Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for July 05, 2019

“Mr. Watterson, lawyers from Walt Disney on line one.”

Maybe Hobbes got the millions instead.

Skoosh away I say.

What a lot of people don’t realize is that the famous song from Pinocchio was never meant to be taken literally. It’s meant to be about holding onto hope, not waiting for stuff you want to come to you.

You remember in The Princess and the Frog when Tiana’s father said the star would only take her part of the way there? That’s what happened in Pinocchio. Geppetto wished for Pinocchio to be a real boy, and the Blue Fairy brought him to life…but he was still made of wood, and he didn’t become a real boy until the very end of the film when he sacrificed himself to earn his reward.

What would you buy w/$1M, Calvin?

This ties in well with “Off The Mark” today.

That’s alot of weapons you’re planning to buy, huh Calvin?

Well, whenever a sales person asks me what they can get for me, I always tell the $1 million. Hasn’t happened yet. The best they tell me is that it’s hard to get and is on backorder and that they’ve got dibs. Otherwise they’ll tell me the price is $1.5 million.

If jiminycrcket were here hed probably wanto skoosh you too!!

perhaps he did not get a star but a galaxy or a planet or some other celestial body instead. the only sure way to get a star is to wish on the sun

Skoosh? That’s a new one on me!

Skoosh me Calvin, that’s very rude!

In the original story, Pinnochio squished that cricket

I doubt if Calvin is big enough to skoosh anything.

It is obvious that Calvin has no conscious.

Careful! You skoosh a bug and we get rain!!

(somebody around here’s going to get the reference.)

A million dollars today just doesn’t cut it like it did when this arc was penned.

Probably done a long time ago, kid. When some other greedy little brat didn’t get what they wanted.

DIE Jimmy Cricket

Calvin has all the makings of a republican: all greed and no respect for life.

Forget it, kid – we KNOW what YOU’D do with it…

Expecting instant gratification there, aren’t you Calvin?

Carpe ironiam (my apologies to Jeanette Jordan, Latin teacher): https://www.gocomics.com/offthemark/2019/07/05

Calvin forgot to account for the tax on wish money.

This 2005 Disney World commercial always reminded me of this particular strip; I always pictured the way Calvin says the classic line in the first panel being in the same manner Jiminy Cricket starts to say it… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXAzBiigEGk

Not so fast, Calvin. You didn’t specify cash on hand. Maybe it’s in a bank account somewhere.

When you wish upon a star/Makes no difference who you are/Unless you’re Calvin/Then you’re screwed.

Cliff Ukulele Ike Edwards sang that one. He was one of Walt’s vaudeville favorites. He was the voice of Jiminy Cricket, Doc, and a bunch of others. In his private life Edwards liked women, drinking, and gambling more than anything else. One of my role models. Really great pro uke player too.

Jiminy Cricket helps those who help themselves!

“To skoosh, or not to skoosh … that is the question!”

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