Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for April 17, 2016
April 16, 2016
April 18, 2016
Transcript:
Mom: Your new toothbrush sings a song to help you brush your teeth! Push this button- Alice: Oh, boy! Alice: Brush your teeth, go up and down, up and down, up and down. Alice: Brush your teeth, go up and down, brushing teeth is lots of fun! Alice: Brush your teeth, go back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, Alice: Brush your teeth, go back and forth, brushing teeth is lots of fun! Alice: Brush your teeth, go up and down, up and down, up and down. Alice: Brush your teeth, go up and down, brushing teeth is lots of fun! Alice: Brush your teeth, go back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. Alice: I'm telling you, first it's toothbrushes, next spoons will be telling you how to eat and crayons will tell you what to draw! Dill: Yagh! Beni: I knew it- music is dangerous!
Templo S.U.D. over 8 years ago
Yeah, music sure can influence one’s behavior.
mabrndt Premium Member over 8 years ago
Once again, Richard posted a blog entry for just this strip.
johndifool over 8 years ago
This night these memories lost and foundAre taking over meI could see your picture and hear the soundOf the song you sung to me
steverinoCT over 8 years ago
One of the blog comments endorses these toothbrushes, but the commercials drive me nuts. I don’t want to be one of those “back in MY day—” cranks, but c’mon! now you use your smartphone to watch a little movie while you brush! It makes brushing fun! Yippee! Does every. little. thing. have to be entertaining? and educational? Can’t our kids just wash their hands, brush their teeth, take their candy-vitamins, without it being a non-stop parade of fun? Don’t get me started on those minivan ads showing the car zooming through magnificent scenery, mesas, sunsets, while the kids watch SpongeBob on the DVD player. Aaaargh.
PoodleGroomer over 8 years ago
The new hi tech crayons shock you if you draw across the line.
Sisyphos over 8 years ago
Beni cuts right to the heart of the matter, rather than dancing around the fringe, as Alice does.Yes, I just intimated that Alice is Beyond the Fringe!
bigcatbusiness over 8 years ago
Music may be entertaining, but it’s the best brainwasher. Though in Alice’s case, it only washed the teeth, but who knows what’s next.