Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for January 17, 2024
Transcript:
what's new in sitcom technology now your favorite wacky-family sitcom offers exciting dvd-style extra features! cast commentaries - fascinating insights from the stars themselves! oop: i'm really good in this scene! no - watch what i'm doing! extended director's cut - chock full of deleted jokes, plot contriv-ances, crowd scenes, helicopter shots & other digressions that really pump u the laffs! man: stampede! learned annotations - analysis of the genre by bernard ubby, ph.d., author of "rob petrie's ottoman; furniture groupings in the american sitcom." ubby: consider the centrality of the sofa to the comic mise en scene. prognostications - psychics reveal the stars futures in the "where will they be then?" feature! psychic: the annoying child star will rise to dominate world culture in hideously unforeseen ways...
Cpeckbourlioux 9 months ago
Is that Emma Thompson warning us about Harry Potter?
beady.el 9 months ago
I think this is the first RPA strip I’ve seen colorized
nancyb creator 9 months ago
I’ve actually got a book on comedy writing that has chapters on ‘the desk’s’ importance on talk shows.
stamps 9 months ago
That must be MTG in the 4th panel.
Sisyphos 9 months ago
Smother the Child Star before it’s too late! (—With love, of course.)
rbarnold 9 months ago
The kid in panel 4 looks like an older Alice!