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1. 4 days ago on Eek!

   For younger readers who may not get this, it is a spoof of the 1973 movie ‘The Exorcist’ in which the young girl, Regan, is possessed by a demon.

2. 8 days ago on Peanuts Begins

   Everyone who wrote comments about the need for the string to be tight inadvertently revealed themselves to be quite advanced in age. I doubt any kids have done this in the past 40-50 years. And yes, I made one of those devices a LONG time ago.

3. 8 days ago on FoxTrot Classics

   This took way too much explaining to be funny

4. 9 days ago on B.C.

   Yogi Berra summed it up best: “It’s getting late earlier these days.”

5. 15 days ago on Sarah's Scribbles

   Him looks more like a HER. And I wonder why she prefers Halloween to Christmas. All in all, this doesn’t make much sense to me.

6. 15 days ago on Peanuts Begins

   Indeed! A real milestone in comic strip history!

   As was the case with most kids back then, I loved reading the Sunday morning comics and Peanuts was often the first one…. and the best!

7. about 1 month ago on The Born Loser

   Henny likely told several variations of the joke but the one most cited is:

   The Doctor called Mrs. Cohen saying, “Mrs. Cohen, your check came back.” Mrs. Cohen answered, “So did my arthritis!”

8. about 1 month ago on Shoe

   Comedian George Gobel appeared on a segment of The Tonight Show in 1969. He entered after Bob Hope and Dean Martin and made the comment to Johnny Carson about coming on last and having to follow those two major stars to which Carson, Hope, Martin and the audience came unglued with laughter. After the laughter subsided, Carson asked Gobel about his career in World War II as a fighter pilot to which Gobel replied that he had spent the entire war in Oklahoma, pointing out with mock pride that no Japanese plane ever got past Tulsa which invoked another huge round of laughter. Gobel also began getting unsolicited laughter, being unaware that Dean Martin was surreptitiously flicking his cigarette ashes into Gobel’s drink. Observing all of this, Carson finally asked rhetorically, “Exactly what time did I lose control of the show?!”

9. about 1 month ago on The Barn

   The song was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

10. about 1 month ago on The Barn

    The song was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.