Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for June 12, 2012

I agree, Marigold. What? Someone tell me this “The Godfather” scene to which Phoebe was referring.

First off, Phoebe is way too young to have seen or to have been allowed to see “The Godfather”.

gimmickgenius totally predicted this yesterday.

Thanks, Cinquefoil!Phoebe does a good John Marley; next let’s hear her Bob Marley.

I’ve never seen it either, Marigold. And I don’t particularly want to…

Can someone enlighten us on this scene from Godfather? Never seen it, don’t really want to anyway.

I never saw “The Godfather” either, but my understanding is that there was a scene in which someone woke to find a severed horse’s head in the bed beside him.

That’s right, Iron Ed. Some kind of threat or warning. And the film has an R rating for a very good reason, so John Reiher is right that Phoebe shouldn’t be allowed to watch it.

to try and fill the cultural vacuum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avER-t6GL4U

When the movie came out on tv i was too young to watch it, but I did anyway. A lot of kids get to see things on tv that they really probably shouldn’t. If I get the scene wrong it’s because I am trying to remember 40+ years ago rather than look on imdb, but basically the Godfather was a Mafia Don and the owner of this horse wouldn’t fix a race the mob wanted him to. He thought he had gotten away with standing up to the Godfather, but woke up with his beloved horse’s head in his bed. This showed the power of the Godfather to have just as easily come in and kill him.

It took me a few seconds to understand today’s strip. At the third panel I wondered “isn’t this strip aimed at kids?”

Then I had a good laugh.

It was a horse named “Khartoum.” Mr. Wolz was going to put him out to stud, not to race. He expected, I reckon, to make a good pile of money doing it.

Pity that poor horse!

dont watch any human movies Marigold. a good book is far better.

Actually, I thought today’s strip was hilarious. I admit, I didn’t see where it was going until she said the Godfather. It is just a cartoon meant to entertain (which in my opinion did), so I don’t bother to ruin the fun by evaluating on rather she would be old enough to see the movie..If I bothered with that , then i would start to focus on a girl interacting with a unicorn.

When I was sixteen, I read the book just before the movie came out. I had friends who had read it a few year before that. Later, I saw the movie during its first run.

Now, Sackett was partially right. The man was a movie producer who hated an actor (who they say was based on Sinatra). The actor wanted a part in a movie, but he reused to cast him because of his disdain. The Corleone family sent people to the producer to talk him into changing his mind. The man refused and even insulted them.

Well, the Corleone motto was, “make an offer you can’t refuse”, which the man did. For a hobby he bred show and race horses. He had one horse in particular that he was really fond of. It was prefect and a good race horse. He was seeing possibilities of Triple Crown in the future.He woke up one morning and blood was all over him and his sheets. He sat up and screamed. Sharing the bed with him was the severed head of his favorite horse.

I really liked your comic today Dana, it is a shame it had to be explained. Of course that is what we old farts are here for.

Just DON’T watch ‘The Cabin in the Woods’ together.

And come on already, The Godfather’s been on cable only HOW many times?

A man with a prized race horse pisses of the mafia.the next day he wakes up to find blood in his bed and then spots the head of his horse on the bed

It wasn’t “special effects,” either.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090512033918AA3U9um

What is the effect of human horror movies on a mythical beast? Soap operas? Pepsi commercials? Does she have more sense than this child’s guardians.

wait a second, the godfather is rated r! how old is she!?

I love the way Marigold’s braids stick straight out like a fright wig!LOL

I guess the unicorn doesn’t know about movies.

Who has to have actually seen “The Godfather” in order to have seen references, spoofs, etc, of that scene? That was even parodied in “Despicable Me”! So it’s not unreasonable for Phoebe to have encountered a spoof and had asked to have it explained to her.

When I finally got around to seeing the Godfather, I had to close my eyes through the “horse head” scene until my husband told me it was safe.

Reminds me of one of the Rugrats movies where Angelica accidently saw the Godfather. She put the head of a rocking horse in the twins’ crib to get back at them for getting her doll dirty!

Leave the squirt-gun, take the cannoli.

I’m now reminded of the parody they did at the Reubens a few years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlUXVPjyEgA

Gees guys. Godfather was just a movie. I thought Marigold’s sleeping head (and pun) was just a hoot!

I have an almost-three-year old, and he’s already seen his father play some violent video games (don’t like it, but he is/was bound to see them anyway) We just have to wait till he’s asleep for the good movies.

the problem is expressing the silliness of having a horse in the house. People are unfamiliar with horses. There are plenty of images of them scratching each others backs, rolling, leaning on things, but none John Q Public is familiar with. Horse-bedroom will be godfather horse every time.

ok problem is ignorance of audience, silliness of 800lb animal in the house, colliding of worlds. Worlds seems most important.

Alright, bed scene: panel 1: M- (sleepy posture) ‘? What else do you do at slumber parties? yawn’ panel 2: P (big grin launching at bed in cannon ball dive) ‘Bonzai!’ M bug eyes or curious eyes. 1/2 panel 3: sound effect lettering ’ BABOOM Crash.’ Panel 4: litter debris all over kitchen Phoebe hangs by panties from ceiling fan. Mom (outside frame) ‘No monkeys jumping on the bed.’ M (underneath debris small script) ‘4 ricochets moan.’

lol,maybe she snuck a peek at the film while her parents were watching it… anyhoo,this is a classic strip…

Marigold in the second panel, I about wet myself laughing! Just discovered this strip and I LOVE it!!!! Dana, you are a mad genius!! <3

Why is she watching “The Godfather” if she’s in the fourth grade?

But who am I to critisize this strip?

(Nice job, Dana ;)

I noticed this strip wasn’t included in the book collections. Is it because of the implications of a nine year-old having seen The Godfather?

its strange this comic is the only one that not in the 1st book or that got in color

This little girl has seen The Godfather. I haven’t even seen the Godfather.