Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 27, 2024

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    codycab  about 2 months ago

    I think there are a number of shows like that.

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    dadthedawg Premium Member about 2 months ago

    Dad could be the star of…..zilch.

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    Sugar Bombs 95  about 2 months ago

    Is “Father Knows Zilch” a television adaptation of his Dopey Dad comic strip?

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    snsurone76  about 2 months ago

    Starring Jim Carrey. Or Ed Nelson. Or Dana Carvey. Or…

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    BigDaveGlass  about 2 months ago

    More a remake of “Wait till your father gets home”.

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    The dude from FL  Premium Member about 2 months ago

    Dad is stupid until you turn maybe 25 and find out dad is quite smart

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    orinoco womble  about 2 months ago

    That’s been the basis of the family sitcom since the 60s.

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    Jayalexander  about 2 months ago

    How ’bout Leave it to a believer.

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    Calvinist1966  about 2 months ago

    So ends this five-day arc. Tomorrow’s strip will be a one-off.

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    Calvinist1966  about 2 months ago

    As I said on Monday, this story certainly reminds me of myself as a kid when I made a hole in a cardboard box. This story arc was not as interesting as some Calvin and Hobbes arcs have been but it was funny, it made some good points which are still very relevant to modern society and it reminded me of childhood fun.

    My personal favourites include the wedding-burglary arc which was reprinted earlier this year, the two duplicator arcs and the Snow Goons arc which reminded me of Stephen King’s The Shining.

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    ddl297  about 2 months ago

    Just curious: has Calvin EVER been spanked for his many misdeeds, or is corporal punishment now banned?

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    tremaine53  about 2 months ago

    Unfortunately for Calvin, his dad is not a Zilch Knower.

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    Funniguy  about 2 months ago

    I guess all of those who chanted “Never Trust Anyone Over Thirty?” just grew up.

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    SquidGamerGal  about 2 months ago

    Why are Calvin’s parents are always against Calvin having any fun? This is exactly why he acts out at school!

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    rockyridge1977  about 2 months ago

    ……….always need a new project!!!!!

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    BJDucer  about 2 months ago

    I like how Calvin and Hobbes were able to keep the flow of the conversation going after they teleported up to the branch of the tree they ended up sitting on…

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    baskate_2000  about 2 months ago

    And the kid is a know-it-all!

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    gantech  about 2 months ago

    Or an off switch or a plug.

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    Chris  about 2 months ago

    well, it’d be worth some laughs at least. :J

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    guenette.charlie(BozoKnows)  about 2 months ago

    Nowadays, Calvin could go the streaming route.

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    sandpiper  about 2 months ago

    If this strip was being produced in current time, wonder Dad would even both with tv.

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    elvira.alejandro  about 2 months ago

    Hallmark would take it.

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    Employee of the Month  about 2 months ago

    In most occasions, the dad has a reason to punish Calvin.

    Here, he’s just insulting him for playing.

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    Strawberry King  about 2 months ago

    Where everybody’s last name is Zilch.

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    John Jorgensen  about 2 months ago

    Good for Calvin’s dad, that’s a pretty clever line.

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    hagarthehorrible  about 2 months ago

    Dad and mom know pretty well how to make the kid to spend his quality time. Dumb tv is a far away experience as compared to the tree top rendezvous.

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    Holden Awn  about 2 months ago

    All teenagers are writers for Father Knows Zilch.

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    stepzla  about 2 months ago

    It is just the two of us and we have 4 tvs in the house. Someday one TV seems like too many.

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    KEA  about 2 months ago

    ONE TV in the house? ONE! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha …

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    mistercatworks  about 2 months ago

    Be done – waaaaaaaay too many times, presumably by producers who are clueless fathers. :)

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    lnrokr55  about 2 months ago

    Wait 30 years and the world will come to you Spiff !

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    jbruins84341  about 2 months ago

    That is the reason I don’t watch TV anymore. All the shows feature father-figures who are portrayed as dumb, useless idiots. This leads to a degradation of real-life families and particularly the parents. We need shows that have the father as the backbone of the family, and accepts his role willingly. Yes, I know C & H is a comic strip, but the issue is too real. I loved and respected my father, ‘warts and all.’ I hope my children have the same respect for me.

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    Paul D Premium Member about 2 months ago

    Dads know more about TVs than they do about raising kids because TVs come with instruction manuals.

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    wiley207  about 2 months ago

    Heh, “Father Knows Zilch” would be pretty funny! Like a TV adaptation of the comic strip “Dopey Dad.”

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    mindjob  about 2 months ago

    Zilch could be a character that is a friend of Dad’s

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    Doctor Go  about 2 months ago

    So, I guess I’ll start a Tik Tok channel…

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    willie_mctell  about 2 months ago

    When I was Calvin’s age I began to notice that some grownups weren’t very smart. Because of the authority thing I avoided rubbing their noses in it.

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    dv  about 2 months ago

    I think the last time I had only one TV where I was living was around 1968.

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    Chris Sherlock  about 2 months ago

    “Father Knows Zilch” could have been an appropriate title of “Married…With Children.”

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    Chris Sherlock  about 2 months ago

    Alas, the Calvin Network met a fate similar to that of the Dumont Network.

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    jsimpso1  about 2 months ago

    Sorry, Calvin but way before this strip was drawn sitcoms mined that very same theme. It’s why the late Bob Newhart never wanted his character of Dr Bob Hartley to ever have kids with his wife played by Suzanne Pleshette. In an interview he said, “I told the creators I didn’t want any children, because I didn’t want it to be a show about ‘How stupid Daddy is, but we love him so much, let’s get him out of the trouble he’s gotten himself into’.”

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