Another of the great Sunday strips. The Green dinner glop, quoting Hamlet, stabbing itself with a fork and then singing that insufferable Morris Albert tune. Genius
Bill Watterson includes this strip in Calvin and Hobbes Sunday Pages 1985-95. He explains, “This is one of the weirdest strips I ever drew. I’m not sure I fully understand it myself but it made me laugh. So there you are.”
Your worm is your only emperor for diet. We fat all creatures else to feed us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. Your fat king and lean beggar is but variable service; two dishes to one table, that’s the end.
Thank you for a MOST enjoyable strip. Never have I heard Shakespeare played better as a meaningful insight to which English teachers across the globe might aspire. Alas, though an octet of decades have paraded by since first I trod this mortal coil, the depth of these elegant prose seems to ring more true as the sands of time turn from a srickle to a torrent. Perhaps to dream.Thank you.
I hadn’t read Hamlet until I was in high school, the fact that Calvin would know the accurate monologue is rather impressive for a 6 year old. (I’m not counting parodies or pop culture references of the time because aside from the “to be or not to be” line the text wouldn’t be so accurately represented)
If anyone remembers the sitcom Dinosaurs, which ran in the early 90s, there was an episode where one character recites Shakespeare. It was very funny considering he was a guy wearing a dinosaur suit
Too bad Calvin ate it. It could have teamed up with Michigan J Frog, the singing frog from Warner Brothers cartoons, and gone on the road. They’re both green and they both sing. He’s not green, but Hobbes could sing backup with the “rum-tum-tums.”
I think I have eaten that stuff. My grandma made a green jello/cottage cheese thing in a ring mold. I got in trouble asking if it was molded mold in a mold. I was a kid.
BE THIS GUY 10 months ago
That “thing” was home free but then it had to sing.
This has to be one of the funniest C&H strips, which is saying a lot.
codycab 10 months ago
Mr. Watterson must be a big Shakespeare fan.
BigDaveGlass 10 months ago
To sleep. Perchance to dream……
PaulAbbott2 10 months ago
Another of the great Sunday strips. The Green dinner glop, quoting Hamlet, stabbing itself with a fork and then singing that insufferable Morris Albert tune. Genius
snsurone76 10 months ago
Shakespearean slop!!
sirbadger 10 months ago
Shakespeare wrote down what his food said.
JudasPeckerwood 10 months ago
Thanks for taking one for the team, Calvin.
Concretionist 10 months ago
Cream of thespian eggplant?
Bilan 10 months ago
If it left it at quoting Hamlet, he would’ve had respect. But, no …
charliefarmrhere 10 months ago
Love it!!! One of the better ones!
finzleftright 10 months ago
Calvin was startled but ok with the Shakespeare, but once it started into “Feelings” he got rid of it! I fully approve!
cracker65 10 months ago
Plants got feelings too Calvin. I bet it screamed while you were eating it.
The Reader Premium Member 10 months ago
I didn’t know that Shakespeare used to eat that stuff.
JïllDérs(TOMGF) 10 months ago
How bad is that food that Calvin has to eat
hagarthehorrible 10 months ago
Sheer dramatic art at its best. Hats off to Bill.
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member 10 months ago
Shakespeare in the Barf.
minty_Joe 10 months ago
“Check, please!”
Harumph 10 months ago
Exit to the bathroom to empty his cheeks.
Calvinist1966 10 months ago
Bill Watterson includes this strip in Calvin and Hobbes Sunday Pages 1985-95. He explains, “This is one of the weirdest strips I ever drew. I’m not sure I fully understand it myself but it made me laugh. So there you are.”
phritzg Premium Member 10 months ago
In some cultures, when you clean your plate that well, it means you’re begging for seconds.
Gent 10 months ago
That kid is sure has some strange imaginations.
'IndyMan' 10 months ago
What could it have been that could quote Shakespeare better than Calvins states his view of life ????
Guayo1 10 months ago
The faces of Calvin in each frame go in accord with the verses.
jessegooddoggy 10 months ago
I’ll never get that song out of my head today, but at least it wasn’t Barry Manilow.
gantech 10 months ago
Every time I hear Hamlet’s soliloquy now, I get images of Christopher Plummer in Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country, just before he gets blown up.
Link from Twilight Princess (He/Him) 10 months ago
Oh man that food has deep thoughts.
markkahler52 10 months ago
Good thing the goop didn’t sing “Achy Braky Heart” or the “Macarena” song!
sandpiper 10 months ago
Read it through twice, bigger laugh each time. Gonna come back later and enjoy it again.
jagedlo 10 months ago
I think for breakfast now, I’ll go have some ham(let) and eggs…
KageKat 10 months ago
I never knew the second reference growing up, so I could only guess how obnoxious the melody must be for Calvin to finally consume the sludge.
mourdac Premium Member 10 months ago
That goo would have millions of social media followers if existed today.
hfelder7219 10 months ago
Calvin has popped up a couple of times with the kids on “ The Buckets”!
Redd Panda 10 months ago
Too bad he gobbled it, next cut was Barry M. singing Mandy.
Schmaltzy, I know, I love to sing along with that one.
rshive 10 months ago
Poor thing was influenced by somebody/something.
Zebrastripes 10 months ago
LMAO! Hysterical‼️☺️☺️☺️!
mfrasca 10 months ago
“Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gal…”
ladykat 10 months ago
Excellent strip today!
PlatudimusAtom Premium Member 10 months ago
There’s an awful lotta ham emoting from that green glop!
Otis Rufus Driftwood 10 months ago
Does this make Calvin a food or entertainment critic?
Steverino Premium Member 10 months ago
Must have been ham in that green glop.
fritzoid Premium Member 10 months ago
Your worm is your only emperor for diet. We fat all creatures else to feed us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. Your fat king and lean beggar is but variable service; two dishes to one table, that’s the end.
PC200X 10 months ago
I love it when a Calvin and Hobbes strip is sophisticated one minute, then devolves into absolute nonsense the next.
g04922 10 months ago
Green Goop for dinner…. AGAIN ??
Prof. Mementomori's Solitary Confoundment Sideshow 10 months ago
[ STANDING OVATION ]
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
Prof. Mementomori's Solitary Confoundment Sideshow 10 months ago
Tied for first with almost all of the Snow Goon strips.
Angry Indeed Premium Member 10 months ago
Calvin digested enough Shakespeare to last his entire lifetime.
BiggerNate91 10 months ago
Going by some of these comments, I’m glad I have never heard this song.
Plumb.Bob Premium Member 10 months ago
Green hamlet and eggs?
Justarunner Premium Member 10 months ago
Thank you for a MOST enjoyable strip. Never have I heard Shakespeare played better as a meaningful insight to which English teachers across the globe might aspire. Alas, though an octet of decades have paraded by since first I trod this mortal coil, the depth of these elegant prose seems to ring more true as the sands of time turn from a srickle to a torrent. Perhaps to dream.Thank you.
txmystic 10 months ago
second to last panel FTW
unkl bob Premium Member 10 months ago
Might have been some mushrooms in there…
Silence Dogood Premium Member 10 months ago
Oh, c’mon, there must be a Hamlet omlette in here somewhere…Danish, anyone?
Skeptical Meg 10 months ago
If that’s a Hamlet, it’s gone bad. Don’t eat it!
yangeldf 10 months ago
I hadn’t read Hamlet until I was in high school, the fact that Calvin would know the accurate monologue is rather impressive for a 6 year old. (I’m not counting parodies or pop culture references of the time because aside from the “to be or not to be” line the text wouldn’t be so accurately represented)
mindjob 10 months ago
If anyone remembers the sitcom Dinosaurs, which ran in the early 90s, there was an episode where one character recites Shakespeare. It was very funny considering he was a guy wearing a dinosaur suit
Sherlock5 10 months ago
Too bad Calvin ate it. It could have teamed up with Michigan J Frog, the singing frog from Warner Brothers cartoons, and gone on the road. They’re both green and they both sing. He’s not green, but Hobbes could sing backup with the “rum-tum-tums.”
Ermine Notyours 10 months ago
I expect one day to go to the dentist and ask what he has in store for me. He will sing, “Fillings… nothing more than fillings…”
mistercatworks 10 months ago
“Spamlet: The Entree”
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member 10 months ago
Alas, poor Yorick…
rgcviper 10 months ago
The more I kept reading this one, the more it made me laugh. Great—even if the green glop looks less than appetizing.
French Persons Premium Member 10 months ago
Get your own dinner from now on then.
pamela welch Premium Member 10 months ago
Eating that ‘thing’ was the only way to stop it — LOLOL
Will_Scarlet 10 months ago
Dinner theater.
IlonaHerbert 10 months ago
If you feel you can write a better comic strip, please do.
Andrew Bosch Premium Member 10 months ago
Calvin should wait a bit longer before eating that. Maybe it will do the Yorick speech from the gravedigger scene.
wiley207 10 months ago
Another fun instance of Bill Watterson being cultured. I wonder where the “Feelings” song is from?
kentheady 10 months ago
Must have been a ham loaf.
eced52 10 months ago
He could handle Shakespeare, but not feelings? Sounds about right.
KRISTI569 10 months ago
THAT was hilarious!!
DorothyGlenn Premium Member 10 months ago
I think I have eaten that stuff. My grandma made a green jello/cottage cheese thing in a ring mold. I got in trouble asking if it was molded mold in a mold. I was a kid.
nicole.granger559 10 months ago
I’m torn between the incontinent toad and the $1.00 swift kick in the butt ones.
LrdSlvrhnd 10 months ago
This has always been one of my favorite strips.
Humerus1 7 months ago
to eat or not to eat, that is the question!