Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 09, 2020

You say indomitable; your parents say incorrigible.

Not allowing your kid to watch TV or use any sort of electronics would be a terrible thing to do nowadays when we can’t go outside.

(Sarcastically) That’ll show em.

Knock yourself out, kiddo.

With what is on TV these days, He probably isn’t missing anything worthwhile watching anyway.

Maybe if you did learn a lesson, you wouldn’t have tv privileges taken away.

He’s his own worst enema.

:)

His parents could put a large-print book in front of the TV screen.

Roughly my feelings when my phone broke.

Happens every time. When punishment is handed down, he rebels and thinks he can retaliate against the establishment ( Mom & Dad), but to no avail!! And he usually won’t admit culpability!!

Reminds me of an episode of THE FAR SIDE with the caption “What people did before television,” showing a family staring at a blank wall!

And if you annoy Rosalyn again next time, you get to sit in front of the blank TV for another week.

Look on the bright side… With his active imagination, sitting in front of the blank TV might be a lot of fun! Think of all the adventures he could make up in his head.

What?! Aw, c’mon, you can do better than this, Spaceman Spiff!

I’ve seen daytime TV kid, you’re not missing much.

300 channels: 200 of which are infomercials (150 of these for the Shark Vacccum) and the rest containing less interesting crap with 40 minutes of content and 22 minutes of commercials. Yes, those syndicated shows which the provider can get almost for free need an extra two minutes of commercials every hour.

I don’t watch TV unless I am at the computer. I can get a lot done during the commercials. Otherwise I record the shows and fast forward through the commercials (I call that trash compacting).

TV is called a medium because anything well done is rare.

Great Calvin! You have fun with that!

Amen, what happened to reading The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Tolkien or Piers Anthony> And nothing wrong with a friendly game of Life, Monopoly, Clue, Trivial Pursuit or Stratego!

Oh, yes. That will show them, you mo-ron.

When I was a kid, we didn’t have a TV. No, it wasn’t that long ago, my family was just unusual. I read a lot, but luckily my parents never thought of taking my books away as punishment.

Ha, quiet time for Mom too.

Cal, your parents’ old box television tells those of us who noticed it a very different story.

He’ll absorb about the same amount of useless information!

This reminds me of one mf my cousins. Greg wanted his father to buy him a balloon, and Uncle Bob said No. “Fine! I won’t watch your old parade!” and he sat on the curb with his eyes closed. Guess who got hurt by that little stunt? Hint: it wasn’t my uncle.

For those who wished his parents would spank him, I’d guess Calvin would prefer a quick spanking to being deprived of his beloved tv shows!

You have to offer it a sacrifice first Calvin, such a a bowl of tapioca…

Sit down and take a stand.

That’ll show them…

It’s called passive resistance, and it’s futile!

Let the little wart sit in front of the turned-off TV for a week – one way of keeping him out of trouble.

Knowing Calvin, he’ll VERY quickly get bored doing that, and start imagining he’s doing something far more interesting (to him). I do find it interesting that Hobbes has nothing to say during this.

Bored in 2 second-2-1 bored!

either you learn a lesson or your out of the way for a week, either way the parents win.

I suspect that Calvin’s parents knew he’d do that. And are fine with it.

Wow, it’s rare to see Calvin’s punishment for tormenting Rosalyn actually being shown in the strip. And then after that, Rosalyn didn’t return until five years later…

Calvin – you definitely need a trip to the woodshed – but your parents are too feeble to do anything like that.