This is definitely one of the later strips—the car looks 60s—Jeff’s mutton chops are thin and see through and the shopping basket is from the more modern era.Gone is the nostalgia for most of us oldies—take me back to the late 20s and 30s , the pace of life was slower and simpler.
M&J were one highlight of visiting my grandparents in the late ‘60s. Neither the Davenport Times-Democrat nor the Moline Daily Displatch had’em, but the Kewanee Star-Courier did!
Have you noticed that their hats are also are more up to-date then in the past..
@Susan Newman, Father time sneaks up on you when you least expect it and then Bam, the next thing your at optometrist. Ahh to have young eyes again… “Or young anything again”
They’re not wearing gloves. They’re in a super market with shopping carts. Al Smith signed it. The look of the cars makes me agree that this strip is from the middle 1950’s.
arye uygur over 12 years ago
You mean even in those days they had huge parking lots where you wouldn’t be able to find your car!?
quartermain over 12 years ago
This is definitely one of the later strips—the car looks 60s—Jeff’s mutton chops are thin and see through and the shopping basket is from the more modern era.Gone is the nostalgia for most of us oldies—take me back to the late 20s and 30s , the pace of life was slower and simpler.
quartermain over 12 years ago
At least the cop didn’t ticket them for being strung out!!
up2trixx over 12 years ago
Cars look early to mid 50’s to me. Late 50’s would be full of tail fins, 60’s would be more boxy and square.
gcarlson over 12 years ago
M&J were one highlight of visiting my grandparents in the late ‘60s. Neither the Davenport Times-Democrat nor the Moline Daily Displatch had’em, but the Kewanee Star-Courier did!
Foghorn Leghorn over 12 years ago
Have you noticed that their hats are also are more up to-date then in the past..
@Susan Newman, Father time sneaks up on you when you least expect it and then Bam, the next thing your at optometrist. Ahh to have young eyes again… “Or young anything again”
Ooten Aboot over 12 years ago
gmartin997 “Still haven’t figured out how Pierre De Beaumont ended up with the copyright in the 80s’s.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutt_%26_Jeff
J Short over 12 years ago
Jeff was stringing that cop along.
Buzza Wuzza over 12 years ago
They’re not wearing gloves. They’re in a super market with shopping carts. Al Smith signed it. The look of the cars makes me agree that this strip is from the middle 1950’s.
quartermain over 12 years ago
Re: eyesight, Susan, and “Silver Threads among the gold”—-“Time waits for no-one, it passes you by”’—
finefox Premium Member over 12 years ago
Pierre married Bud’s widow and survived her and inherited the copyright
Number Three over 12 years ago
LOL LOL. Good one!
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WW2 Marine Veteran over 12 years ago
Susan: You are on to the problems of we older folks: can’t see and can’t hear.
enyt over 12 years ago
I don’t see any Honda ac CORDS in the parking lot!!!
brklnbern over 12 years ago
Seems that there are certain eternal verities.
pbuckland Premium Member over 12 years ago
I like the 3D effect in the last panel. Mutt appears to be walking right out of the picture, as his hat is past the top line..