Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 15, 2012

The speed of light,sound.

Wonder if dad will follow through on his threat…

Ah, Music Critics!

They are grooving like nobody’s business!! Calvin’s a hep-cat & Hobbs is a cool-cat!

What a kid they have.

Are there orphanages for children with tigers?

Wonderful, my most loved!!

Oh yeah, Dad’s got to do it. It’s the only way to save their sanity.

The Strip that Launched 1000 Copyright Violations

Dance, dance, dance…all night long.

It’s the soullllllllllllllllllll Train!

Who’s turn is it to turn the lights out on that party anyway?

LOL…

If you play a Springsteen album at 78 rpm, it sounds like Dolly Parton, No, really!

I feel so comfortable amongst folks who know what 78 rpm means.

Too bad that even when Calvin and Hobbes are being incredibly cool, their timing is so off.

Some of the fun things you could do with vinyl

It’s a record for a dance marathon!

wow…he has those black discs that you find in museums now.

Unbridled joy!

OH NUTS! Someone turned on my web cam. But why am I dressed like a tiger?

All of my classical albums are 78s…

Okay, but be sure to send the kid too. They are a matched set.

♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫Dancing rocks!!!!

Mike Jittlov played a polka at 78rpm for the soundtrack in the first half of his cult favorite Wizard of Speed and Time student short.

What parent hasn’t wanted to give their kid away at some point? But few of us rarely do. Maybe the kids would be better off if we did.

Man, its so obvious..they’ve discovered the Grateful Dead! Only thing missing is the tiedye!

I love it when a comic strip makes me laugh out loud.

78 rpm? What’s that?

How many 30 year olds reading this have no idea what “78 RPM” is referring to?

Awww, That is so cute!

Dance until you drop Calvin & Hobbes!

xxx

Sorry Dad, no returns on sale items.

I just love the different poses for Cal in and Hobbes.If those are moments in time of pure joy and happiness I don’t know what are. Enjoy those times folks, the years will pass, then you’ll wonder where did it all go?

What orphanage would take him?

@Number Six. Where is Hobbes? Is he Number One? And why aren’t my replies highlighted in blue?

Damn, I shoulda checked C&H earlier!

A few years ago, we went looking for a 78 rpm turntable to play our antique collection. Most looked at us like we were asking for a wax cylinder machine. (We finally found one, still in the box, at a small town pawn shop.)

♪♫♫♫♪♪We get it on most every night when that moon is big and bright its a supernatural delight everybodys dancing in the moonlight ♪♫♫♫♪♪

♪♫♫♫♪♪everybody here is out of sight they dont bark and they dont bite they keep things loose they keep it tight everybodys dancing in the moonlight ♪♫♫♫♪♪

♪♫♫♫♪♪dancing in the moonlight everybodys feeling warm and bright its such a fine and natural sight everybodys dancing in the moonlight ♪♫♫♫♪♪

♪♫♫♫♪♪we like our fun and we never fight you cant dance and stay uptight its a supernatural delight everybody was dancing in the moonlight ♪♫♫♫♪♪

This is one of the all-time greatest C&H strips. At the very least, it is the most copied & photoshopped one.

Sorry, Dad – No returns allowed.

78 RPM ????I doubt Calvin would be aware of that.Even in the 80’s 45 & 33 records would be touch and go !

I know what he was saying/singing all the time……….didn’t you?? hee hee

Yeah! Saturday night party..! Dad could have allowed him to go to MG Road with Susie.

if calvin hears your threat dad, it would surely affect your popularity poll..

love the colors esp when they dance

78 RPM? No CD plays that slowly.

Cool, Daddy-O.

NightGaunt: I can’t see that sort of dancing to Handle’s Mr. Watters Music.

They know where it’s at.

The frames/pictures are worth more than 1000 words each

This is a repeated comic

I’m telling you: try playing a Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony LP at 78 RPM, and you’ll know how fast that kid’s mind races.

I like to imagine the Specialist theme from persona 4 is playing.