Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 18, 1990
June 17, 1990
June 19, 1990
Transcript:
Calvin: Can I be excused? There's a TV show I want to see. Mom: We're still eating dinner, Calvin. Calvin: I'm through. This stuff was awful. I want to go watch television. Mom: It's impolite to leave the table in the middle of a meal. Calvin: So what am I supposed to do? Just sit here and watch you guys chew?! I'll miss my show! Mom: Your TV show isn't as important as spending some time together as a family. Calvin: We'll compromise. I'll go watch a sitcom family. Dad: In a minute you're going to discover the difference between those and real life.
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yow4zip Premium Member over 9 years ago
There’s no laugh track.
bmonk about 9 years ago
Sit coms manage to make everything funny.
PunCracker about 6 years ago
Comic strips are close enough.
alexzinuro over 1 year ago
I still don’t understand why, after the TV got stolen, Calvin’s parents didn’t replace it with an assortment of books that they could enjoy together with him. Suitable choices would have included:
1. A Gallery of Dinosaurs & Other Early Reptiles (©1989) by David Peters
2. The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures: A Visual Who’s Who of Prehistoric Life (©1988) by Dougal Dixon et al.
3. The Way Things Work (©1988) by David Macaulay
4. The Big Book of Amazing Animal Behavior (©1987) by Annette Tison and Talus Taylor
5. Everyday Things (©1987) by Eliot Humberstone
6. Nature Hide & Seek: Jungles (©1987) by John Norris Wood
7. The Big Book of Animal Records (©1985) by Annette Tison and Talus Taylor
8. Life in the Pond (©1985) by Eileen Curran
9. Joe Kaufman’s Slimy, Creepy, Crawly Creatures (©1985)
10. The Encyclopedia of Mammals (©1984) by Dr. David Macdonald (editor)
11. A Visit to the Sesame Street Firehouse (©1983) by Dan Elliott
12. First Questions About Animals (©1983) by Keith Faulkner
13. The Witches (©1983) by Roald Dahl
14. Simon & Schuster’s Guide to Mammals (©1982) by Luigi Boitani and Stefania Bartoli
15. The Doomsday Book of Animals: a Natural History of Vanished Species (©1981) by David Day
16. Do You Know? (©1979) by B. G. Ford
17. Barbapapa’s Ark (©1974) by Annette Tison and Talus Taylor
18. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (©1972) by Roald Dahl
19. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (©1964) by Roald Dahl
20. ABC of Cars and Trucks (©1956) by Anne Alexander
21. Just So Stories (©1912) by Rudyard Kipling
Bibleman2002 about 1 year ago
(To Calvin’s dad) in a minute you’re gonna discover the difference between a body cast and a body bag