Hagar Needs Two Weenies
Hagar the Horrible "humor" is based on you recognizing your daily plight in the daily plight of a hard-nosed ancient Viking warrior. So, you've got the harridan/battle axe wife, the cowardly and slightly effeminate personal assistant, the golf-playing quack of a doctor, the government taxmen out for your very last dime . . . you know how it goes. Same as it ever was.
Except today:
Here we have Hagar interrupting his sacking of a castle in order to order 2 dogs with the works . . . from a conveniently (and humorously!) located hot dog cart. And I don't see why it's funny. Is it the anachronism of the hot dog cart? Is it the fact that Hagar is distracted enough by food to ignore the raging battle? Some combination of those two?
It's the same thing that bothers me with B.C. (well, ONE of the things that bothers me with B.C.) In B.C. they write on stone tablets and live in caves, and yet when the BASEBALL team gets INTERVIEWED, the guy uses a MICROPHONE. Question: since it takes place in the olden days, are they traditionalists, or do they use a designated hitter?
What the hell is the point in setting your strip in the past if you are just going to use random things from the present? A hot dog cart? Why not just arm the guys in the castle with Katyusha rockets while you're at it??
Except today:
Here we have Hagar interrupting his sacking of a castle in order to order 2 dogs with the works . . . from a conveniently (and humorously!) located hot dog cart. And I don't see why it's funny. Is it the anachronism of the hot dog cart? Is it the fact that Hagar is distracted enough by food to ignore the raging battle? Some combination of those two?
It's the same thing that bothers me with B.C. (well, ONE of the things that bothers me with B.C.) In B.C. they write on stone tablets and live in caves, and yet when the BASEBALL team gets INTERVIEWED, the guy uses a MICROPHONE. Question: since it takes place in the olden days, are they traditionalists, or do they use a designated hitter?
What the hell is the point in setting your strip in the past if you are just going to use random things from the present? A hot dog cart? Why not just arm the guys in the castle with Katyusha rockets while you're at it??
posted by big al at 3:48 PM
2 Comments:
I think Hagar's onto something. Considering the unlikelyhood of surviving the battle, it's a good idea to get the hot dogs first, then fight later.
And today Hagar's dining in a fancy restaurant. It's irritating and makes no sense.
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