Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 21, 2012
Transcript:
Pig: Do you think if we're bad in life, we really go to a place called 'Hell'? And if so, what's it like? Rat: Hell is a small, windowless room filled with nothing but the sound of polka music. Pig: I will repent right now. Rat: Remember... Only Satan could have invented the accordion.
Phatts over 12 years ago
… thought it was the bagpipe?
Sherlock Watson over 12 years ago
Yankovic 3:17 — “And yea, the wicked shall be seduced and led to their doom by a lady of Spain.”
kj1398 over 12 years ago
i feel like pig has repented like 5 times….. whats with that?
Templo S.U.D. over 12 years ago
What Rat said at the end reminds me of a two-panel “Far Side” cartoon: Angel says, “Welcome to heaven. Here’s your harp.” Devil says, “Welcome to hell. Here’s your accordion.” My parents even have it framed (my late mother was a harpist [her harp from when since she was 15 was given to a niece] and my father —in his pre-teens— was an accordionist).
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 12 years ago
“Hell is other people.” – Jean-Paul Sartre
Wallaby over 12 years ago
uhh… And if you like polka music?
the_log_of_the_antares over 12 years ago
“Only Satan could have invented the accordion.” I agree. How do I ‘LIKE’ this page a hundred times?
Bilan over 12 years ago
But who created the people that play accordians?
Hillbillyman over 12 years ago
Varnes over 12 years ago
Wallaby, polka music played with banjos…..you will repent, or we’ll throw in the bagpipes…….playing MacArthur Park!
Varnes over 12 years ago
MacArthur Park, polka style, played by banjos and bagpipes, and why not, a penny whistle…..
Varnes over 12 years ago
Hillbillyman, music is like candy, I throw away the rappers…..
knight1192a over 12 years ago
Really Rat, I thought it was filled with Justin Bieber music.
eddie6192 over 12 years ago
Lawrence Welk would be rolling over in his grave if he ever heard these two.
doublepaw over 12 years ago
I had a nephew that used to play the accordion. He gave it up to play music.
Hadarmil over 12 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsLgrnzfiZU&feature=fvwrel
The best jazz musician on the planet. The Accordion is not to blame for crappy Polka as much as you can’t blame guitars for crappy Country music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-MSysORmPc
3hourtour Premium Member over 12 years ago
..I like polka..
rejoiceitellyourejoice over 12 years ago
Here we have pearls from the swine.
Mostly Water Premium Member over 12 years ago
Tubas tubas tubas!
johndifool over 12 years ago
Hey Pastis, there’s plenty of other types who will rip off Gary Larson all day-why join them?
jmartin1955 over 12 years ago
I handle auto claims, satan invented those also, I’m in hell.
Sisyphos over 12 years ago
Must dissent theologically, Pastis. Here I stand: the is nothing inherently evil about either the accordion or polka music! It’s generations of enforced bad accordion-playing and bad polka knock-offs that have led to these unjust accusations! Hell would be having a bad “lounge singer” and accompanying pianist in that little room….
jmorris9999 Premium Member over 12 years ago
I’ll buy a shirt with that strip on it for anyone that will wear it to the San Antonio International Accordion Festival. There must be video of it being worn at the festival and being cut off the body at the hospital.Not that I’m a fan…..
rolleg over 12 years ago
There are three circles of hell: Hip-Hop, Country & Western, and Modern Jazz.
rshive over 12 years ago
A terrorist once kidnapped a busload of banjo players. He threatened to release them if his demands weren’t met.
emjaycee over 12 years ago
I actually like accordion and bagpipe music. Just not at the same time.
finale over 12 years ago
Bravery: The accordian player in an all-girl topless band.
hcr1985 over 12 years ago
If you like polka, then Hell is filled with rap music that features the filthiest lyrics
chaimsmom over 12 years ago
As an accordion player, I have to agree.
pfantom58 over 12 years ago
He must have invented Comics since they are so much fun
Pandapapa over 12 years ago
I thought hell was watching endless re-runs of ‘The Sound of Music.’
tigre1 over 12 years ago
“If I have to listen, tie me to the mast…row on…”
Stream of conscience over 12 years ago
Played by crocs…
coffeemugman over 12 years ago
Reminds me of a Larson Far Side piece of the same reference. “Welcome to Heaven, here’s your harp. (bottom of panel) Welcome to hell, here’s your accordion”
Spyderred over 12 years ago
I would have said trumpets playing “the lost child”,
Chepi89 over 12 years ago
Hell could be listening to country in the midwest.
rroush Premium Member over 12 years ago
I would have thought Satan would be playing the “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” over and over and over and…
margieface over 12 years ago
For me it would be Organ music!
Dapperdan61 Premium Member over 12 years ago
For me the devils instrument is the ukulele
Lynn Savage over 12 years ago
Anyone who doesn’t like polka hasn’t heard Brave Combo.
Peter Gruenbaum Premium Member over 12 years ago
Q: What’s the difference between an onion and an accordion?A: No one cries when you cut up an accordion.
fishbulb239 over 12 years ago
Hell is the largest city in Arizona.
Number Three over 12 years ago
I know that Rat will be on his way down there.
And Pig will finally be able to fly with his angel wings.
xxx
Paul Go Premium Member over 12 years ago
I disagree with Rat.
peabodyboy over 12 years ago
The devil gave up the fiddle and took up the accordion, after Johnny beat him down in Georgia.
YakuzaBob over 12 years ago
Does this make Weird Al Yankovic the Ghost Rider?!
unca jim over 12 years ago
" Hat-Trick’ definition; “Bouncing an accordion off the back of a dumpster, crushinga banjo and a bagpipe on the same shot.” I know, I know… Heresy in the Midwest, but I’ve BTDT,play all three. Yankovic paid well.
GoodQuestion Premium Member over 12 years ago
Aw wunnerful, wunnerful . . . . ⚉
acesover over 12 years ago
Extreme Accordion Skills
karljung over 12 years ago
If you’ve never heard the Beer Belly Polka you have not lived in either Heaven or Hell. Note to self, Gotta git me some sausage and beer.
kzcreations.com over 12 years ago
geez talk about comments! who would’ve known an accordion pun would spark such a conversation! i was talking to myself over on the Bo Nannas strip, but there’s a lot of action here!
alaskajohn1 over 12 years ago
Rap played on kazoos
Bill Chapman over 12 years ago
Nah – Bagpipes are a human invention. They are designed specifically to annoy your neighbors and everyone else within 5 miles….
Doctor Go over 12 years ago
http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~kaminsmj/welcome.jpg
Stormrider2112 over 12 years ago
Weird Al Yankovic. His polka medleys are some of the greatest mashups of pop music ever created!
g.iangoodson over 12 years ago
The Who?
readerjdl over 12 years ago
As a good German married to a Polish gentleman, I MUST rise to the defense of the accordion and the polka…..fun music!!!! and I don’t care what rat and pig think!!!
Ranger Reg over 12 years ago
THANK YOU for reminding everyone that June IS Accordion Awareness Month! ;.)
Snoopy_Fan over 12 years ago
Y’all crack me up!!!
whiteaj over 12 years ago
The banjo.
whiteaj over 12 years ago
Perfect pitch: when the banjo and the accordion hit the dumpster at exactly the same time.
el8 over 12 years ago
Use an Accordian, Go to Prison
ronaldschafer over 12 years ago
() lolGood one.
lakita_lover over 12 years ago
If Stephen is a Weird Al fan, he ought to mail a signed copy of this to Al. :)
librarymom over 12 years ago
Death Metal Accordion rocks.
ReneeZimbodgi over 12 years ago
100TH COMMENT!!!
jessegooddoggy about 12 years ago
Yes, if I knew hell was filled with rap, I would become a bible thumper yesterday.
comicsnerd74 over 9 years ago
oh god no.
Ethan the new guy over 9 years ago
Excuse me, I happen to love bagpipe music!
Venetus Alpha almost 6 years ago
I like the Accordion!
sdfghjkkkk almost 5 years ago
dont let jon arbuckle hear that