Ah, the good old days, when you’d hoist a safe or a grand piano to an upper floor without roping off a safety area on the ground and routing pedestrians around it. People were tough back then! Why, if a safe fell on your head everyone would think “what a careless person, to let that happen”!
“There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to – The Outer Limits.”
PicaraJustina over 4 years ago
In the old days we could still get reception and sound even if there were a ghost.
Grumpy Old Guy over 4 years ago
Back when “horizontal & vertical” hold were key TV adjustment functions…
Auntie Clockwise over 4 years ago
An oblique trajectory from Ernie.
This strip seems to directly address the global accident known as television, but on an oblique trajectory.
Ernie the “media critic.”
Magic Brain over 4 years ago
Max Headroom
Major Matt Mason Premium Member over 4 years ago
No, Dick Tracy. That’s “Shaky, Jr.”
kenshively over 4 years ago
I thought maybe she was talking about Don Knots…
Zebrastripes over 4 years ago
Sluggo’s all shook up, ahuh, he’s all shook up….
atomicdog over 4 years ago
He’s shaking like that because he’s just seen “Bad Luck Blackie.” He’s waiting for the battleship.
jrankin1959 over 4 years ago
Naw – you’re mistaking me for the current villain in the Dick Tracy comic seven strips over…
Another Take over 4 years ago
Sluggo needs a drink. Bad.
WCraft Premium Member over 4 years ago
He’s out of sync with this universe…
tims145 over 4 years ago
Ah, the good old days, when you’d hoist a safe or a grand piano to an upper floor without roping off a safety area on the ground and routing pedestrians around it. People were tough back then! Why, if a safe fell on your head everyone would think “what a careless person, to let that happen”!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 4 years ago
We Are Controlling Transmission
“There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to – The Outer Limits.”
brklnbern over 4 years ago
A typical TV screen hold problem back when.
rcoaster over 4 years ago
Or perhaps a Baird televisor?