Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 23, 2015

Again with the monkeyshines.

The Man in the Yellow Hat is putting him up to this.

Somebody please beat up Rat.

In the next book, Stalker George goes to the hospital.

Monkey see, monkey do.

More like returning it to the way things once were. Look at how the old fairy tales originally wore, a lot more gruesome, and in some cases quite creepy, than the toned down versions we have today. Doubt Disney would have done as well with Cinderella if they depicted women mutilating their feet with knives to try and fit into the glass slipper (in the Grimm’s version one step-sister cut off her toes to fit the slipper and the other her heel, later they each get pecked in an eye by doves). Or how about Snow White and the Seven Dwarves having the queen eat the heart and lungs of a boar because she believed them to be Snow Whites (yup, happened in the fairy tale, along with a punishment of having to wear red hot metal shoes and dance until she died for trying to kill Snow White). Fairy tales of old have become a lot tamer.

What’s he changing it to? Peeping George?

Another public service from Rat. Creepy kids books.

And then the homeowner in the yellow hat shot and killed the stalker, George. The End.

I remember hearing a joke about “Bi-Curious George” once, so figured that was what Pastis was going for (likely with a last-minute save by the censor or a beat-down by a pack of rabid lawyers).

Next we will have “Rat In The Hat”

Reminds me of that creepy commercial where the Burger King shows up at some guys bedroom window.

Too old a reference. You’ll have everyone running to Google.(These days it would barely rate an R.)

Yeah that’s creepy

These days it would be Bi-curious George.

Next: Is Clifford the Big Red Dog the mutant offspring of Godzilla and Lassie?

Oooooooooooppp!

If you really look at the Older Fairy Tales most of them were kinda, sorta Creepy!

“i’m changing that” speaks to Pastis’ series of TimmyFailure books, found in the children’s section of the library.#plug

i thought he was going with something like the t-shirt i once saw—curious george dead after drinking a bottle marked poison or strychnine, something like that

Oh sure. Then ponder where the serial killers, ax murderers rapists et al. come from.

I’m not sure if this makes me a bad person but I would read Rat’s book.

xxx

I’ll be honest, I’ve never read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory even though I’ve seen both Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Didn’t care much for the latter movie so I didn’t pay much attention to it and would have to go back and watch it to see what happens to the kids. The former does have bad things happening to the kids, but outside of Wonka’s aloof attitude towards them you get the feeling they probably left the factory after being “rescued” (Agustus and Veruca) or returned to normal (Violet and Mike).

There’s a “Bi-Curious George” book out there somewhere.

Dhal actually wrote some amazing adult horror stories too…Try reading “Genesis and Catastrophe” without giving an involuntary shiver…

In1961 Roald Dahl had a TV show that competed with Twilight Zone called “Way Out.” It was actually aired in the timeslot just before TZ. Although it was rather good, it only lasted one season.

Goat, there are a whole lot of creepy children’s books.

rat is amazing

this terrifies me