I think it was the last season of “’Til Death” that one of the characters was seeing a shrink because he believed he was on a comedy TV show. He was correct about the show but not the comedy.
I remember watching The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, etc. People were spied on through their tv’s, telephones, radios and cameras. Not only is all that true, but now also clothes washers, clothes driers, stoves, ovens, microwave ovens, shoes, computers, tablets, fans, climate control systems, security systems, child and baby monitors, adult monitors, patient monitors, toasters, lights, cars, trucks, etc, etc, etc report on users. A push is on to do the same with clothing. The great manipulators hear and record every sound made in the great all-encompassing web. She could be onto something. Who all knows what anyone or anybody is doing?
If anyone has bugged me then they’re in for a very boring time. I have conversations with the cat that are surreal at times and I sometimes sing along to the radio. I expect they’ll have moved on to someone else by now.
I was pretty sure the writer of Baby Blues and later Zits had cameras in our house because everything was so true to life when our sons were those ages.
yep, I feel your pain Opal – in fact I just GOOGLED IT! – and if I could put dots in those two Os – well you get the picture. but there are times I do have to draw the line. I mean when the toaster tells the washing machine that they overheard the microwave telling the thermostat that I have back hair – WELL that was just TOO much!!!!!!!! cause the only one that could verify that was the electric shaver
Yes, we do feel that Earl & Opal are spying on us. Seems like what ever we do the day before ends up in this comic strip, which must mean that ALL geezers are doing what we do. :)
We love Pickles! It is the fist thing we look at every morning. My wife and I have been married for 54 years we are 75 and 72 and we have done so many of the things portrayed in this cartoon it is almost scary.. I’m bald, bit of a tummy, glasses and put off doing chores as long as possible, she is grey, glasses and busy as a bee.. God Bless you and keep them coming.
I don’t know if it’s true, but ever since I heard that Mark Zuckerberg covers the camera lens on his computer, I have kept mine covered. I told a friend why there was tape on the camera, and she thought it was stupid. The next time I was at her house, I noticed she had her camera covered, too.
All your appliances talk with each other through their electrical cords. Like, it’s your turn to break down this week, I am scheduled for the week after next.
Dirty Dragon almost 6 years ago
Vic Van Streck strikes again!
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs almost 6 years ago
She’s onto us.
Templo S.U.D. almost 6 years ago
way to break the fourth wall (so to speak), Brian Crane
wiatr almost 6 years ago
I think it was the last season of “’Til Death” that one of the characters was seeing a shrink because he believed he was on a comedy TV show. He was correct about the show but not the comedy.
enigmamz almost 6 years ago
“Are you Brian Crane? Consider yourself served (with a Cease & Desist order)!”
TwilightFaze almost 6 years ago
KAPOW!!!! That was the sound of the 4th wall being broken.
heathcliff2 almost 6 years ago
I remember watching The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, etc. People were spied on through their tv’s, telephones, radios and cameras. Not only is all that true, but now also clothes washers, clothes driers, stoves, ovens, microwave ovens, shoes, computers, tablets, fans, climate control systems, security systems, child and baby monitors, adult monitors, patient monitors, toasters, lights, cars, trucks, etc, etc, etc report on users. A push is on to do the same with clothing. The great manipulators hear and record every sound made in the great all-encompassing web. She could be onto something. Who all knows what anyone or anybody is doing?
Tog almost 6 years ago
If anyone has bugged me then they’re in for a very boring time. I have conversations with the cat that are surreal at times and I sometimes sing along to the radio. I expect they’ll have moved on to someone else by now.
Breadboard almost 6 years ago
What came first Opal…..The chicken or the egg ?
Display almost 6 years ago
With winter coming she’s worried they’re going to be Snowden.
cubswin2016 almost 6 years ago
This is like a version of The Truman Show.
jagedlo almost 6 years ago
Wait until Opal finds out that there are thousands of people who know everything that she and Earl does on a daily basis because of said comic!
cmo2495 Premium Member almost 6 years ago
I was pretty sure the writer of Baby Blues and later Zits had cameras in our house because everything was so true to life when our sons were those ages.
cats4di almost 6 years ago
lol
jeanie5448 almost 6 years ago
there are many of the strips of this comic that are my everyday life so I just laugh and go on.
Saddenedby Premium Member almost 6 years ago
yep, I feel your pain Opal – in fact I just GOOGLED IT! – and if I could put dots in those two Os – well you get the picture. but there are times I do have to draw the line. I mean when the toaster tells the washing machine that they overheard the microwave telling the thermostat that I have back hair – WELL that was just TOO much!!!!!!!! cause the only one that could verify that was the electric shaver
IshkaBibel1 almost 6 years ago
When comics attain self-awareness.
scpandich almost 6 years ago
Pickles just went meta.
Run!
Grutzi almost 6 years ago
Of all the strips I’ve seen that cartoonists have made spoofing themselves and their art, this has to be the best.
arianseren almost 6 years ago
For a while there I thought he’d bugged our house.
sarahbowl1 Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Kudos to Brian Crane. Hilarious!
Chad Cheetah almost 6 years ago
Didn’t know they broke the fourth wall in this strip
bidebow Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Ha! I knew it! Today’s strip confirms my suspicions!
WCraft Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Check the PC in the corner of the room which is always on…
ShadowBeast Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Well Opal, in panels-1&4, look to your left, in panel-2, look behind you, and in panel-3, look a little past your right and you’ll find the cameras.
KennethJ.Grider almost 6 years ago
So yeah, as my wife was saying this morning " This darn cartoonist has been putting us in his comic strip everyday."
ForrestOverin almost 6 years ago
Seriously, Opal, you need to start acting funnier.
richkinn almost 6 years ago
Help! Help! The paranoids are after me!!
Al Nala almost 6 years ago
Why would you want to hire your own personal Stasi agent?
Perkycat almost 6 years ago
Don’t knock it Opal, we’ve had lots of laughs at your expense.
candor1230 almost 6 years ago
Yes, we do feel that Earl & Opal are spying on us. Seems like what ever we do the day before ends up in this comic strip, which must mean that ALL geezers are doing what we do. :)
Linguist almost 6 years ago
I have long suspected that Mr. Crane was indeed spying on us – I just haven’t found the hidden cameras and mics yet !
Pickles is the answer to poet Robert Burnes’:
" Oh would some power the gift give us,
To see ourselves as others see us ! "
Neat '33 almost 6 years ago
“Big Bother” also knows what MOST of what were doing each time we click whatever key on our computer (s) !
DCBakerEsq almost 6 years ago
Meta
peter0423 almost 6 years ago
If you still get to do what you want to do, who cares?
vagabond8400 almost 6 years ago
I’m looking, I’m looking……..
cdenil almost 6 years ago
My husband and I always laughed because reading the strip was like watching an episode in our own lives.
Ronald Parker Premium Member almost 6 years ago
We love Pickles! It is the fist thing we look at every morning. My wife and I have been married for 54 years we are 75 and 72 and we have done so many of the things portrayed in this cartoon it is almost scary.. I’m bald, bit of a tummy, glasses and put off doing chores as long as possible, she is grey, glasses and busy as a bee.. God Bless you and keep them coming.
Sue G almost 6 years ago
I don’t know if it’s true, but ever since I heard that Mark Zuckerberg covers the camera lens on his computer, I have kept mine covered. I told a friend why there was tape on the camera, and she thought it was stupid. The next time I was at her house, I noticed she had her camera covered, too.
KevDoneIt almost 6 years ago
All your appliances talk with each other through their electrical cords. Like, it’s your turn to break down this week, I am scheduled for the week after next.
COL Crash almost 6 years ago
Realities might actually be merging.
joann93 almost 6 years ago
Thanks Obama…this douchbag singed it into law
MauiMia almost 6 years ago
Paranoid much?