This was from back when one could trust the content of newspapers and before they had comics and advertisements. We're talking about a really OLD newspaper here.
It's changed an awful lot over the last decade, so you have some catching up to do. A bat/hedgehog hybrid, a coup or two at Herd Thinners, and species-changing surgery from wolf to sheep are among the highlights.
I first saw Greater Tuna in Midland in 1982, which featured other actors, and was impressed as to how good it was. I later saw it at the 1894 Opera House in Galveston, with the original cast of Sears and Williams, and was blown away, along with a raucous full house. Loud and prolonged laughter is its hallmark, and one has to see it several times just to hear all of the dialogue. Sadly, the three sequels, each of progressively lesser quality, do not live up to the original.
Look at the really old Garfields that Davis drew before others took over that job. The artwork is poor, the plots perfunctory and the jokes lame and repetitive. It not being funny is true but the 'I meant to do that' explanation is lame. Being first has distinct advantages over being best; just ask Bill Gates. As I understand it, today Davis does no writing or artwork, but he personally does all of the $$ counting.
'Neat' to be sure, but I've always wondered just what ultimately happens to these things. Do they get stuck in sand dunes? Do they get stuck in the water? Do they lock up due to sand in the joints? Or do they keep going so long as there is an open beach?
As can be seen, the SJW are already all over this. I feel sorry for Frank Oz.
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Now if only one of these guys was a barber:
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So what's Simon's Cat's excuse?