Hi Jason, Joe-Allen, Dry, Lonewolf and all Meggsie fans.
Mike is a smart mutt; I’m sure he’ll figure out that all that is needed is a strut to hold ithe kennel up - it hasn’t got a floor.
Dry: Yes, how true. However, by the same token my new computer will never become obsolete because I can’t get it to work in the first place. Having to stick to old faithfull.
Jack Russells are great (OK, I know every dog is). At one particular time I found a certain treasured Ginger Meggs item I had been searching for (wait for it) 33 years and to celebrate I decided to get a Jack Russell and call him Mike.
Problem was that these little characters can get you around their little paw as soon as you display any interest at lost dog facilities. I finished up taking this irresistible little female Jack Russell home, wondering what to call it. My wife and I are 40s and 50s music buffs and that evening we were going through a pile of Mindy Carson records - thus the mutt got the name of Mindy.
She was so easy to train and she obviously loved doing tricks. By conning her with doggychocs (don’t give real chocolate to dogs) we trained her to stand on her hind legs and pirouette. This became her signal it was time for a treat and as regular as clockwork at 9 pm she would pirouette 3-4 times in the middle of the floor.
She passed away about 4 years ago and remains sadly missed.
Frank Corona: Mindy Carson was a popular female vocalist from the 1950s. She sang several numbers in duet with Guy Mitchell and made many solo discs. Those of my era may remember ‘The Choo-Buy Song”.
Lonewolf: Frank Corona asked because I mentioned her about 8 hours ago in a comment further up the page.
Two songs Mindy Carson sang with Guy Mitchell are “Tell Us Where The Good Times Are” and “There’s Nothing As Sweet As My Baby”.
Probably her most well-known number was “The Choo-Buy Song” from 1953. Maybe these opening words will jog memories - “Peanuts, popcorn, crack-a-jack, a jelly apple - won’t choo-buy from me”.
Great times. Same year that Jo Stafford sang “You Belong To Me”. Now, THAT number everyone will know! Or how about ‘Jambalaya’ or ‘Shrimp Boats’, also by Jo Stafford.
This was the same year that Ginger saw himself on a breakfast set in a shop window. Strictly speaking it was on his 1954 Annual but issued in 1953 to go in Christmas stockings. Article on the back cover of the book was titled “GINGE AND HIS MATES GO TO CHINA”.
That dog on Frasier was a marvel and typical of why Jack Russell’s, or their very close relative the fox terrier, are used in circuses. Oh, sorry, were used in circuses. At least, that is how it is in Australia, no animals allowed anymore, only humans. Does that mean the do-gooders in this world have placed us on the bottom of the scale.
I loved animals in circuses and they all seemed well fed and very happy to me. When I was Meggsie’s age it was a thrill to have the circus come to my homeplace and all of us kids (us fellers) would run out of school at the end of the day to go see them. The do-gooders stopped all that. Now the circus consists of just people who really don’t want kids hanging around. Makes me wonder - the animals welcomed us.
Back to Frasier. In one episode he is to be feted by the City of Seattle. In a scene a tram comes along the road and up on the front of it there is a sign giving the destination of Glen Iris. That tram is from Melbourne, Australia and Glen Iris is where I live.
Hi Joe - Agree 100% with your memory of ‘Singing The Blues’. How about Guy’s number simply titled ‘Rock-a-Billy’. Have most of his on a shelf not eight feet from my left arm as I type..
Back onto the circus. I always wondered about clowns. They were obviously not just humans, they were special, but nowhere in the circus assembly was there a trailer that actually said ‘CLOWNS’. One Sunday us fellers were there to see the circus depart and to my surprise there was one man lifting out tent pegs who I recognised as the clown I saw the previous night.
Bang went a childhood fantasy in a similar way to finding out about Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy, et al.
Do-gooders try to tell parents not to deceive their kids about Father Christmas. How dare they rob children of the treasure I value in eventually finding that my parents loved me so much that they masked their gifts at Christmas as having come from someone else - and those gifts included a Meggsie Annual tucked into the top of a stocking. More gifts in their own name awaited me at the base of the Christmas tree.
Joe ” I Love Lucy” is one of my favorite comedy shows of ALL TIME! My favorite episode which I have seen a bazillion times and still laugh my butt off, was The Brown Derby with Bill Holden! To this day, as many times as I have seen it, tears of laughter sill come to my eyes! And my sides ache! They sure don’t make shows like that anymore, but I did SO LOVE FRASIER! AND EDDIE (Moose). There was at least one other dog that played Eddie, you could tell if you were a fan, because the one was just a tad bigger than the other.
And “Cheyenne”, “Bronco”, “Maverick”, “Sugarfoot” great times!
And “American Bandstand” first came out of Philly! I was about 5 or 6 then.
Along with The Honeymooners, the Jackie Gleason show was a winner too. Gleason was brilliant as all those characters, and who was he talking too as Joe the Bartender?
usfellers you got Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-in over there? WOW!
And Jackie was talking to the audience! I grew up with those shows as a kid. Learned to love a lot of the old shows, still do, because I wateched what my parents watched! LOL!
Bold you get with three asterics before and after the word or sentence with NO spaces. Or pound sign and two asterics at the beginning and just two asterics at the end. Italics I forget! I’d have to look. LOL!
There is a gocomics userplate link posted at the beginning of the comments at Pibgorn. Once in a while the boilerplate is missing, but not often, which gives a guide to all the ways to do things. Highlighting in red is 5 pound signs at the beginning.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member almost 15 years ago
G’day Joe, Jason and usfellers!
Bonzer strip!
Dry and Dusty Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Poor Mike!
COWBOY7 almost 15 years ago
At least it’s a start for Mike’s dohouse!
G’day, Joe, Usfellers, Jason and all the Meggsie fans!
COWBOY7 almost 15 years ago
Joe, Maybe that’s just a prototype for Mike’s real dog house…….
Dry and Dusty Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Maybe they should get a chichuaha (spelling) and build another house for MIke! One with a bIGGER doorway!
Dry and Dusty Premium Member almost 15 years ago
From yesterday’s strip: love that quote “Anything that works is probably obsolete!” AIN’T THAT THE TRUTH!
COWBOY7 almost 15 years ago
Spammer Flagged!!!
usfellers almost 15 years ago
Hi Jason, Joe-Allen, Dry, Lonewolf and all Meggsie fans. Mike is a smart mutt; I’m sure he’ll figure out that all that is needed is a strut to hold ithe kennel up - it hasn’t got a floor.
Dry: Yes, how true. However, by the same token my new computer will never become obsolete because I can’t get it to work in the first place. Having to stick to old faithfull.
Got some chores and shopping to do, back later.
Ginger Meggs almost 15 years ago
Gday all!
Mike’s a Jack Russell - little dog, but not as small as a chihuahua.
Interesting little fact is the previous cartoonist James Kemsley got a little Jack Russell who looked just like Mike, so he named him thus.
He would always come inside when he wasn’t allowed, so everyone would yell “Mike, outside!” and was henceforth known as “Mike Outside”.
http://www.jasonchatfield.com/mikeoutside.JPG
usfellers almost 15 years ago
Jack Russells are great (OK, I know every dog is). At one particular time I found a certain treasured Ginger Meggs item I had been searching for (wait for it) 33 years and to celebrate I decided to get a Jack Russell and call him Mike.
Problem was that these little characters can get you around their little paw as soon as you display any interest at lost dog facilities. I finished up taking this irresistible little female Jack Russell home, wondering what to call it. My wife and I are 40s and 50s music buffs and that evening we were going through a pile of Mindy Carson records - thus the mutt got the name of Mindy.
She was so easy to train and she obviously loved doing tricks. By conning her with doggychocs (don’t give real chocolate to dogs) we trained her to stand on her hind legs and pirouette. This became her signal it was time for a treat and as regular as clockwork at 9 pm she would pirouette 3-4 times in the middle of the floor.
She passed away about 4 years ago and remains sadly missed.
lewisbower almost 15 years ago
That dog house was designed the guy who designed my car.
Nighthawks Premium Member almost 15 years ago
looks like he’ll have to reside at his doghouse snoopystyle
anorok2 almost 15 years ago
Who’s Mindy Carson?
COWBOY7 almost 15 years ago
A singer from way back when. Why?
usfellers almost 15 years ago
The insomnia shift has started for UsFellers.
Frank Corona: Mindy Carson was a popular female vocalist from the 1950s. She sang several numbers in duet with Guy Mitchell and made many solo discs. Those of my era may remember ‘The Choo-Buy Song”.
Lonewolf: Frank Corona asked because I mentioned her about 8 hours ago in a comment further up the page.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member almost 15 years ago
I have a friend who has 2 jack russells. They are wiry little things, well, one isn’t so little, but they are nice dogs.
Usfellers my one friend and co-workers wife is named Mindy, short for Melinda.
usfellers almost 15 years ago
Two songs Mindy Carson sang with Guy Mitchell are “Tell Us Where The Good Times Are” and “There’s Nothing As Sweet As My Baby”. Probably her most well-known number was “The Choo-Buy Song” from 1953. Maybe these opening words will jog memories - “Peanuts, popcorn, crack-a-jack, a jelly apple - won’t choo-buy from me”. Great times. Same year that Jo Stafford sang “You Belong To Me”. Now, THAT number everyone will know! Or how about ‘Jambalaya’ or ‘Shrimp Boats’, also by Jo Stafford.
usfellers almost 15 years ago
This was the same year that Ginger saw himself on a breakfast set in a shop window. Strictly speaking it was on his 1954 Annual but issued in 1953 to go in Christmas stockings. Article on the back cover of the book was titled “GINGE AND HIS MATES GO TO CHINA”.
usfellers almost 15 years ago
That dog on Frasier was a marvel and typical of why Jack Russell’s, or their very close relative the fox terrier, are used in circuses. Oh, sorry, were used in circuses. At least, that is how it is in Australia, no animals allowed anymore, only humans. Does that mean the do-gooders in this world have placed us on the bottom of the scale.
I loved animals in circuses and they all seemed well fed and very happy to me. When I was Meggsie’s age it was a thrill to have the circus come to my homeplace and all of us kids (us fellers) would run out of school at the end of the day to go see them. The do-gooders stopped all that. Now the circus consists of just people who really don’t want kids hanging around. Makes me wonder - the animals welcomed us.
Back to Frasier. In one episode he is to be feted by the City of Seattle. In a scene a tram comes along the road and up on the front of it there is a sign giving the destination of Glen Iris. That tram is from Melbourne, Australia and Glen Iris is where I live.
usfellers almost 15 years ago
Hi Joe - Agree 100% with your memory of ‘Singing The Blues’. How about Guy’s number simply titled ‘Rock-a-Billy’. Have most of his on a shelf not eight feet from my left arm as I type..
usfellers almost 15 years ago
Back onto the circus. I always wondered about clowns. They were obviously not just humans, they were special, but nowhere in the circus assembly was there a trailer that actually said ‘CLOWNS’. One Sunday us fellers were there to see the circus depart and to my surprise there was one man lifting out tent pegs who I recognised as the clown I saw the previous night.
Bang went a childhood fantasy in a similar way to finding out about Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy, et al.
Do-gooders try to tell parents not to deceive their kids about Father Christmas. How dare they rob children of the treasure I value in eventually finding that my parents loved me so much that they masked their gifts at Christmas as having come from someone else - and those gifts included a Meggsie Annual tucked into the top of a stocking. More gifts in their own name awaited me at the base of the Christmas tree.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Joe ” I Love Lucy” is one of my favorite comedy shows of ALL TIME! My favorite episode which I have seen a bazillion times and still laugh my butt off, was The Brown Derby with Bill Holden! To this day, as many times as I have seen it, tears of laughter sill come to my eyes! And my sides ache! They sure don’t make shows like that anymore, but I did SO LOVE FRASIER! AND EDDIE (Moose). There was at least one other dog that played Eddie, you could tell if you were a fan, because the one was just a tad bigger than the other.
And “Cheyenne”, “Bronco”, “Maverick”, “Sugarfoot” great times! And “American Bandstand” first came out of Philly! I was about 5 or 6 then.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member almost 15 years ago
anybody here fans of the old “Honeymooners” series?
usfellers almost 15 years ago
Dry: Was I a fan of ‘Honeymooners’?? You can bet your sweet bippy I was and you can probably guess another show I liked.
Hey, how do you get different typestyles and italics in this site?
usfellers almost 15 years ago
Along with The Honeymooners, the Jackie Gleason show was a winner too. Gleason was brilliant as all those characters, and who was he talking too as Joe the Bartender?
Dry and Dusty Premium Member almost 15 years ago
usfellers you got Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-in over there? WOW!
And Jackie was talking to the audience! I grew up with those shows as a kid. Learned to love a lot of the old shows, still do, because I wateched what my parents watched! LOL!
Bold you get with three asterics before and after the word or sentence with NO spaces. Or pound sign and two asterics at the beginning and just two asterics at the end. Italics I forget! I’d have to look. LOL!
There is a gocomics userplate link posted at the beginning of the comments at Pibgorn. Once in a while the boilerplate is missing, but not often, which gives a guide to all the ways to do things. Highlighting in red is 5 pound signs at the beginning.
Hope that helps!
usfellers almost 15 years ago
Test - Bold Hey, it works 3 before and 3 after gives bold italics. Thanks Dry
Was nervous about trying but asterisk I had to take - forgive