Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for October 11, 2021

Join us next week when the portraits on the wall come to life.

A bad, but very good, moon rising…

“Good evening.”

“Shaking his little scrubber.”

By george I REMEMBER that from first time around!

“Psycho” and “The Shining” in one movie.

Well, he did seem to like doing cameos in his films…

The TV volume must be loud enough for Opus to hear it over the noise of his shower. Also, his bow tie must be waterproof.

Is that J. Edgar Hoover in the photo. To be continued Will Opus Still Rule. Tune in tomorrow.

His comedy intros made me think nothing phased the guy, but some of his TV shows were horrifying.

I loved Alfred’s little digs at the commercial breaks:

“Seeing a murder on television can help work off one’s antagonisms. And if you haven’t any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.”

“I hope you’ll join us again next week, when we will present you with another story of gripping, spine-tingling suspense, and three boring commercials to take the edge off of it.”

“You see, crime does not pay. Not even on television. You must have a sponsor. Here is ours, after which I’ll return.”

[Commercial Break]

“That was beautifully put. In fact, after hearing that, there’s nothing more I wish to add, so good night until next week.”

“…Please listen closely to the following and do exactly what they tell you.”

“And now our sponsor wishes to say a few words designed to send you rushing out immediately to buy his products. But please endeavor to restrain yourselves. I don’t want you to miss our story.”

“We have now passed another tombstone along television’s highway to culture. Please join us next week when we continue our pilgrimage.”

“As to the immediate future, either this x-ray plate wasn’t properly developed, or else we are in for a very dismal time of it for the next minute.”

[After Commercial Break] “The forgoing has made it obvious to me that we’ve had quite enough for one evening. We shall save the rest for next week when I shall reappear. Until then, good night.”

Indeed his ‘little scrubber’ was shaking as violently as his brush…

Even though it is Alfred Hitchcock that was slowly appearing in the window (or maybe it was a picture frame), it almost feels Python-esque in nature, like something from one of their animated sketches.

LMAO

My brother and one of our cousins went to see “Psycho”, as young adults, when it first came out. My cousin’s room was down a fairly long hall from their bathroom. She said it took her WEEKS to take that walk at night or take a shower again after that. Hitch had a way with a movie a’right.

Ah, a time when reality and TV had not joined at the hip.

There seems to be a slight Hitch in this strip.

Worthy homage to the Master of the Macabre. —Such as sentient TV sets that mock penguin viewers (and that’s a very small sub-set of the general viewing audience)!

Hey, Opus, have you ever seen Psycho?