Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for February 10, 2010

Yep, she’s slapping the sun lotion on now.

Interesting twist on the stay-cation…

Where’s that cool, tropical drink I ordered?

The sand is a nice touch.

That’s about what we can afford these days!

That looks like a beach to set up.

Not shown: the bathtub full of cold water and toy boats, for the occasional “dip.”

No Cleo, you are not outta chips. Get down there and clean that mess off the floor like a good dog.

If you can find someone to share your fantasy, you’ve got the right one!

If Cleo is smart enough to operate the remote, he should be able to find the channel with the RinTinTin rerunruns.

OOPS nobody has posted the link to Cleo and Company:

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy&uc_full_date=20200210

http://images.ucomics.com/comics/cscwy/2020/cscwy200210.jpg

Cleo is smart enough to know how to get all those “classic” channels.

Let the fun commence.

Have you ever heard of syndication, Claude?

About to shut down and go to bed… about time!

I just came back to this forum to see any new posts, and of course to check for replies to my earlier comment…

but I see that, though I know I was here…. I apparently didn’t make one.

Oops.

How did that happen?

 

So…. a belated welcome, to my “Cleo and Company” pals…

And yes, Clara, Cleo is indeed getting smarter every day….

not just in the Feb 10th  2020 “CLEO and COMPANY.”

 

Claude has it backwards…

Cleo wasn’t born yet when Rinty was on the air 60 years ago…

So she has to have seen it in syndication or on one of those cable “oldies” shows like Nickelodeon (if they ever show anything that old) …

or maybe read about it in a magazine.

And then remembered about it to ask the question.

 

I’ve known some smart dogs, but not one who (AFAIK) was familiar with television programming from the 1950’s, and requested it by name.

You kinda have to forgive her for wanting to watch Rin Tin Tin instead of Playhouse 90 or Star Trek…

she’s still pretty canine in her tastes.

Except for the chips.

 

And how many dogs can work the remote?

I know people who have a problem.

 

Get your own chips, Cleo… in fact, while you’re at the corner store… wouldja grab me an ice cream bar?

Something Blue Bunny, with chocolate. Thanks.

Let’s go over to the Crosby’s house and ask whether we can use their “island beach” today as a place to talk about “Cleo and Company.”

I’m dying to get away from winter…

even though I know you guys who live in the real cold will mock me.

 

This is Northern California, not Southern…

we get nights way down in the thirties for heaven’s sake.

Have a heart!

 

Come on… it’ll be nice and warm under their sun lamps…

We can have piña coladas, and pineapple boats…

I’ll bring shrimp salad….

and we can forget that it’s only 58°F outside…

 

Um… what?

I think I hear a teeeny tiny violin.

Do you hear that?

“it’s only 58°F outside”

Really? ONLY? 30s is the high today.

NOOGIES!

If you’re so clever Cleo get up & get em yourself!

Good morning Balladeers, Plods and Miss Susan.

…works for me…

Don’t be such a barbarian Cleo. Everyone knows that you can’t have chips without dip.

Cleo has such a tough life!

 

I write to salute the Costume Director for Amalgamated Cleo & Co. for Clara’s matching top/shoes ensemble. Brilliant!

 

I write to salute the Director of Costuming at Amalgamated Cleo & Co. for Clara’s matching top/shoes ensemble.

Brilliant!

Did y’all hear that the Director of Costuming at Amalgamated Cleo & Co. won the award for Clara’s matching ensemble! Way to go Clarence!

Just looking at Cleo, you know it must be nighttime. Who ever heard of potato chips for breakfast! Harrumph.

I see why Nighthawks gets paid overtime on puzzle days. In a normal strip like this, he only needs four differences.

Cleo could probably go to Roku and find Rin-Tin-Tin.