And the Nominees Are . . .
For the "Worst Family Circus in February:"
THE CHURCH NEEDS AN ORGAN DONOR
Why it's so bad: It's a pun with no follow-up. The children don't look confused or surprised. Dolly isn't misusing or misconstruing the actual fact. That fact is their church needs someone to donate an organ.
Why it might not be the worst: You can supply your own joke if you so choose. Or, you can chuckle over the fact that "organ donor" can have two meanings. So does "ugly mug" (bad looking face OR bad looking coffee cup) so, chuckle over that, too.
JEFFY DOESN'T WANT P.J.'S HELP
Why it's so bad: Where's the humor in one child treating another child like crap? Why doesn't he want his brother's help? Why is he so angry? Is there even a punchline here?
Why it might not be the worst: Jeffy's a young child trying to assert his independence, and part of that independence is making his mother a Valentine from start to finish. P.J.'s "helping" means that Jeffy isn't solely responsible for the Valentine. Kids -- aren't they cute?
DOLLY WATCHES DAD PLAY SOLITAIRE
Why it's so bad: The punchline, "Grandma plays solitaire on the computer," like "the church needs an organ donor," is a statement of fact, and this time you can't even supply your own pun.
Why it might not be the worst: The point here is that today's children, so steeped in computer cuture, don't realize that solitaire originated as a card game, even though today it's more commonly played on the computer. Kids today! They probably don't realize that Little House on the Prairie started out as books (actually, that's kids in MY day, but whatever). Heh heh heh.
Nominations are still being accepted, through the end of March. We will then begin our next challenge: March's worst Broom Hilda.
THE CHURCH NEEDS AN ORGAN DONOR
Why it's so bad: It's a pun with no follow-up. The children don't look confused or surprised. Dolly isn't misusing or misconstruing the actual fact. That fact is their church needs someone to donate an organ.
Why it might not be the worst: You can supply your own joke if you so choose. Or, you can chuckle over the fact that "organ donor" can have two meanings. So does "ugly mug" (bad looking face OR bad looking coffee cup) so, chuckle over that, too.
JEFFY DOESN'T WANT P.J.'S HELP
Why it's so bad: Where's the humor in one child treating another child like crap? Why doesn't he want his brother's help? Why is he so angry? Is there even a punchline here?
Why it might not be the worst: Jeffy's a young child trying to assert his independence, and part of that independence is making his mother a Valentine from start to finish. P.J.'s "helping" means that Jeffy isn't solely responsible for the Valentine. Kids -- aren't they cute?
DOLLY WATCHES DAD PLAY SOLITAIRE
Why it's so bad: The punchline, "Grandma plays solitaire on the computer," like "the church needs an organ donor," is a statement of fact, and this time you can't even supply your own pun.
Why it might not be the worst: The point here is that today's children, so steeped in computer cuture, don't realize that solitaire originated as a card game, even though today it's more commonly played on the computer. Kids today! They probably don't realize that Little House on the Prairie started out as books (actually, that's kids in MY day, but whatever). Heh heh heh.
Nominations are still being accepted, through the end of March. We will then begin our next challenge: March's worst Broom Hilda.
posted by big al at 1:03 PM
2 Comments:
I am going to vote for the organ donor one. The solitaire on the computer was a close second just because of its utterly stupid attempt in updating the comic by throwing in some random comment about a modern appliance. But, then I had to remind myself we are not evaluating Blondie.
As an aside, your comment about Little House on the Prairie coincided with the airing of a NEW television movie of Little House on the Prairie. Hollywood is starting to become like the comics...No new ideas, just lots of remakes.
Laura
the choice was difficult. but i'll have to go with the ''helpful'' strip of 2/14, because it suggests the violence, cruelty, and mental deviance at the heart of this ''family circus.''
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