Wizard of Id Classics by Parker and Hart for May 20, 2023

Still lily-livered though….

Seems a more optimistic ending than the usual kissing-a-frog jokes in this wonderful strip.

Note to kids today: water beds were a bad idea, don’t try it.

isn’t that Rodney’s girl?

You can take the frog out of the pond, but you can’t take the pond out of the frog.

Rod loses again.

In these fairy tales the beautiful women have nothing better to do than wander through a swamp and kiss frogs.

Just don’t say “mattress” to Mr. Lambert.

Hello, my honey. Hello my baby. Hello my ragtime gal…

And find a café that serves raw bugs.

When I read the first line, I heard in in the voice of the princes from Fractured Fairy Tales. Yeah I’m old.

Lyrics to “Kiss that Frog” by Peter Gabriel :Sweet little princess, let me introduce his frogness

You alone can get him singing,

He’s all puffed up, want to be your king

Lady kiss that frog

Splash, dash, heard your call,

Bring you back your golden ball

He’s gonna dive down in the deep end

He’s gonna be just like your best friend

So what’s one little kiss, one tiny little touch?

Aah, he’s wanting it so much

I swear that this is royal blood, running through my skin

Oh, can you see the state I’m in

Kiss it better, kiss it better

I’m intrigued by the Royal residence of Frogmore Cottage (though it is hardly what most people would consider a “cottage”). I understand that there are LOTS of frogs around there (seriously), and it is where Queen Victoria and Prince Albert are interred.

Good as always…

Guess he he still part froggy.

Hope she doesn’t mind getting to raise a pond full of tadpoles.

Rodney? Rodney who?

I’ll bet somebody back in 1973 considered this to be overly suggestive.