Frank and Ernest by Thaves for September 15, 2013
September 14, 2013
September 16, 2013
Transcript:
Ernest: Welcome to another edition of "Frank and Ernest's History". Frank: It's a little-known fact that calendars and sensationalistic reporting were invented almost simultaneously! Caveman #1: I've devised a way of organizing days and years! Caveman #2: I see. Caveman #2: We have a dramatic, exclusive report! I don't want to alarm everybody... Caveman #2: ...but your days are now numbered!
Why talk about “competition for Pastis”? Frank & Ernest has been around, I think, a lot longer than Pearls Before Swine (at least I was reading it for many years before I ever heard of Pastis’s strip). And play on words is the main premise of F&E, where PBS uses it as one of many.