My kid wanted a story. NOT any of those stories in BOOKS, a REAL story. So I invented Ched R. Cheese, a mouse who had adventures. It turned out to be a blessing because I simply couldn’t remember last night’s story… it was all pretty much free association. Kind of fun… for both of us.
We were living in a house that I was working at finishing, so of course Ched was building HIS house too. But he did it by digging out delicious cheese from a giant wheel of cheddar…
I was a mean parent. I had a hard & fast rule that there would be NO repeats – books, videos, etc. – within 3 days. Begging resulted in an automatic & firm NO. The girls lived.
Jeez, Dad, just read the story. You are supposed to entertain the kid, not yourself. And I’m sure Hamster Huey doesn’t have a page count up with War and Peace.
I was learning to read and I asked my dad to read me a story. He turned it around and asked me to read him the story I had asked him to read. It took a little while and a bit of help, but I got it read aloud to him. I felt such a sense of accomplishment and it was the start of my lifelong love of reading.
(trigger warning!) If hamsters have one, Huey’s tail and little paws, being further from the Kablooie might still identifiable. Even with air filled with fur hair still floating around the room.
I will always remember the strip when Hamster Huey was first introduced. Dad was actually the one who thought Calvin would like it, and Calvin was skeptical.
There’s a similar C&H strip, where in the final panel, Calvin says “I never knew Hamster Huey could talk so fast!”, and Hobbes responds, “Or be so sarcastic!” Hahahahahahaa!
I used to add variations to “Muffin Mouse’s New House” to see if my daughter would pick up on them, but nothing gruesome — I wanted her to actually sleep.
I did that to my kids a couple times with the different books they love. However, I did not make up anything graphic. It was funny how they would correct me.
Can’t be worse than this video my son used to watch called The Fox. It was some C movie produced in somewhere like Poland. It was horrid yet almost every night we had to watch it before bedtime.
In retrospect, what we liked for bedtime stories as kids we don’t always want to read as adults., even with kids. Would that be proof of ‘building character’?
BE THIS GUY almost 2 years ago
It was left in someone’s bed.
codycab almost 2 years ago
Doesn’t Calvin enjoy graphic stuff?
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member almost 2 years ago
It’s under your bed.
The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover almost 2 years ago
A new story to memorize.
einarbt almost 2 years ago
No wonder Calvin has issues.
Ruth Brown almost 2 years ago
This made me laugh. Love their eyes.
rasputin's horoscope almost 2 years ago
Why didn’t I think of that with “The Baby Beebeebob Bird”?
DaveG1960 almost 2 years ago
Variety, is the spice of life. It’s character building………
Erse IS better almost 2 years ago
My kid wanted a story. NOT any of those stories in BOOKS, a REAL story. So I invented Ched R. Cheese, a mouse who had adventures. It turned out to be a blessing because I simply couldn’t remember last night’s story… it was all pretty much free association. Kind of fun… for both of us.
We were living in a house that I was working at finishing, so of course Ched was building HIS house too. But he did it by digging out delicious cheese from a giant wheel of cheddar…
Jesy Bertz Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Wallace the Brave’s father knows how to tell a great bedtime story. Check it out.
JudasPeckerwood almost 2 years ago
We can trace Dad’s career as a serial killer back to that very night.
orinoco womble almost 2 years ago
Surely Calvin approves of the gross changes?
rshive almost 2 years ago
But Gooey-Kablooie is happy.
rentier almost 2 years ago
Sundays strip is here!! You must go back!
sandpiper almost 2 years ago
Dad met the challenge in his own way as usual. Improvisation is a parent’s best talent.
Susan00100 almost 2 years ago
Just shut up and read “Hamster Huey”, Dad!!
You can have your double bourbon afterwards!!
theincrediblebulk almost 2 years ago
I guess this time Hamster Huey really went Kablooie. No word on whether the result was gooey or not.
The Reader Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Don’t worry Hobbes! Every year at Halloween, his head mysteriously appears on your porch with a candle flickering inside it.
Zebrastripes almost 2 years ago
Clever Dad, changed it up and he’ll never ask for THAT story again!
Wren Fahel almost 2 years ago
I was a mean parent. I had a hard & fast rule that there would be NO repeats – books, videos, etc. – within 3 days. Begging resulted in an automatic & firm NO. The girls lived.
jagedlo almost 2 years ago
So staying up half the night will build some character for Calvin?
door72067 almost 2 years ago
for me I always wanted Winnie the Pooh Meets Gopher
no one wanted to read it to me yet AGAIN so I basically taught myself to read at around 2 or 3
VegaAlopex almost 2 years ago
I never had any stories read to me. By the time I was five, I was reading stories myself before I fell asleep.
bbenoit almost 2 years ago
Dad gets a win tonight that Mom will pay for tomorrow as Dad goes to work leaving her with a sleep deprived Calvin. Perfect!
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Wait until Dad starts reading the brothers Grimm to you. That’ll give you dreams to remember.
Watchdog almost 2 years ago
That is really, really funny!
PaulAbbott2 almost 2 years ago
Jeez, Dad, just read the story. You are supposed to entertain the kid, not yourself. And I’m sure Hamster Huey doesn’t have a page count up with War and Peace.
Just-me almost 2 years ago
I was learning to read and I asked my dad to read me a story. He turned it around and asked me to read him the story I had asked him to read. It took a little while and a bit of help, but I got it read aloud to him. I felt such a sense of accomplishment and it was the start of my lifelong love of reading.
goboboyd almost 2 years ago
(trigger warning!) If hamsters have one, Huey’s tail and little paws, being further from the Kablooie might still identifiable. Even with air filled with fur hair still floating around the room.
A Hip loving Canadian... almost 2 years ago
With any luck, finding Hamster Heuy’s head will be tomorrow’s story.
kab2rb almost 2 years ago
Sounds like my son at that age he had one favorite book and enjoyed being read to, for me I got that book memorized.
Huckleberry Hiroshima almost 2 years ago
Something tells me there were a few verbal edits.
offord almost 2 years ago
What’s a gooey kablooie?
uniquename almost 2 years ago
Doesn’t look like the bedtime story worked.
brick10 almost 2 years ago
A “surprise” ending!
Daltongang Premium Member almost 2 years ago
“Once upon a time Hamster Huey went gooey kablooey. The End.” Now go to sleep Calvin.
g04922 almost 2 years ago
Hmm… Dad did a major and gruesome edit on Hamster. That story is over forever.
BiggerNate91 almost 2 years ago
I will always remember the strip when Hamster Huey was first introduced. Dad was actually the one who thought Calvin would like it, and Calvin was skeptical.
And we all know how it turned out in the end…
Spider-UK almost 2 years ago
This one’s one of my favorites
hagarthehorrible almost 2 years ago
After that episode, I would like love to see exhausted and jittery dad in the bed
sonnygreen almost 2 years ago
Nice touch! I didn’t see that coming. If a Father like him, actually existed, he should get an award.
mistercatworks almost 2 years ago
He got a version he couldn’t refuse.
tremaine53 almost 2 years ago
There’s a similar C&H strip, where in the final panel, Calvin says “I never knew Hamster Huey could talk so fast!”, and Hobbes responds, “Or be so sarcastic!” Hahahahahahaa!
MikeM_inMD almost 2 years ago
I used to add variations to “Muffin Mouse’s New House” to see if my daughter would pick up on them, but nothing gruesome — I wanted her to actually sleep.
mindjob almost 2 years ago
The head is wrapped in a silk bed sheet under the bed. Next time Calvin should sign the contract!
Calvinist1966 almost 2 years ago
It’s a pity that Dad can only see Calvin’s reactions and not Hobbes’s reactions. Hobbes has some wonderful facial expressions.
alexius23 almost 2 years ago
Mike Mulligan & his steam shovel….
Rose Madder Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Dad – the motivational speaker??
wiley207 almost 2 years ago
If I were the Dad, I would just not read ANY story to Calvin that night!
kjnrun almost 2 years ago
I did that to my kids a couple times with the different books they love. However, I did not make up anything graphic. It was funny how they would correct me.
kunddog almost 2 years ago
back then a cassette player would work.
Dreaming in Alola almost 2 years ago
You’d think Dad would have tossed the book out by now.
musicnut1986 almost 2 years ago
Hamster Huey was also one of the instigators in the spaghetti incident.
Stephen Gilberg almost 2 years ago
Seems to me that by the time I could read, I wasn’t itching for the same book over and over anymore.
Marty241 almost 2 years ago
Our favorite was “Green Eggs and Ham” We read it until it was memorized. Always had to laugh when my 2 year old filled in the words.
circleM almost 2 years ago
Can’t be worse than this video my son used to watch called The Fox. It was some C movie produced in somewhere like Poland. It was horrid yet almost every night we had to watch it before bedtime.
westbend almost 2 years ago
When my son was about 3 he “read” Curious George to us. Never missed a word and turned the pages at just the right times.
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Good strategy, dad.
liberalnlovinit almost 2 years ago
Hey, this is the same reason I watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail over and over…
christelisbetty almost 2 years ago
I could comment, that it is strange that Calvin reads all the time, but not at bedtime.But I won’t.
Angry Indeed Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Dad must have read the NR director’s cut. ;-p
Otis Rufus Driftwood almost 2 years ago
In retrospect, what we liked for bedtime stories as kids we don’t always want to read as adults., even with kids. Would that be proof of ‘building character’?
The Pro from Dover almost 2 years ago
Soon to be a Hallmark Christmas movie