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December 21, 2006
Pooch Punt
When I heard that Prickly City was going to be written this week by guest comic strippers, my first thought was "Nuts to that - I'm going to get a guest writer to fill my Thursday slot." After finding out that nobody I talked to knew what the hell Prickly City and/or Shrubville were, I had to take that option off the table.
Yesterday, I learned that I was supposedly in charge of penning the column "Taking My Esteemed Colleagues to Task, Or: Why I Too Would Like to Punch Grandmothers." I wasn't sure what to do with that jumping-off point, however, since I have no esteemed colleagues, just CJo and the Furnace. I kid, I kid.
Instead, I'll take this opportunity to thank the guest writers for allowing us to see that it's not just our eyes, but that Prickly City as written by Scott Stantis really is rather subpar. Plus, while Scott is given to making factual errors, I actually learned something from today's strip, as penned by Paul Gilligan of Pooch Cafe: Although commonly quoted as "meep meep", Warner Brothers, the current owner of all trademarks relating to the duo, lists "Beep! Beep!" as the Road Runner's sound.
And that's one to grow on.
Comments
Warner Bros knows no shit. It sounds like "Meep Meep" to me, and I'm sticking to that.
Posted by: Charles Brubaker at December 21, 2006 09:42 AM
Oh, and I'm surprised you didn't mention that this is the SECOND Road Runner reference this week.
In Monday's strip, Wile E. Coyote gave Winslow all of his Acme stuff because he "broke his rotator cuff"
Posted by: Charles Brubaker at December 21, 2006 09:43 AM
Hands down! My vote goes to Dunlap for the best of the week.
Posted by: jojo at December 21, 2006 12:37 PM
Hey, I'm still upset about the delay in new podcasts. WTF? It's not like he was out driving drunk...
Posted by: Jeff at December 22, 2006 03:18 AM
