Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for August 21, 2011
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August 22, 2011
Transcript:
verne: All the king's horses and all the king's men, couldn't put humpty together again..." Rj: hmmm..did he fall?....or was he pushed? hammy: Gasp! verne: he's an egg! sitting on a wall! what did he think was going to happen? RJ: maybe he was forced on to that wall. hammy: he knew too much! RJ: maybe he uncovered the identity of the rhymington rotter! verne: The rhymington...? hammy: he had to be silenced! RJ: Maybe he found out who tripped jack on that hill...or who baked those poor blackbirds into a pie?! hammy: Or who popped the weasel?! verne: It's a stupid nursery rhyme!! he fell!!...end of story!! RJ: you like pie, don't you verne? hammy: J'accuse!
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johnread3 over 13 years ago
Michael Fry and T Lewis on a Sunday morning invariably make the day better. What a hoot of a strip!
angel6897 over 13 years ago
R.J and Hammy know too much… they must be silenced!
celeconecca over 13 years ago
Love it! If you haven’t tried Jasper Fforde’s Nursery Crime series, it’s as loopy (but British) as this strip!
TheSpanishInquisition over 13 years ago
A true Over the Hedge masterpiece.
johneichman2 over 13 years ago
And they wedge in a nice historical allusion. Good job!
tsandl over 13 years ago
And don’t get me started on “Wee Willy Winky”. A guy running around in his PJs asking where everyone’s kids are? Seems a little suspicious to me.
Boots at the Boar Premium Member over 13 years ago
Anybody know what “rhymington rotter” refers to?
attius9 Premium Member over 13 years ago
Humpty Dumpty was an explicit metaphor for King Charles I, and the fall off the wall was a mataphor for Cromwell’s Puritan Revolution and the beheading of the King in 1649. Verne is not the only pedant in this picture.