Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 17, 2022

Jerry Seinfeld did this first with a VHS recorder and the NY Mets in his pilot episode in 1989.

Pig could have said that his deodorant wasn’t dry yet.

Nice save (almost) Pig!

Don’t shoot. I come in peace.

If I DVR some sports game, I stay away from all possible sources of spoiler.Works mostly but not always!

A friend of mine records games to watch at a later time. I don’t see the point. If I miss the game, I just look up the score online.

Rat takes a dim view of many things.

Sports are to be watched live or none at all !

Similar to wanting to go to a mystery movie, and someone tells you how it ends!

I don’t recall Pig ever before being so quick with a pretty good response/excuse to give to Rat.

Unfortunately, we warriors fans haven’t had too many chances to raise our arms lately…

Oops! Forgot to capitalize Warriors — Freudian slip…

Woohoo! Go Warriors! Who’s ur favorite basketball team?

I thought Pig’s arms were raised because he was so excited.

I see a yoga club here.

I was stationed at Pearl Harbor and heard football score on the radio at the bar I was in. I went back to the base and went in telling people the score and found they were watching the game!! Turns out they are delayed. Whoops.

I’m not sure about the " Warriors " or who they are , but the Rat is super great as usual : )

I’m kind of with Rat on this one.

I’m shocked to learn people watch NBA

How does Rat suddenly always come up with a bat?

And this yoga move is called, “Running Pig”!

I DVR the games, then check the final score online to decide whether or not to watch. If my team loses then they lose, but I’d rather not watch them do it.

Apparently Jeopardy gave away the ending to a TV series that was still on some folks’ to-be-binged list. It was not appreciated.

What is the expiration date on spoilers?

Yeah, Rat didn’t want the game to be spoiled.

I’ve always used downward two-by-four. I’ll have to check into the bat version.

Rat got that bat from his belfry!

I’m fine with scoreboard watching my favorite teams and then watch the highlights on YouTube.

Why is this strip relegated to Saturday? It’s hilarious.

RAT with his BAT!

Rat, remember you use the bat on Pastis on Sunday whenever he does those stupid puns. With pig, use a flamethrower

Warriiors? Do they do some kind of sport?

As with most any basketball game, you only need to watch the last 5 minutes.

I would say, Not asked but answered.

What’s the big deal about recording a game and wanting to watch it “unspoiled”? It’s not a scripted drama, knowing the outcome will not diminish your enjoyment.

I’ve been practicing yoga for fifteen years myself. Never heard of those moves. Pig needs the ‘avoiding the easily angered friend move’.

I used to record the radio play-by-play of the Washington State University football games, to listen later when walking. I had to record them on VHS tape and copy them to audio tape. I had to break in to listening to the source when copying so I could stop when the post-game show came on, and I would inevitably hear the losing final score. That season for game after game they would build up a big score, and wind up losing every time. At least that was fascinating to listen to.

Smart yoga move, Pig. —Both of them….

Knew a Dallas Cowboys fan who would VCR tape their games. He’d only watch the tape if they won!

In our house, we don’t say DVR’d, we still say taped.