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I remember that same “recording of someone in distress” trap also being done in the Underdog episode arc “The Great Gold Robbery”, the George of the Jungle episode “Big Top Trap”, and the Penelope Pitstop episode “Wild West Peril”. But since those were the 1960s, the villains used a record player instead of a tape recorder. The second one there I also incorporated into a spoof of this strip; in the second panel Calvin’s voice cries out “HELP! MURDER! POLICE!” and in the third panel, a phone operator’s voice plays on the tape, “This has been a recorded message.”
Heh, at first I thought “Oyez” was a weird way of imitating electrical arcing or something, until I learned it’s pretty much the French way of saying “Hear ye” in such a meeting. I can picture Hobbes tapping the flashlight like a gavel against the side of the box as he says “Oyez! Oyez!”
Calvin: “Uh, they let us out early today. There was, um, a virus outbreak. … Don’t waste your time! They sent everyone home and shut down the school! There’s nobody there!”
I know, right? Probably had something to do with the name of Calvin’s hometown never being revealed. But it’s still amusing how Calvin’s elementary school is just named Elementary School. (“Yes, but which elementary school is this?”)
Heh, it’s not like in the old “Richard Scarry’s Busytown” PC game where you can make the wind wreak havoc along the beach, including breaking the string on Huckle’s kite. “Whoa, my kite! Better hold on!” snap! “Oh no! There it goes!”
I remember that same “recording of someone in distress” trap also being done in the Underdog episode arc “The Great Gold Robbery”, the George of the Jungle episode “Big Top Trap”, and the Penelope Pitstop episode “Wild West Peril”. But since those were the 1960s, the villains used a record player instead of a tape recorder. The second one there I also incorporated into a spoof of this strip; in the second panel Calvin’s voice cries out “HELP! MURDER! POLICE!” and in the third panel, a phone operator’s voice plays on the tape, “This has been a recorded message.”