Caption The Cartoon Part Deux

As the lawyer for this restaurant, I'm concerned that if she becomes inebriated, the cops will end up giving a breathalyzer to her and fifteen tipsy snakes.

"I thought she was supposed to be a bloody jellyfish. Jellied eels more like"

Snakes on a Plane. That was a good movie.

You're not going to believe this, Perceus.

Ooh. If those were anacondas.

"Whadya say we take the hint and slither on out of here?"

. . . and widely spaced thunderstorms possible today.

"**** it, go outside."

Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to get out of bed!

I sh*t you not; it's a rainy day today.

"And here with the weather is Joe Btfsplk's little girl, Mary Celeste."

I’ll bet Im not the only one who gets this reference to lil Abner comic strip.

I thought about that character but didn't remember how to spell his name.

I didn't have a clue, still at a bit of a loss if I'm honest.

American newspaper strips don't get much attention over here.

There was Doonsbury in the Guardian, and Hagar the Horrible but that's about it.

I know, I know, suddenly I felt very very old.

There was a movie made about Lil Abner back in the late 50's or early 60's. If I remember correctly it was a terrific musical. L'il Abner was a fictionalized uber-country style movie about a backwoods 'fictional' town. I remember the cartoonist was a former WWII military type but he was a difficult man and made a lot of trouble during his boozy lifetime. Can't think of his name right now, but his comic strip was a big hit in the States, especially with the people who also fought or lived thru the war. I remember there was a fabulous dancer who played a character called "stupefyin' jones", played by Julie Newmar.....she was terrific. If you google anything, google her dance....it was fantastic.

Al Capp was the creator of the strip. He was a horrid little man who espoused his diatribes publicly often.

Apropos of nothing, the Lil Abner movie had a memorable character played by curvaceous Julie Newmar (also played Catwoman in a Batman movie).

That's right, the odious Al Capp, he was a total pile of poo poo. The movie was released in 1959 and had a terrific cast. I've been trying to pull up Julie Newmar's bit, but have been unlucky. She looked great, but I can't find the scene I was thinking about (Maybe I remember incorrectly).

I was tolerant of Capp until he called students SWINE (Students Wildly Indignant About Nearly Everything) and name called Joan Baez.