The original audience would have been aware of the reference. See The Mamas & The Papas – Dancing In The Street (HQ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2MTbbPotwo
I just noticed that this is Dilbert classic. I think I prefer the new dilbert at http://www.dilbert.com . It works better when I bring it up in conversation. Also this classic stuff has been been a two man show lately.Has he been layed off or is this classic set filtered for no office scenes?
I had to know what “Pieces of Eight” referred to since i can’t see a Styx Shultz connection. From Annotations to The Complete Peanuts: 1963 – 1964 (vol. 7) by Charles M. Schulz "(December 19, 1964) 2nd panel. Parrots do indeed make a squawking sound, and some can be taught to “talk.” One parrot cliché is that they are the companions of pirates. In Robert Louis Stevenson’s (1850 – 1894) 1883 novel Treasure Island, Long John Silver’s parrot squawks “Pieces of eight,” a reference to the Spanish currency during the heyday of pirates (17th and 18th centuries) that was worth eight reales. "
A very old storyline had Drabble lose his gut. More than 10 years ago.