskey. First a barrel bourbon or a single malt, then blended.
wecatsgocomics almost 8 years ago
And a happy “How’s your father” as well.
TossedSaladCartoon almost 8 years ago
Just gonna leave this here…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JPECszFwMs
mywifeslover almost 8 years ago
Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.
Sportymonk almost 8 years ago
Hi Bob?? Is this equivalent to MD 20/20 and Boone’s Farm? I assume the “good stuff” is Two Buck Chuck Charles Shaw at Trader Joe’s, now $299 or three buck Chuck)
Grace Premium Member almost 8 years ago
I’ll take a shot of Di Saronno instead please… wine = migraine.
ScullyUFO almost 8 years ago
It will be the sign of the apocalypse when my spouse spontaneously or otherwise serves me a glass of wine and asks me to relax.
boatlesspirate almost 8 years ago
Um, Jimmy digging up old strips for replays?
Tyge almost 8 years ago
You played “Hi, Bob” with wine? Was it Thunderbird?
DDrazen almost 8 years ago
At a Second City revue I attended, one of the sketches included a couple at a restaurant where the man ordered “Ripple.” The waiter deadpanned, “What year?” Someone seated near us was heard to say “He should have asked ‘What month?’” And the waiter made the proper show of twisting the cap off the pantomime bottle.
Targuman.org Premium Member almost 8 years ago
“I will just leave this here” as someone once said. ;-) See especially v. 10. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+2%3A1-12&version=NRSV
Bill D. Kat Premium Member almost 8 years ago
I suppose one would have to be a wine expert to get this. A&J has become too cryptic.
Plods with ...™ almost 8 years ago
CardBordeaux/ Tour de Franzia?
ChessPirate almost 8 years ago
Sounds like our game – “He’s dead, Jim…”
ZBicyclist Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Farley and Elliott play as Bob Newhart hosts SNL: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/hi-bob/n10661?snl=1
euvnrutas almost 8 years ago
Do you remember? “What’s the word? Thunder-Bird! What’s the price?”
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member almost 8 years ago
I never heard of this game, but I think I’m lucky I haven’t.
JP Steve Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Okay, so now I know what the game is, but I still don’t see how it works as a punchline.
mauser7 almost 8 years ago
So I’ve got to think A&J make good money, so WHY would you even HAVE house Plonk?? I’m not into wine, but if I’m buying its only the good stuff. Life is to short to drink junk.
BlueIris Premium Member almost 8 years ago
@JP STEVE I assume that it relates to the bringing out the good stuff first, then the less good.
dsTrekker Premium Member over 7 years ago
Hi Bob was a college drinking game played while watching Bob Newhart shows. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hi%20bob
pschearer Premium Member over 7 years ago
If I didn’t watch so much PBS I wouldn’t have known what ‘plonk’ is.