Close to Home by John McPherson for February 22, 2018

The Placebo Effect was not factored into these studies.

Bummer! The marketing guy on the bottom left just got approval for a $150M multi-media blitz touting how much better Clornaspac was than the leading brand of cat videos.

Clornaspac™ – available wherever fine floor care products are sold!

Cat videos can cure cancer!

3 years later: Law firm ad: Have you, or any of your loved ones, taken Clornaspac….

Side effects of cat videos include an increased craving for catnip, shredding curtains and other furniture, coughing up hair balls, and chasing mice. Be sure to tell your vet, I mean doctor, if any of these occur.

I’d rather go Clornaspac than watch another cat video.

Clornaspac! That would be a great name for a rock band.

Kitties are magical…

Watching cat videos can make you feel like you’ve lived longer.

Well, if laughter really is the best medicine, fine, but this comic ain’t doing nothing for my lumbago!

Weird but true.

I’ve been around cats my whole life. My mother always had a cat around the house. I like dogs too and have had “best friend” dogs in my life too. Companion animals are really therapeutic.

The cat’s out of the bag!

It’s true, laughter is the best medicine!

We recommend changing the name of the drug to something containing X, Y, Z and L and re-testing.