Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for January 31, 2022

So, KROTZ is your trademark.

I LOVE IT! I used to yell “Frimmin at the jim-jam, frippin in the krotz” just to see if there were any Wiz fans around. Great ice-breaker at party! If there weren’t any, I got some strange looks, I did…

So…. How do you sue a wizard for infringement? And in what court? And in who’s venue do you sue in?

Point well taken!

I’ve missed that.

I admit I had to look it up, TVtropes came up with the information as well as a lot of info I never knew, Spooks full name is Wellington J. Farnsworth Spookingdorf the Third.

Awesome!

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicStrip/TheWizardOfId

“So, I gotta make sure that no one steals my spells!”

Actually, I believe the entire phrase is his trademark. It’s the name of a paperback book of his published in the early eighties. In my youth, I had a collection of Wizard of Id and BC books…about 25-30. Has always been one of my favorite strips.

Wow, I haven’t seen a classic Wizard of Id incantation like that in a long, long time. They’ve been using the Harry Potter faux Latin stuff for ages now.

What happens if I use ztork in my spell? Will I start puking up slugs ala Weasley?

Imagine is all the writers trademarked all the “words” they come up with to convey different sounds.

remember when the ghost from the tub asked ‘you want that on a single or an LP?’. How long ago was that?(nevermind, remembering that makes you old)

I suppose Wiz is like Walmart while hogwarts is like Amazon

whatever happened to the Great Nebukadnezar?

Patent everything, even magical spells!

One of my all time favorite spells

Frippin in the crotch?? – my crotch has never fripped and intends to never do so

Mr. Dobalena, Mr. Bob Dobalena.

Here is a quiz I did a while back, almost 6 years ago.

Can you name the origin of all these “magic incantations”? 13 for good luck.

1- Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble

2- Expecto Patronum

3- Mecca lecca hi, mecca hiney ho

4- Frammin’ at the jim-jam, frippin’ in the krotz

5- Abra abracadabra I wanna reach out and grab ya

6- Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo

7- By the Eye of Agamotto

8- I am a servant of the secret fire, wielder of the flame of Anor

9- Open Sesame

10- Oo ee oo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang

11- Treguna Mekoides Trecorum Satis Dee

12- Kaplowey

13- Epiwdnim

So is R with a circle a trademark or a copyright?

“Cancel that curse with a big fat ZOTZ!”

Can I see something in “curse lifting” ?

Have always loved Frammin at the jim jam!

“Frammin at the Jim-Jam, Fippin at the Krotz”: It has got to be an old school Wizard of Id incantation.

Bugs Bunny finished with, “flippity floppity floop.”