Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 13, 2009

Critics everywhere…..

And later in the day Dad will watch some sport event that is designed to sell beer and daydream of actually being macho enough to engage in the sport. Go figure.

If Dad’s Gene Siskel, who’s Roger Ebert?

I WISH TO THANK “GOCOMICS FOR GIVING ME ALL WEEK TO COMMENT ON VARIOUS COMICS. I DO COLLECT OLDIES–HAVE SOME AS FAR BACK AS 1907. AM LOOKING FOR SOME “FU MANCHU” DAILIES (1931–32), ALSO SOME EXAMPLES OF “BRUTUS” BY JOHN GRUELLE (1938 OR EARLIER). J. J. COOK/ABLEBAKER newhappyland@msn.com

DOC: Can you help him?

Hey, I MISS those kinds of cartoons (He Man, She-ra, Smurfs…)! It’s the ones that are on today that I don’t get.

Dad’s just remembering the cartoons he used to watch - Bugs Bunny, Tweety and Sylvester, Wiley and the road runner…

Hello everyone. I’ve not really new here. as a matter of fact I been nothing but a silent reader. I need to get something of my chest, so everyone please listen. I love this site, but the recent events going on here has caused me to make a profile so that I can do this. This is a comic place where we all come to read and discuss comics. Now recently ladywolf17 made a mistake of posting a problem that happened to her. Some of us were supportive of her and her dad. others my self included doubted her and her father. We trolls as doctortoon calls us then began to post negative comments at them. We called them fake or fraudulent people. Then they did a noble thing and apologized to us all. Even though I hated them I thought that it was over. But it wasn’t, we continued to assault them with negative comments and outburst. We here are supposed to be like family. It is our duty, no our responsibility to make this the best comic site around so that new people could come and enjoy the thrill of comics. Instead we all act like a bunch of Moes. I am ashamed of my self as you all should be of your selves. in the end it was us not the wolf family that ended up being fake and fraudulent. We all owe wolfbyte36 and ladywolf17 a very deep and sincere apology. I shall be the first to do so. To wolfbyte36 and ladywolf17: I don’t know either of you but it was wrong of me to insult your family name even though I never made post of it. I do not hate either of you anymore, and I humbly offer my self as your friend, if you’ll have me. Please ladywolf17 please come back. None of us had any right to judge you, for you had not harmed any one of us. In the end it was us trolls who ruined comic reading for everyone. I’m sorry.

Your friend robbiejohn123.

OK, everyone, let’s make that the very last comment on the topic. Enjoy the ’toon

Remember back to before the day when the networks got the bug up their butts to actually cut the “violent” scenes from Bugs Bunny, The Road Runner and other old favorites that had delighted generations. Those were great cartoons.

Yes, Those were the days, my friend!

Right on!!! Ok, I used to watch and read comics and cartoons with my son when he was little. Then he grew up and started life on his own and I still read comics.

There were so many great cartoons back in the day. I loved the Bugs Bunny Show. Tom and Jerry too.

Don’t forget Woody Woodpecker, Popeye the sailor, the Flintstones, ……….

Saturday morning cartoons are’t as good as they used to be. Thank you robbiejohn123 I shall take your comment and apology to heart and will get ladywolf17 to read it as I did. Your friendship is accepted greatfully.And I hope others will be our friends as well.

Me, too! I used to watch the old classic cartoons like the Bugs Bunny show, Tom and Jerry and Popeye. These are so classic Now I look at the new cartoons that seem OK especially SpongeBob I hate it That is terrible!

I loved the Flintstones, Jetson, Tom & Jerry & Bugs Bunny. Scooby Doo, too. Anyone remember the Loan Ranger? I couldn’t stand Teanage Mutant Ninga Turtles.

Love Dad’s reaction in panel 3 & Calvin’s in panel 4.

chuck jones was the BEST!

And how about Speedy Gonzalez “the fastest mouse in whole Mexico !!” ?

not to mention Pepe le Pew! and don’t get me started on some of the Hanna Barbera cartoons like Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound. I blame Snagglepuss (in part) for my difficulties in learning directions. Exit, grinning all the way, stage left…

The flinstones were the best, and the Pink Panter too, very psychodelic that one…

I liked Spongebob, I just can’t handle too much of him. As we age our tastes change. I am a big fan of star trek but my kids don’t want to watch the new movie because their Dad likes the new movie. The cartoons today are created by a new generation that values violent action in cartoons coupled with revenge talk from non moving characters. These new cartoons do not give out jokes they set up kids to want to be violent in real life confrontations. Let’s cheer when the other guy gets beaten by a sword or a strike of energy from the other world.. This is your son’s Bugsbunny

today’s cartoon programming is why once in a while i will change over to boomerang network [also operated by cartoon network] they show a lot of older toons

Just my 2 cents worth on cartoons… I always envied Mel Blanc and his ability to consistently produce such a wide range of voices. Bugs Bunny developed my affection for classical music. My dad would get irritated when he would listen to some classical piece and I would laugh, associating the music with some cartoon scene. Honestly, can you listen to the Barber of Seville without picturing flowers popping up on Elmer Fudd’s scalp?

I have to agree with yyyguy: it took me a while to sort out left and right after watching Snagglepuss. Also lived a childhood filled with Huckleberry, Yogi, Speedy, Augie Doggie, Deputy Dawg, Quickdraw McGraw… It just occured to me… I think I may have spent waayyy to much time watching TV as a kid.

As to cartoon violence: growing up with cartoons and slapstick in the 1960’s range, I think no matter how funny it was on TV, we knew better than to poke our friends in the eyes with both fingers.

Then again, this is a comic site. Although Calvin is my daily stop, I check on Tarzan daily as well. I still like reading Blondie and Peanuts when I pass a newspaper, and miss the likes of Nancy, Alley Oop, and Li’l Abner.

for Harvey Smith – In my view, the function of cartoons /humor is to showcase the little insanities that exist in everyday life. That’s very hard to do unless one takes some little artistic license. In days of yore, the licennse was having horrible stuff befall the agressor– exploding firecrackers, falling off cliffs, etc. Everyone knew or was supposed to know that that stuff was unreal. Then a small group decided that children (who really were probably much smarter and sopisticated than they realized) couldn’t tell the difference. The result is some of the blandness one now sees on TV. Lessons are now not taught by humor, but by earnestness. I think a little something has been lost.

Face it, we’ve all had times when we figuratively want to wring the road runner’s neck.

…dear robbiejohn123…you lost me at,’Hello”….

I miss “Circus Boy” aAnd the rest of the great shows before the trash of today came about.

I am watching blues clues with my son right now on nogin. Where can I find bugs bunny haven’t seen those in years

anybody remember the rooster’s name in the Hanna Barbera toons? he’s one of my favorites.

all the cartoons that yyyguy and jon mentioned have been one of my favorites.my all time favorites are bugs bunny and tom & jerry.i still watch them when nothing seems to be coming on tv and i’m 18!!!!anyone remember penelope pitstop..i hated that cartoon.i use to watch top cat (i think that was the name) a lot too

back to the comic,doesn’t dad’s attitude remind you of calvin giving his opinion on everything.i’m sure dad’s talking about teletubbies and the like=)

In the 1950’s, there were a few television cartoons that actually allowed us kids to think. For example, Rocky and Bullwinkle used history and current topical themes to make us laugh.

Down here in Oz, back in the 50’s, in the papers, we had Raddish, The Potts, Ginger Meggs, Lil Sport, Garth, Bluey and Curly and Mandrake the magician. Then we got Dennis the Menace, Flash Gordon and The Phantom. I even remember James Bond (Dr No) as a comic strip in the 60’s.

Was that rooster ‘Foghorn Leghorn’?

Seems dad has been away from his childhood for too long.

Yes, but that means someone is confused. Foghorn Leghorn was one of Warner Bros.’ toons. If Hanna Barbara ever featured a rooster, I don’t remember him.

ladywolf17, if you read this, I changed my mind about my favorite character on this site. It’s B.C., all the way. I admire Peter, but B.C. and I think and emote in much the same screwball way.

But Calvin and Hobbes tie in second place. And Calvin, of course, is my evil twin.

I miss Rocky & Bullwinkle. Not to mention Henry Hawk & Foghorn Leghorn. Also Claude the cat.

You’re all bringing back memories of when I was a kid watching cartoons Saturday mornings with my brother. Maybe Dad can find some dvd’s of his favourite cartoons and watch them with Calvin to show what real cartoons were like.

I just wanted to say hi and that I’m new to this, signed on yesterday….

i thout it was Fog horn Claghorn……i remember him well, regalrdless of name. Good character.

Amen to Rocky and Bullwinkle. Sherman and Peabody was always a setup for some really bad puns!

We have a collection of Looney Tunes on disk, and my kids love them as much as I do.

How ‘bout Might Mouse and Underdog? I loved those fiesty little guys.

I remember when Aleta was kidnapped and taken to Niagara Falls and Val came and rescued her. If comics today are not bland, they are too violent. No happy medium.

Welcome Valena76. Hector Heathecoate, Beany & Cecil, Top Cat, Linus the Lionhearted…

and you wonder where Calvin gets it from.

[quote]John said: Then again, this is a comic site. Although Calvin is my daily stop, I check on Tarzan daily as well. I still like reading Blondie and Peanuts when I pass a newspaper, and miss the likes of Nancy, Alley Oop, and Li’l Abner.[/quote]

All three of those are available on another website comics.com. here’s a link to Li’l Abner http://comics.com/lilabnerclassics/ Unfortunately since they changed the format of that website they’ve repeated the same 5-6 storylines at least 6 or 8 times, where it used to be updated with a classic every day. Kinda annoying really, I’ve read these I wan to move on.

Some of the other classics are appearing on Newsok.com, but in modern versions which I personally don’t like. You can find the Phantom, Mandrake the Magician, Flash Gordon and many others there. Hope it helps.

Tom and Jerry was and still is a favourite for me. Today we get Itchy and Scratchy… a perfect epitome of what todays cartoons are like.

Hi to all the newcomers. Hope you all have a nice weekend :-)

Hey, let’s not forget all of the Superhero Cartoons: Superman, Batman(my favorite!), Aquaman, Space Ghost, The Herculoids, Moby Dick…..Need I go on?

Saturday mornings with Bugs and Friends was a family ritual for me and my three kids….whether they wanted to watch or not, haha.

My favorite was Road Runner - Now whenever I see “Acme” as a brand name, I can’t help but think of Wylie Coyote.

When I was little I used to buy Little Lulu and Superman comic books* - an interesting combination, yes? My mother thought comic books were trash, until she discovered that they had long words and were quite literate.

*I don’t mean they were both in the same comic book. I had one set of Little Lulus, and another set of Supermans. Clear?

We recently added boomerang to our DTV account and I love that my sons favorite cartoons are the oldies but goodies…Tom and Jerry, Johnny Quest, Justice League, Huckleberry Hound etc etc :)

Ahhh those were the days- circa 1982, a household quiet with sleeping parents & siblings, a heaping bowl of Cocoa Pebbles, and the mesmerizing magic of those wonderful cartoons.

If Calvin were my kid, and was watching TV quietly, I would Leave Him Alone!!!

Oh, and don’t forget George of the Jungle, Tom Slick, and Superchicken.

Another advantage of Rocky and Bullwinkle: all the other cartoons that got mixed in: Fractured Fairy Tales, Peabody, Dudley Do-Right, the one with the intrepid adventurer, and prob. others I’ve forgotten.

To all you who talked about your favourite cartoons, thanks for the wonderful walk down memory lane.

I’ve always been a huge fan of looney toons and also Snaglepuss, Scooby-Doo, Yogi Bear and some others. So what happenend to those great shows. They were replaced by Japanese anime and other not so desent cartoons.

Speaking of old cartoons. I loved the Rocky and Buwinkle show. I have a little shih tzu named Dusty Miller and his nick name is Mister Peabody. Any one remember him?

Foghorn J. Leghorn was one of the Looney Tunes characters, along with, of course, Bugs, Elmer, Porky, The Roadrunner, etc. Luckily for an old kid like me, Netflix has a number of DVDs of Looney Tunes cartoons, as well as Woody Woodpecker and his pals from Walter Lantz. Still great to watch - oh, for those so long ago Saturday kids matinees at your local theater…..You know, the theater with one screen only? Double feature, news, cartoon, an installment of some silly serial, previews, and NO ads.

Ok, now you guys did it. You got me to thinking about old kiddy shows and I got stuck on something and need help….

This wasn’t a cartoon, but it was a very popular kids show (B&W in the 60s?) hosted by a rather crazy fella who’s program always had surprise visitors knocking on doors. He was quite funny actually—‘specially the time he answered the door and totally cracked up laughing because, unbeknownst to us viewers, there was a bare naked gal standing on the other side.

The crazy guy/show is on the tip of my tongue but…..anybody??

Some great old cartoons and comics have been mentioned. My favourite as a kid back in the 40’s before television, was the Walt Disney comic books with the monthly Donald Duck story, and handful of comic strips. I could never understand Donald in the cartoon versions at the movies, but those comic books were real classics and the humour was quite sophisticated. I still have them, and used to read them to my kids as bedtime stories.

Grazer, I think that would be Soupy Sales.

I think my favorite cartoon character, tho I too enjoyed most all of the ones mentioned and others, would be The Master himself, Sir Donald Duck.

Of course ther’s also popeye the sailor man if it wasn’t for him I might have never tried spinach.

Well one thing is for sure,you guys must be a bunch of old farts!! Did anybody mention Mighty Mouse?? or Heckel and Jeckel? LOL

Honestly, I’m defiitely far too young to know even a handful of those cartoons..=D Well, I wasn’t very interested in cartoons and comics though. I only read “Astrix” comics at least twice…great humor!! Then..about four years ago..C&H showed up in a newspaper. And since then I’ve been a very loyal C&H reader. To me it’s been the best comic strip ever!!!!!

Is there still some out there who could explain me what a “gene siskel” is? English isn’t my mother tongue and I don’t find any translations… =(

That was “old time” animation folks, PEOPLE drew animation sequences, each cell was photographed. No computer graphics or digital animation. That is why I still love the comics, for the most part , they are still drawn by a cartoonist (a person). One of my favorite animated cartoons was Popeye the Sailor, before Brutus, check out the background illustrations in those “oldies” if you ever get the opportunity. If you like animated cartoons those are real gems.

Honestly, I don’t have any financial ties to Netflix (except for the $18 I pay them every month), but they have Mighty Mouse also, on a disc with Nancy, Little Lulu, Baby Huey, etc. No Heckle and Jeckle, though, but there is actually quite a bit of H&J on YouTube, for some reason. Not too much of the old Terrytoons out there. MADRUGA - Gene Siskel was a famous movie critic, with his partner Roger Ebert. Gene died sometime back.

BINGO, JonD!—“Soupy Sales” it was. Thank ye kindly.

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Madruga, this will help you understand the ‘Gene Siskel’ joke better…. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Siskel

“These characters don’t even move! They just stand around blinking!” Must be watching “Clutch Cargo”! <:-) Remember that? Only the lips and eyes would move!

JonD17-Your emoticon is from King Crimson’s “In the Court of the Crimson King” album! I just realized that! Cool!

Calvin fans - new TV program - man vs. catroon on tru.TV new tonight.

I think all posts should solely rely on the Strip Itself and not on personal problems or Ideals. Period. Well anyway the best Saturday Cartoon is Yosemite Sam & TAZ !

* Redskins fan, OMG, yes I used to watch Clutch Cargo when I got home from school!! Loved it! Are we old or what? Our youth today are missing so much!!*

carpetinwater9, Yea right I hear ya’! Yosemite Sam & TAZ! Personal problems, ideals. You are as big a kid as the rest of us and you LOVE IT!

I was THRILLED the other day to turn on my tv and find that CartoonNetwork branched out and has a new channel thats exclusively for the “old” cartoons that I used to watch as a kid….Yogi, Flintstones, SMURFS (my fav!) just to name a few. Had a BLAST watching them the other morning. Smurfs with a bowl of crappy kids cereal with a cup of coffee. the high was great the crash was MUCH worse than i ever remember it being… :)

Here is one site that shows a listing of some of the old cartoons - but I notice a lot are left out too!

http://www.nonstick.com/wdocs/charac.html

Does anyone remember a cartoon about a shark and his little sidekick - the shark was notorious for mixing up his cliches. One of my favorite lines he said was (when asked why he did something) “Oh…for the halibut!”

@Grazer, my pleasure good sir, You have provided me with many heartfelt laughs and some very7 fond reminiscences on these pages.

@Redskin Fan, yes it is King Crimson, as I said before they were an integral part of my post military uhm recentering. and Brother do you make me cringe mentioning Clutch Cargo. I think he was the beginning of the end.

more post thoughts; they weren’t exactly a cartoon, but does anyone care to admit to watching the Saturday morning show “Banana Splits”/ they were hilarious!

I learned to like classical music from the cartoons when I was a little girl. The characters used to build large buildings to the music.

Also, we read TinTin (and his dog Snowy) with his side kick Captain Haddock to our children growing up abroad. They were British, I believe. Really wonderful.

I think dad has just witnessed his first glimpse of anime.

Maybe he’s watching “Rocket Robin Hood” An action hero who never moves.

Anybody remember a cartoon with a spaceman and a robot who lived on an asteroid called ” Zero Zero Island”?

No one has mentioned Pink Panther! We watch those all the time with our kids on Netflix. Love their “watch instantly” feature.

Just figured it out - the shark was called “Misterjaw” with his sidekick, Catfish.

@ Ushindi and grazer: Thanks a lot for your help!!! Didn’t think of a person…not very smart ;-)..

i remember “Zero Zero Island” as being an island off the coast of Africa at 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude, but i don’t remember the cartoon. and I would be remiss if i didn’t mention my all-time favourite animated show, Jonny Quest. (The original, not the updated version that was bought out about 15 to 20 years ago.)

Well. I’m glad MY dad isn’t like Calvin’s dad. xD

Mr Peabody and his boy Sherman!!! And don’t forget “Fractured Fairy Tales”!!!

I guess his dad never watched cartoons as a child.

Being born in the 1990s, I was unable to tell that a lot of my cartoons were ads. Examples: Transformers GI Joe Batman: The Animated Series Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog/Sonic SatAM Pokemon Still, some Looney Tunes, Flintstones, and Tom and Jerry did make it into my itinerary.