Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for May 08, 2024

Forsooth, sayer!

“Put the power on Flash!”

(SLAM!)

(Buck Rogers In The 25th Century)

It was never invented it was discovered!

Today’s strip reminds me of a UK children’s show from the 1970s called Catweazle. Catweazle was a magician from the time of the Norman Conquest who accidentally transported himself to the 1970s. He thought of all the different household gadgets as magical and called electricity “eleck-trickery”.

Bzzzzzzt

NOT THE THIRD SWITCH!

They will replace the chopping block and ax man with the electric chair.

Way too many “Foonks”!

“Look that up in your Foonk and Wagnalls.” – Dick Martin

I guess practicing for the real “thang”!!!!!

There’ll be a low wattage celebration.

Electricity wasn’t invented. It was harnessed.

Just wait until you get the electric bill and see how cool that is!

Wiz, you have powers to shoot lightning out of your hands. You’re like the Palpatine of the comics page. Invent it for society, would ya?

Wizard peeping into the crystal ball again?

A man ahead of his time.

Am I alone, or did someone else count the switches and the FOONKs ?

Trying to charge his electric horse?

If he wants to show off then he should get one of those spinning sparking things like ones used classic Frankenstein movie.

Actually, disconnects were designed so gravity would pull them open. It’s in the National Electrical Code. The handle should be on the bottom and the contacts on top.