Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for February 14, 2011

This looks like ‘Liqiudator 2 - Judgement day’. I’ll bet he’s just calling to say “I’ll be back.”

“Whenever you’re ready, Henry, the Flit!”

How about, “Quick, Watson, the needle!”

You hard core Sherlock Holmes fans will know what I mean.

shytimes2, it was a real product. And you’re in for a treat… Dr. Seuss was an artist for its advertising, and did a series of cartoons based on the slogan, “Quick, Henry, the Flit!” You can see his work for Flit and other advertisers here. You might also want to look for his book, “The Tough Coughs As He Ploughs the Dough”, which contains his early advertising and other work.

We don’t have the benefit of shytimes2 and his post, but I believe it related to a series of ads based on the line “Quick, Henry, the FLIT”. There are many and Dr Seuss is responsible for lots of them plus ads for other brands, before his characters entered the field of children’s entertainment:

https://www.businessinsider.com/these-ads-drawn-by-dr-suess-before-he-was-famous-are-utterly-charming-2012-1

Puzzle night! This one, because of its horizontal layout, is actually easy to solve in a top-bottom configuration rather than a side by side. I got em fairly quickly this time.

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

Calling all puzzlers and Cleo followers…

It’s Saturday on Sherpa…. and time to test your difference-finding skills…

In the February 13th, 2021 “Cleo and Company!”

Which you can see right here:

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

or use my side by side version:

https://i.postimg.cc/TYxVCNX8/Cleo-nine-differences-Feb-13th-21.png

Your choice, as always… but I have to say, this is one of those rare times…

some of you might prefer the top-and-bottom-layered Sherpa version…

instead of the wide-angle Cinerama® appearance of the panels laid out sideways.

Not me… but some of you.

Such a sweet, innocent little doggie…..

Awww… especially if you think 3/4 the height of her “mistress” is what you’d call “little.”

And such a cute, fuzzy, wee squirrel… NOT.

C’mon, Clara… who wouldn’t want to dynamite that toothy, crazy thing, with the obviously maniacal laugh?

Well it is casual Friday.

An explosive situation averted.

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy&uc_full_date=20210213

That’s not a squirrel. Looks more like a lemur to me. But not quite as cute… Gremlin?

About 80 seconds…

I found 10 differences. Is the tenth one the fact that I didn’t have to turn the tablet length wise to see both panels like I did the last time this one was on?

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Saturday “T Minus 15 Days & Counting” Non Solution

   1.  Top panel: Squirrel pronunciation of Yuck Yuk is on the 1st syllable. Bottom Panel: Human pronunciation is on the 2nd.

   2.  Top: TNT is military-grade trinitrotoluene. Bottom: Cheapskate C&C producers refuse to pay for real TNT – steal boxes from Turner Network Television prop room instead.

   3.  Top: Tree is an American Hophornbeam. Bottom: Tree is a Bitternut Hickory.

   4.  Top: Clara wants Cleo to “hold it” because killing innocent creatures is bad. Bottom: Clara wants Cleo to “hold it” to add more TNT in case any Go Comics’ “Sherpa Killers” were chased up the tree by enraged fans of Bluebonnets.

   5.  Top: Clara’s eyewear courtesy of Belchertown Eye Care & Sunglass Shop. (closed Sun. & Mon.). Bottom: Penny pinching C&C producers “borrow” Clara’s eyewear from rear view mirror of Volugrafo Bimbo abandoned near Piscinas, Italy.

   6-9.  Highly technical. Only MontanaLady, who is freezing in Montana; Perkycat, whose husband changes underwear regularly; SusanSunshine, who stays up way late or gets up way early (I forget which); StillTheBelle, who went to bed early again this week; and the mysterious katina.cooper, who should tell us about herself so I’ll have more to write about here in the infamous 6-9 section before Sherpa is killed off, would understand.

Good morning, Ballardeers and Rotifer…! Q Date: 337.98719.93 National Tortellini and National Cheddar Day on this snowy 4 degree morning.

Been quite a while since I’ve seen that ACME bug fogger, which I’m sure the Darwin haters had banned.

Cleo has a propensity for overkill when it comes to boom booms.

Northern Tier Ballardeers need to protect themselves and their fur babies. Tonight and tomorrow are going to be the coldest Valentines Day ever recorded in the Chi – Town area.

Y’all stay warm and cuddled. (((((Hugs!)))))

Oh no!

I guess I finally did what I’m always afraid I’ll do…

I fell asleep without posting the solution!

Sorry, difference hunters.

Some of you are probably still asleep, or haven’t done the puzzle yet…. so maybe you haven’t noticed.

Don’t tell each other, OK?

Here it is, right here… just pretend it’s a few hours ago… all right?

https://i.postimg.cc/7YQLfb9B/Cleo-solution-Feb-13th- 21.png

Meanwhile,,I was thinking about that squirrel… his face looks so familiar.

At first I thought he might be part Nauga… the creature from which we get Naugahyde.

https://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/Nauga.jpg

But then I remembered… I think I posted a picture of him for the strip this puzzle came from…

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRzVD-PDXtT0zhOlo_547xzoohtUXOB3nGyZQ&s

Buster Brown’s dog, Tige!

Until I was about 8, my mother cut my hair in a Buster Brown haircut… and I wore Buster Brown® shoes…

so I always thought Buster Brown was a girl, like me.

But Tige terrified me.

Btw… like Henry, the Flit shooter, before he was used in advertising, Buster Brown was a comic… the creation of a famous artist…

Richard Outcault, who created the Yellow Kid… whom some call the first newspaper cartoon character.

What a fun puzzle! I only got 8, but they were quite easy. The last one wasn’t. If I wasn’t in a hurry today, I’m sure it would have popped right out…………..

I got them all also! I would go outside and celebrate, but it is below freezing out there………not as cold as Montana, though. Stay warm!

I got 8 quickly this morning. Came back to try to find #9. Seems I just glossed right over it. Every time. Drat.

NINE!

Woo Hoo!

Ok, reset to Feb 14, Valentines Day:

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

Cleo has more purplie spakles than any hound can count! She is a vision in purplie!

What a wonderful gift to all of the Cleo and Company Sherpa fans. Do we get a basset puppy too?

Is Stel Bel living life vicariously through Cleo? Does she wish to be the one adorned with sparkles and purplie beads?

The puzzle for future use: https://64.media.tumblr.com/c986227c58477253160de47f2071a3fe/ea9ed287776e71a3-06/s640x960/e748fef8365c4486759c9dd74bd8d905d3b585dd.jpg

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy&uc_full_date=20210214

So much sparkly purplie! Thank you!

Here’s the blunt human version: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/eb/d9/de/ebd9deb953ead202da5c49a6124ef78e.jpg

StelBel – Thank you. And here’s a warm Valentine’s Day wish back at you and Nighthawks. And all the Ballardeers, too!

Rotifer, I’m not mysterious. I just have two jobs that keep me busy. I’ve put up solar panels and have started a small vegetable farm that keeps me busy. I don’t have a husband or kids because of the way things are getting. And it looks like things are going to get bad this year and for the next couple of centuries. With everything I’ve done, I’ll survive everything for awhile. I’ve also downloaded about ten terabytes of movies and TV shows to watch. It’s one reason why I have the solar panels. I bet Clara would have loved to have gotten one of those Valentine’s Day cards from Claude. Happy Valentine’s Day.

Happy Last Sherpa VD Stel!

(you too NH)

(and all the rest of the Cleo & Co. Crew!)

So sparkly. Even her toenails!

What an amazing VD card, Stel! You have a superb talent. Thanks for taking the time to share it with all of us!

And, Mr. Nighthawks, you are incredible! Thanks for hanging in there for all of us!

Lots of xoxoxxoxoxxo to the entire Family!

Beautiful and sparkly ~ LOVE it !! Happy Valentine’s Day. (I really wish people wouldn’t call it VD ~ my mind goes somewhere else.)

Aaaaaaahhh! The glare! I’m blind!

Good afternoon Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan!

Well…. If anybody comes back…

Even if they don’t….

Happy Valentine’s day, everybody!