Mutt & Jeff by Bud Fisher for April 17, 2024

Was Jeff eating cheese just before bed?

Dreaming of rats usually means anxiety.

Swing it!

Talking, dancing rats are too smart to drown in the river!

I love how this strip operates in its own little universe.

Isn’t anyone wondering why there are so many rats in that nice lady’s house?

From the 1940s. Big Band lingo and style.

But when the Pied Piper wanted dough for his jam / He was told by the Mayor to blow. / Said the Piper / “You’re a viper,” / But the Mayor / didn’t care. / “Better forget it, / You’ll never get it.”—Bunny Kerrigan