Yesterday people on Twitter-X were posting that 60 years ago The Jetsons premiered. A couple of people were commenting how it was ridiculous in the opening titles that George was giving Jane cash to go shopping. But who’s to say a cartoon future might not’ve already tried electronic payments and decided to go back to physical money?
John Wayne, whose birth name was Marion Morrison. But Pastis did a good job picking a two-syllable phrase for a joke that would make a point true to Rat’s personality.
Hey, some of us are capable of enjoying both the sentimentality a comic can express and being snarky about it. It doesn’t have to be one or the other.