One of the all-time classic strips. And the source of SO MUCH bootlegged material! Watterson could have become a wealthy, wealthy man if he’d been the greedy sort.
It’s a little more bittersweet for me, because my mom actually took initial steps to try to make my sister a ward of the state. All because my sister wanted to have a social life and be a normal teenager. Myself, I survived by keeping my head down and having no friends.
There’s an album named “Beethoven Wrote It, But It Swings!” It actually was originally a 78 rpm record of well-known classical music rearranged and recorded by some of the biggest names in swing music, like Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman and Raymond Scott. Some pretty good tracks on it.
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer was classical-influenced rock. Their album “Pictures at an Exhibition” is a classical piece reworked into dazzling rock. But I think my favorite classical-to-rock piece is Love Sculpture’s “Sabre Dance”. Here is the long version (Turn it up! ☺):
BE THIS GUY over 7 years ago
They won’t take him back without a receipt.
The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover over 7 years ago
While Calvin is at the orphanage, he won’t have his parents, so he can freely have his dance party with Hobbes!
The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover over 7 years ago
What song do you think they are listening to?
awgiedawgie Premium Member over 7 years ago
This will always be one of my all-time favourite Calvin & Hobbes strips. In fact, one of my all-time favourites of ANY comic.
Professor W over 7 years ago
That’s mean, parents
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 7 years ago
It’s only rocK n’ roll but I like it
Jabroniville Premium Member over 7 years ago
One of the all-time classic strips. And the source of SO MUCH bootlegged material! Watterson could have become a wealthy, wealthy man if he’d been the greedy sort.
rentier over 7 years ago
Wonderful! I love this one!!
orinoco womble over 7 years ago
“Flat-foot floogie with the floy-floy…flo-doy, flo-doy, flo-doy!”
somebodyshort over 7 years ago
Dancing in the Dark
Dancing Queen
I Love Rock and Roll
Shadow Dancing
Stayin’ Alive
Let’s Twist Again
Slow Dancin’ (Swayin’ To The Music)
Footloose
Dancing In The Moonlight
Y.M.C.A
That should keep him occupied till mom and dad are ready to get up
hariseldon59 over 7 years ago
All the younger folks reading this are asking “what does 78 rpm mean?”.
Pocosdad over 7 years ago
Roll over Beethoven!
Robert Allen over 7 years ago
And tell Tchaikovsky the news!
dwdl21 over 7 years ago
Calvin is so lucky, in my day my behind would be bright red.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 7 years ago
C&H is always good, my favorites are when dad explains things to Calvin.
luvcmx over 7 years ago
Our victrola needed to be fully wound up to play at 78 rpm. Otherwise the music would just slow waaaay down and finally stop.
Kilrwat Premium Member over 7 years ago
One of my all-time favorite strips!
well-i-never over 7 years ago
Why is Calvin always to blaim? Hobbes started it!
mattro61 over 7 years ago
I don’t know why I never noticed this until now but Calvin and Hobbes dance like Dead Heads. Jerrrrrrrrrrry! Play Dark Star Jerrrrrrrry!
Ermine Notyours over 7 years ago
It’s a little more bittersweet for me, because my mom actually took initial steps to try to make my sister a ward of the state. All because my sister wanted to have a social life and be a normal teenager. Myself, I survived by keeping my head down and having no friends.
Gigantor over 7 years ago
There’s an album named “Beethoven Wrote It, But It Swings!” It actually was originally a 78 rpm record of well-known classical music rearranged and recorded by some of the biggest names in swing music, like Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman and Raymond Scott. Some pretty good tracks on it.
Raider Red Premium Member over 7 years ago
Certainly one of Watterson’s best; it shoots me back to the 80’s instantly, with visions of “Risky Business” running through my brain . . .
ChessPirate over 7 years ago
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer was classical-influenced rock. Their album “Pictures at an Exhibition” is a classical piece reworked into dazzling rock. But I think my favorite classical-to-rock piece is Love Sculpture’s “Sabre Dance”. Here is the long version (Turn it up! ☺):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyvy9tORfSc
And Khachaturian’s original is pretty good too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV3oN_76EGg
neverenoughgold over 7 years ago
Wait’ll Mom has a say in this; after all, marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right, and the other is a husband…
neverenoughgold over 7 years ago
I see things haven’t changed much, if at all, in the two plus weeks I was away…
Mema Jean over 7 years ago
Yep, Hobbes is the better dancer.
Number Three over 7 years ago
Just be grateful it’s not heavy metal.
I’m just saying…
xxx
neatslob Premium Member over 7 years ago
Trump was right – Hobbes is a better dancer than Bill (ack!)
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
If everyone was reading and commenting paid they would help Gocomicss.
Comics over 7 years ago
OMG so FUNNY!!
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr over 7 years ago
Gifs exist of this sequence:
http://rs257.pbsrc.com/albums/hh225/lupita17-photos/gifs%20and%20sayings%20quotes/calvinhobbes4.gif~c200
And others:
http://i.imgur.com/mR8KEcd.jpg?w=1400
CodeMouse92 over 7 years ago
Some classical music at 78 RPM: https://clyp.it/d0mr31z1#
Don’t forget the shades.
You can do this yourself. Grab a classical song, drop it into Audacity, click Effects > Change Speed, and set it to 33 1/2 to 78.
RandomLantern445 almost 4 years ago
If anyone here follows “9 Chickweed Lane”, why doesn’t it have any comments?
plottish over 2 years ago
put at it this way. zdfvbskejhvbskthbsjkrhbfvfhajvhakhfvajekbfvhkjavkjerbvugtruaiebkawgbvaqchjaeugvcah. that’s me at 78 rpm.