Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for July 01, 2012

SO SAD but TRUE. Happy Fourth of July everyone!

So… We want to be like Sparta?

@Nabuquduriuzhur: If you’re referring to abortions (at the risk of opening a can of worms), it’s worse to leave an already-born child in the wilds to die by himself.

Soldiers, like tent pegs are expendable.

This dufus is so dumb, he doesn’t know he is.

For you young folks who don’t recognize him, the salesclerk is Frank Nelson from “The Jack Benny Program.” See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Nelson_%28actor%29

Of course, I mean the salesclerk from Saturday’s strip.

Some I remember are Chase (Md), Jefferson (Va), Richard Lee (Va), Sam Adams (Ma), John Adams (Ma), Hancock (Ma), Wilson (Pa), Franklin (Pa), Livingston(NY), Lewis (NY), J. Bartlett (NH), Witherspoon (NJ), Rodney (Del), McKean (Del), Hopkins (R.I), R. Sherman (Conn), L. Hall (Ga).Remembered them from studies and the play/movie “1776”. Watch it every Independence Day.

Elbridge Gerry?

Manny Moe and Jack were mentioned in My Old Flame ,but they are the Pep boys of auto store fame!

Those last five names …lol, Rufus is so goofy!

Just read the fine print at “Brewster Rockit” for the 56 signers.

Sadly, that last panel speaks volumes. The proof? Today is Canada Day, the Canadian independence day and a major holiday. Yet many in the U.S. remain oblivious to what is going on right next door, as if it didn’t exist.

Spike Jones – My Old Flamehttp://youtu.be/9D2A32KUTq0At the 2:58 mark the Peter Lorre sounding character says, “…Manny, Moe, Jack…”

So, what’s with the Pep Boys references? If you recall, there was a strip a week or so ago where the Three Stooges were misnamed as Manny, Moe and Jack by someone. Is Jim’s car in the shop or something?

That was the campaign slogan for W. Harrison (war hero of the battle at Tippecanoe) and running mate J. Tyler, who became President upon the death of Harrison.