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1. about 4 hours ago on Working Daze

   The humor, for me, is about the same Sunday and weekday. Sunday just gives Jaimes a bigger playground. She does some very meta sight gags.

2. about 4 hours ago on Working Daze

   I worked at a job where a guy was caught red handed cheating on his time card, and later trying to open the company safe. When he left, he was given a big going away party by the boss. Later he was hired back at a big raise. I, on the other hand, was demoted. I made the boss uncomfortable because I wasn’t a sports fan.

3. about 20 hours ago on Working Daze

   Zima wasn’t available in the US of A until the early 90s. This memory is mid to late 80s. When shown the cartoon, Rita didn’t remember what it was.

4. about 23 hours ago on Working Daze

   Cruella’s hair is black on one side and white on the other. But you get the idea what kind of a warm, loving mother she is.

5. 1 day ago on Working Daze

   I find plenty of humor. I guess it depends on how you define it and what you’re looking for. There are sight gags, prop gags, meta gags, personality conflicts. Fritzi its funnier than she used to be.

6. 1 day ago on Working Daze

   More likely well into the 80s. The 70s would make Rita close to 70 years old.

7. 1 day ago on Working Daze

   None. I suspect that’s a Snapple.

8. 2 days ago on Working Daze

   There were also the writers and artists who produced the comic books. Oona Goosepimple originated there, and did not appear in the strip until Gilchrist started using her.

9. 2 days ago on Working Daze

   Rita is a mix and match of people both John and I knew at different jobs. Even if exaggerated for the gags, her type is very real.

10. 3 days ago on Working Daze

    Bushmiller inherited Fritzi from another cartoonist, Larry Whittington, in the 1920s. He made his own mark on the strip when he created Fritzi’s niece, Nancy, and later Nancy’s friend, Sluggo. Nancy eventually took over center stage, and the title. Fritz went from being an ingenue pursuing an acting career to a parental figure, and the strip evolved from continuities to the gag-a-day format we most associate with it.