Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 10, 2021

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    BE THIS GUY  almost 4 years ago

    I wonder how much Zebra charged for his marketing advice.

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    BasilBruce  almost 4 years ago

    I actually didn’t see the punchline coming.

    Are the crocs competing against “Alligators in Dirty Swamps”?

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    Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    That’s better .

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    RACerri32  almost 4 years ago

    HELP ! I’ve fallen on the floor laughing & I can’t get up !

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    sirbadger  almost 4 years ago

    If they had started this business 2 years ago, that might have worked.

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    Cheapskate0  almost 4 years ago

    I dunno. Seems like hundreds of thousands, if not millions, bought it.

    Oh, the video. Not the farm.

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    PC200X  almost 4 years ago

    I’ve missed “Pearls” strips like these.

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    Bilan  almost 4 years ago

    Maybe they should get sponsorship and name it something like:

    Corona Video-Illustrating-Reptiles-Using-Slaughter

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    eolan59  almost 4 years ago

    Tropical ReptilesUselessMarketingProducts

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    Cminuscomics&stories Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Ooooooo. That’s so bad, its good.

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    Zykoic  almost 4 years ago

    SAR pandemic 2003; There was a local restaurant, Sar’s Oriental Cuisine. I believe they change their name…..

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    Major Matt Mason Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    I recall a “Herman the Vermin” cartoon where he was wearing monogrammed swim trunks, including his middle name, Ignatius…

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    jmarkoff2  almost 4 years ago

    Some obscure comic book from the 1970s had some boy scouts getting a medal for Honesty, Integrity, Veracity or somesuch.

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    Megustaquizas Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    ME LOVE THE CROCS!

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    Purple People Eater  almost 4 years ago

    Marketing can be tricky. There was a laundry detergent brand that once had an advertising campaign in Saudi Arabia. They had the typical before/after pictures we’ve all seen in such ads, with an overwhelmed woman on the left with a pile of dirty laundry, and the same woman smiling on the right standing by a neat stack of clean, white folded laundry. They seem to have forgotten that Arabic is read from right to left, so the campaign didn’t work quite as well as expected.

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    iggyman  almost 4 years ago

    You won’t sell many that way, Larry!

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    In the 60’s, or maybe before, there was a vitamin and mineral fortified caramel candy sold in drug stores…

    meant to be eaten before or in-between meals, as an appetite suppressant.

    It was marketed as a weight loss aid…

    Therefore called “AYDS.”

     

    By sometime in the early 1980’s the name started to be seen as pretty ghoulish,

    especially in San Francisco, as we began to see AIDS patients wasting away.

    Eventually they tried to modify the product name to something like “Diet Ayds,” but that didn’t work.

     

    I’d forgotten about them, but something reminded me just a few days ago…

    and I posted about them on another strip.

    A kind of creepy recollection.
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    danketaz Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Gee, he didn’t even offer Zebra a shot at the starring role.

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    Breadboard  almost 4 years ago

    Reminds me of a car named “Nova” which in Spanish means : Not Going ……. Croc Power !

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    danketaz Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    I understand the 19th title is particularly deadly.

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    dadoctah  almost 4 years ago

    Add the word “Testing” and they’ll line up for miles.

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    john  almost 4 years ago

    And then there was a software vendor attempting to market an Automatic Incremental Documentation System.

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    WittyWeasel  almost 4 years ago

    Hoo-RAY ! ! Larry ees back ! I buy hees funny co.v.i.d. of crocs eeting veeshish virus ! GO, LARRY ! ! !

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    jpayne4040  almost 4 years ago

    This is straight-up hilarious!

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    mjb515  almost 4 years ago

    The Crocs are pirating David Attenborough nature documentaries.

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    cdward  almost 4 years ago

    Got to admit, I just started laughing out loud. Well done, Pastis.

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    diskus Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Need more Crocs!

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    diskus Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    I wondered where they got that from

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    Cameron1988 Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Love the crocs!

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    Courage the Cowardly Dog!  almost 4 years ago

    Brilliant!!

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    mattro65  almost 4 years ago

    It makes everyone remember to bypass his store. He’s an anti- marketing genius

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    Ellis97  almost 4 years ago

    Haven’t seen Zebra in a while.

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    Sisyphos  almost 4 years ago

    Okay! Cartoon-Boy caught me by surprise with that one; I did not see it coming this time!

    Always a Good Time with the Crocs and Zeeba Neighba….

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    William Thorneloe Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Wonderful. We needed this today.

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    mail2jbl  almost 4 years ago

    One of Stephan’s funniest strips in recent memory! Well done, Cartoon Boy!

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    RobinRunions  almost 4 years ago

    Woooo Hoooo we finally got some crocs today. Sure wish we had so much more. Larry is my man, and beer is his only friend.

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    Zebrastripes  almost 4 years ago

    ZEEBA IS ONE SMART COOKIE!

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    Masterskrain  almost 4 years ago

    THANK YOU, STEPHEN!!!! We really needed this one!!

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    jessegooddoggy  almost 4 years ago

    Crocs and Zeeba!!!!! More more more please!!!! Good gawd, we really need them this year.

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    Casey Jones  almost 4 years ago

    Very smart, Zebra

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    rorie  almost 4 years ago

    Great work!! LOL!!!

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    TrudyQ Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Ha! Did not see that coming.

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    EmmettWayne  almost 4 years ago

    Good one. I didn’t see that coming at all. I guess I need to go back to bed.

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    TheChief Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    A rare treat. Crocs on Sunday! More crocs!!!!

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    lviering  almost 4 years ago

    Thanks for returning to a leetle humor

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    Reader  almost 4 years ago

    WooHoo! Yes, yes, yes! Love it!

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    SpicyNacho Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Reminds me of the diet candy in the 70’s/80’s and the commercials for it. “Take a break and have an Aids candy”. Marketing went south later in the 80’s for some reason.

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    ramcharanr  almost 4 years ago

    Glad the crocs are back.

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    cupertino jay  almost 4 years ago

    was expecting a pitch for “videotapes” (kids.. ask ur grans)

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    Wichita1.0  almost 4 years ago

    Put it on the Internet. It’ll go viral. (ducking and running)

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    tripwire45  almost 4 years ago

    Actually, marketing is easy. Look at how many people are terrified.

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    RobDelman  almost 4 years ago

    Mister P: You are Brilliant.

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    lms1231 Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    This strip needs more Larry.

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    zeexenon  almost 4 years ago

    And I will have nightmares tonight over Croc dragging Zeeba to drown in the river then spinning to tear off a leg for dinner. Too bad he can’t call Steve Irwin.

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    El Cobbo Grande  almost 4 years ago

    I had no idea where this was headed…gud waan!

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    skipper1992  almost 4 years ago

    Well played, Pastis. I completely did not see that coming.

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    DCBakerEsq  almost 4 years ago

    They’d do good business in Huntington Beach.

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    verticallychallenged Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Got it by panel 3, laughed the rest of the way through!

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    donwestonmysteries  almost 4 years ago

    Crocks make a Pun and can’t attack Pastis because they are too dumb?

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    Chamfer  almost 4 years ago

    I always know the pun is coming. But I can never figure it out in time.

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    Ermine Notyours  almost 4 years ago

    I wonder why Taco Bell doesn’t use just their initials.

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    Ermine Notyours  almost 4 years ago

    Crocs On Video Is Deadly # 1 – #18 didn’t sell well, but I bet video #19 will be the killer.

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    JustMe  almost 4 years ago

    this just made my day HAHAHAHAHA!!!

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    patrickab7  almost 4 years ago

    slow clap

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    Caldonia  almost 4 years ago

    See? Crocs make everything better. (I’m not saying they make covid better, but still.)

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    Another Take  almost 4 years ago

    I wish I could say I saw it coming…

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    Thinkingblade  almost 4 years ago

    As someone who has tried to run his own small business … word. I feel you Croc brother. Marketing is HARD.

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    turkeythegreat  almost 4 years ago

    It’s been so long since the crocs appeared that I thought they had retired. They are the best chacters in this strip.

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    WCraft Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Doh – I shoulda seen it coming. I’ll give you this one, Mr. Pastis!

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    artegal  almost 4 years ago

    Holy crap! I did not see where this was going. Nicely done!

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    Ermine Notyours  almost 4 years ago

    Donald Trump is increasing oil drilling permits by working with BLM. (Bureau of Land Management.)

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    Wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong.

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    glowing-steak32  almost 4 years ago

    I know this is an awful joke, but I can’t stop laughing.

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    frenspz  over 3 years ago

    how did the crocs spell that

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