Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for December 13, 2008

It’s hard to miss, Chuck.

It can be easy to miss the obvious.

I tabulate that this panel is funny on ten levels, but somebody better than myself might find more.

And you may ask yourself…how did I get here? I wouldn’t be surprised to find out David Byrne does this comic.

Personally, I am shocked that Cleo called another character a “fiendish-former-friend-from-Florida”, and in a movie for kids to boot! This must have been in her youth, when she was still trying to cultivate her “bad basset” image.

And since when are bassets two-fisted? When are they one-fisted?

Who knew that Oliver could load his AK-47 with suction cup arrows?

I really like the lamp. I’ll bet if you tickled the shade, the lamp would try to scratch itself.

Now I see that Cleo, like Oliver, has an affinity for the Plumber’s Helper.

He never bothered to read the signs.

And just what does Cleo expect to see while looking up under that lamp shade?

I keep thinking that those Christmas stockings don’t look lumpy enough. Must be because Santa hasn’t come yet and filled them with coal!

Great poster, Stel. I see that four letter word is never spoken here, either. I have never been able to say it myself. Closest I come is “oooooooooh, darn”. And I can never say P—- O—.

Golly.

I love this poster. Really captures the movie.

I have said The Word only in my head….only when really provoked into it. If I ever say it out loud, look out..

Didn’t Cleo have a role in the human movie as well? She played one of the “smelly bu&&ers!”

ah yes, Christmas is coming!!