Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 18, 2021

Miller? Your Dad has better taste than that.

Like your parents’ day is a walk in the park, Calvin.

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Slow down Calvin. You did a lot today.

I would have thought Dad would be into something harder than Miller High Life considering that he has to raise Calvin. I would have ventured Mom and Dad would be into something with a very high proof, hopefully top shelf if it fits within their budget.

Back again and train the piano!!

Kids drank beer in the old days!

On US TV beer commercials like Miller’s tend to emphasize work and show their product as something you’ve earned. Canadian commercials, on the other hand, tend to emphasize play and having a good time…

If I was Calvin’s Dad I would be in the Everclear crowd.

My friend asked for a bud light and I asked if he’d rather have a beer. Talk about receiving the evil eye

No son of mine is going to drink at 7:35! That’s after happy hour. The prices go up.

If you’ve got the time, We’ve Got The Beer. Miller Beer.

Miller Tastes too good to hurry through.

But when it’s time to relax, Miller stands clear. Beer after beer.

If you’ve got the time (you got the time), We’ve got the Beer. Miller Beer

When I were a lad, I saw all those ads on TV for beer and was fascinated. One time I was out with my family and saw a bar sign advertising beer. I said something along the lines of “I want to drink some beer.”

Mother said I’d have it with some steak.

That stopped me. I was a very picky eater growing up.

Things have changed over the years. I have no problem eating meat now (beyond my teeth problems). I never did get into alcoholic beverages, though.

Time to restrict the TV privileges again…

Wait a minute, Dad, how do you know Calvin wasn’t going to get you one? ;-)

It’s 5:00 somewhere.

at the least…..Shaeffer!!

Bleh, no thanks.

The actual cost to brew a mass produced beer and a craft beer is negligible. The main difference is hops. Miller and other mass produced beers likely have little/no hops which are responsible for the taste of the beer. On average craft beers have $.53, mass $.05 per six pack for hops. Malt cost are $.65 and $.16 for a six pack. Then the distributor and retailer will each mark it up 2x/3×. Craft beer is marked up more since people confuse price/quality and expect craft beers to cost more.

It hasn’t been Miller Time since I was in college…and that was MGD…

In my youth Miller, by those who drank such stuff, was considered skunk p(censored).

When it’s time to relax…

Time to crack open a cold one.

Actually, it might be kind of fun to watch what happens if he actually tries one.

Time to turn on the porch light and watch all the millers.

Hot chocolate time for Calvin.

Dad always walks into it.

Happy Birthday Calvin and Hobbes

November 18, 1985

Bill Watterson’s comic strip is first published. It follows the antics of six-year-old Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes.

https://www.ThisDayTrivia.com/trivia/november-18?f=Calvin-and-Hobbes#Calvin-and-Hobbes

I’ve always wondered what aliens who intercept our TV signals will think about alcohol commercials. You are allowed to pour, praise, wave and even sniff the product but not drink it.

LOL!

ROFL!!!!

Well now; all of the preceding cartoon strips with Calvin are starting to make sense…

Full Sail Ale.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq8iyhMFLYE

Yeungling !!

You don’t get “Miller Time” until you’re 21. Of course you can play with M-16s, Hand Grenades and Nuclear weapons when you’re 18 so, maybe that’s just the way the we mess with you.

I enjoyed a cold Miller Light after a hard day.

…when it’s time to relax…

We had the tools

We had the talent

It’s miller time- ghostbuster 1984

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Calvin’s dad has NO sense of humor!!

Yet in panel’s one and four dad does not appear to being wearing one of those time telling wrist devices?

We’re supposed to believe that Calvin did his homework?

wish this had new strips

Eh? But what is Miller Time?

Yes, most definitely…Hilarious!

Miller time was any time after 12 noon.

How did Dad’s watch suddenly appear only in frame #3?

“You know what time it now is?”

I actually think Calvin’s parents limit his television more than we think. Looks like they need to cut him back more.

My dad was more of a Bud Light drinker back then so “Miller time” was lost on me. Or maybe I never saw the commercials, IDK.