Phil & Jake rank the funny-pages sensation Garfield, the proposed policy of student loan forgiveness, and the word “y’all” on the List of Every Damn Thing.
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SHOW NOTES:
- There's an infamous strip where Jon Arbunkle drinks dog semen. For the record, Jim Davis denied that's what was going on.
- Discussion of portrayals of cats in popular culture leads to some talk about Tom and Jerry and much talk about Heathcliff (the Original Orange Cat).
- Phil was wrong about the name of the Garfield convention, it's called the Garfield Gathering. It should be called The Garfering. The next one is May 20th, 2022 in Warwick, Rhode Island. They don't happen every year so don't miss your chance.
- Garfield Minus Garfield were some edits people made in which Garfield was removed. Phil mentions the very grounded and realistic Garfield without his thought balloons.
- Beetle Bailey is singled out by Phil as a good gag strip
- Olivia James took over drawing the comic strip Nancy a few years ago and it's been a breath of fresh air. The old Ernie Bushmiller strips are extremely good also.
- Garfield: His 9 Lives was a very strange Garfield project in the 80s.
- When talking about historical tax jubilees, Phil didn't really understand the mechanics too well but in Leviticus, God tells the Hebrews to forgive debts and free slaves every 50 years. It's unclear how this worked in practice. The idea wasn't unique to Hebrews, there are also records of jubilee proclamations in Babylon & Egypt.
ALSO DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
vocabulary * spelling * Bill Murray * Garfield: The Movie * Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties * Odie * Nermal * Pookie * lasagna * capitalism * Donald Duck * Popeye * Sir Topham Hatt * Charmander * Jessica Rabbit * Cinderella * the 80s * Theodore Roosevelt * Aerosmith * “Friday” by Rebecca Black * Girl Scout Cookies * t
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