Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for April 25, 2021

Tell it to the Peanut Gallery!

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Yesterday it was eggs, today it was peanuts.

60 years ago:

All Judy has done is make an initial investment and turned some profits back into the business. What more does he need her fo…..oh, yeah.

80 years ago:

And what does Miss “Them’s my specialty!” do?

Variations on a theme by Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs. See their 1967 Oh That’s Good, No That’s Bad single for details.

Say, did anyone else notice Walt’s reading the Gasoline Alley Gasette today? Good one, Jim!

Was… was that the punchline? With five panels of lead-in, I thought it’d at least be, y’know, moderately funny.

“I fell out of a plane.” “That’s bad.”

“There was a haystack below me.” “That’s good.”

“There was a pitchfork sticking out from it.” “That’s bad.”

“I missed the pitchfork.” “That’s good.”

“I missed the haystack!”