Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for March 24, 2008

Hi, everybody…..

Welcome to the comments forum for ….

Which you can read on Sherpa:

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

Wow, I feel kinda funny peeking into Ken and Connie’s living room,

in the middle of a little…. um… OK, it’s not really a tiff, or a squabble….

I guess it’s just a bad moment for Ken….

Connie’s fine.

Happy, in fact.

Ken is just feeling a bit disgruntled….

I’m sure he’ll get over it, as soon as Connie votes for him, on Monday night.

(You wouldn’t want to make her rush, to give up her time with the title, would you?)

But Ken… if it bothers you….

Why did you vote for her?

She must have gotten two votes…

and it’s not like little Milo can cast one, is it?

Um…. it’s not, is it?

Really?

Milo always knows who the Best Person of the Day is, and it’s not grumpy Ken!

Apologies to RT, the first difference I noticed was:

Top: Cleo is hiding behind the couch

Bottom: Cleo is in the back seat of the Studebaker outside the window.

Well, everybody… here’s the side by side version of today’s puzzle extravaganza…..

Another Edward Hopper…. I’m sensing a theme (nothing gets past me, does it?)

This used to be “Western Motel” from 1957.

But now it’s “Western Motel, Slightly Altered, with Puzzling Variations, and No Basset Hounds,” (with a little help from Nighthawks) from 2018

https://s9.postimg.org/ml81dg2u7/Cleo_nine_differences_Mar_24th_18.png

While you’re waiting for the Auto Club to come and jump start the Buick here’s the solution to today’s Cleo & Co. puzzle.

https://s5.postimg.org/tsqautbon/Cleo20180324.gif

And as always no peeking under the hood or rummaging through he suitcases.

Good morning! I can hardly believe it, I got all 9, maybe I made a couple up but I am feeling good now! Happy Saturday everyone!

I’m sure on cold mornings, you had to really pump that accelerator pedal to get it started……..I’m not certain, but I believe that’s a ’54 Buick Roadmaster….

but I have a sneaky suspicion that it will be confused with a ’57 Studebaker bySOMEbody her today.

ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛs

I’m SOMEbody Now(!)

“1st Saturday of Spring Non Solution Special”

   1.  Top panel: Lady looks buff because she is an East German clone of Martina Navratilova. Bottom panel: Lady looks buff because she didn’t used to be a lady (if you know what I mean).

   2.  Top: ’57 Studebaker parked in front of Western Motel is fake (It’s Hopper’s version of a trick question – ’57 Studebakers didn’t come in green). Bottom: Highly anticipated bottom half of Ole Scalawag’s always hilarious ’57 Studebaker weekly bit is CANCELLED! (he’s pouting b/c Dennis (and some NObody) tried to steal his schtick).

   3.  Top: Luggage tag reads, “If found please return to Leipzig Day Spa & GDR Olympic Training Center.” Bottom: Luggage tag reads, “Meine Freundin went to the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and all I got was ein lausiger Gepäckanhänger.”

   4.  Top: “Lamp” is leftover miniature prop from H.G. Welles War of the Worlds that cheapskate producers of C&C picked up at Paramount yard sale. Bottom: “Lamp” is early low tech forerunner to Facebook personal information gathering device used to secretly funnel individual voter dossiers to Richard Nixon’s 1960 presidential campaign organization.

   5.  Top: Highway visible thru window is Route 66, Tʜᴇ Mᴀɪɴ Sᴛʀᴇᴇᴛ ᴏғ Aᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀ. Bottom: Highway is Route 202, Tʜᴇ Mᴀɪɴ Sᴛʀᴇᴇᴛ ᴏғ Bᴇʟᴄʜᴇʀᴛᴏᴡɴ.

   6-9.  Highly technical. Only Perkycat, who’s allergic to robins, MontanaLady, who knows an EWWWWWWWW! when she sees it; SusanSunshine, the punny punning punster of E. Punnytown; and StelBel, who would never waste a $100 bill on a cigar, would understand.

Okay. I finally got ALL nine! WooHoo! Let the week end begin!!! Party’s at my house. We’ll start with Coffee and segue to wine a little later.

(Oh, the first thing I noticed was the car…….and quickly checked it to see if it was a 57 Studebaker.)

Got them all in about 10 mins. A new record!