Hurt Kids - HA HA HA!
Well, that's just . . . not funny. And, getting back to the whole point of this blog (which is to get to the bottom of humor I just don't get), let's analyze this one for a minute. Now, this isn't as unfunny as Wally stepping on a land mine and sending out last love greetings to his wife. But, that wasn't trying to be funny (I don't think). This one is. At least I think it is.
I guess the situation is that Jeffy stuck his hand in Bil's tackle box and got pricked with a fishhook or other sharp fishing utensil. He had previously been warned by Thelma not to do this. Ba Dum Dum! HA HA HA HA! Hmmmm . . . I don't see the humor. Let's break it down:
1) Mom tells young son to stay out of dad's tackle box (site of sharp objects).
2) Son does not heed mom's warning
3) Son pricks his finger (and it hurts so badly that in addition to shooting stars, it is also . . . sweating? Crying? Leaking plasma?)
4) Mom reminds son she told him not to do that.
WHY IS THIS FUNNY???? I. DO. NOT. GET. IT. Is it a pun? On the word "tackle" maybe? Because you could also get hurt if you got tackled? That couldn't be it. I mean, in this strip, the puns have to be mind numbingly obvious. Like so:
Thel: Jeffy, stay out of daddy's tackle box.
Jeffy: Why, does Ray Lewis live there?
HA HA HA! And it is EXTRA funny because Ray Lewis stood trial for murder!! And he gets real mean looking at games. OOOH. New wish: A Ray Lewis guest appearance in Family Circus. After he CRUSHED the whole family, he'd do this.
Well, OK, fantasies of Ray taking out the Keanes aside, I still don't get this strip. Well, I UNDERSTAND what is going on, but I don't even see the joke they are trying to make. The humor is that she already warned him? What's funny about that? Well, I guess I like to see any member of the Family Circus in pain, so there's that.
Where does Bil keep his tackle box that Jeffy can just go into it willy nilly? Where it is obvious enough that Thel already warned him to stay away? Why doesn't he keep it on a high shelf in the garage or something?
Man, I hate these guys.
posted by big al at 9:49 PM
4 Comments:
I think it's simple aggression to Jeffy. Somehow it's funny when he gets hurt. I hope tomorrow's comic has him walking into a plate glass sliding door like they do on America's Funniest Videos. Whack!
Frankly, I'm just amazed that Thel isn't administering the bandage wearing a low-cut tank top.
The hatred of Jeffy dumbfounds me. Not YOUR hatred maryanntherest, but the hatred of Jeffy that seems to be displayed in the F.C. Isn't Jeff Keane the one that does the drawing now? You'd think Jeffy would come off a little better. Of course, Dolly comes off like a bitch from hell, so I think we can assume that Jeff and Dolly Keane had some "issues."
And I meant to add that I think the joke is that kids don't always do what their moms tell them. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.
OK, so it's not "funny" in the traditional sense of something you might find humorous or ironic or even really smile at. It's an observation, really, more than a "joke."
And as long as "observations" are passing as comics these days, how about a comic where one of the Keanes says, "Hey, the sun came out today. AGAIN. How about that?"
Maybe this is Jeff Keane's subversive way of telling the world that Bil and Thel were abysmal parents?
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