Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 01, 2022

Hey, it’s his time and he can do with it what he wants.

Me when I come back from the gym after three hours on the treadmill.

Me, except I play video games.

Your parents will have something else in mind, Calvin? Like, say, do your homework and clean your bedroom.

How old is this comic? The TV is out of the 1950’s.

Right there, the story of my whole life. Bliss achieved…

Three hours of reading for me.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hD9pJzZ1XGI ok, one I haven’t heard in a while.

Hollow victory.

Very North American.

I rarely watch TV, but I might watch more if I could find one of those jumping ones.

Liberty…only to be enslaved to the TV…

Now it’s the iPad until the battery goes dead

I don’t miss those days when I had nothing to do.

Careful there! That program may be educational.

That is me coming home from work.The freedom and liberty to do nothing!

Nowadays, it’s done with phones.

Same.

It’s still the boob tube.

It would have been sweet if mom had met him at the door with a broom and dustpan.

I grew up in the TV generation (1950s) – we’d rather be OUT than watching TV. TV was a thing for “after dark” and on Saturday morning for cartoons.

Old TV? Show me a modern flat screen that levitates like that.

Is that Hobbs he’s leaning against in the third panel, or a pillow?

Wait til video games were invented…OY!

this was, of course, pre-smartphone days.

I thought Hobbes always “greeted” him at the door. No school books?

Being free to do what I want is the same as being free to not do whatever I want. I’m okay with that.

One form of programming replacing another.

Boredom and liberty are sometimes close cousins.

Freedom! Thanks to the progressive politicians who protect freedom of expression for ultra violent and sexual movies! We know that children will never see those, right?

Hmmm…. maybe it’s time for what the boob tube wants him to do.

Piers Anthony in his Xanth series referred to the television as the “hypno-gourd.” Not too far from wrong. I would have been allowed to watch TV after school only if I had done my homework and chores. I learned to get those things done fairly quickly (except for math, that was always a pain) and then I could pretty much do as I pleased.

There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.

Why does nobody understand that Watterson draws the TV bouncing as cartoon exaggeration for when it’s turned on?

Nothing wrong with using your free time to relax and do nothing, as long as you’re not neglecting any responsibilities.

I’m at the age where I cannot watch television for more than about 30 minutes at a time. I hear the “death-clock” ticking down and feel the urge to do more productive things. Fortunately, we live in an age of easy recording for “time-shift” watching.

Of course, when I was Calvin’s age, I had done my homework before getting home and dashed straight in to watch “Popeye the Sailor”. :)

Reminds me of me as a latch key kid in the late 50s. Rushing home for the three o’clock movie. Oh, the places I’ve gone. The worlds that I’ve seen.

Way to live it up till Mom asks about your homework.

What’s the equivalent of the Mickey Mouse Club or Howdy Doody in his day?

So much for liberty and freedom.

LOL, classic Calvin! I guess it’s too chilly for him to play outside that day?

No matter how loud I turned up the volume, my TV never jumped around like Calvin’s.

“Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” It’s no wonder that the declaration of independence is not a legal document.

The droopy eyes in the last panel give different story, fella. Have fun with Hobbes outside, instead.

I remember those days, local channel had movie matinee on afternoon.

i love tv/tz/tq

Freedom is slavery.

Hobbes must be out hunting for tuna sandwiches so no Calvin ball :(