Episode 599 - Thursday, February 7, 1980

Confusing nomenclature abounds in this, the sixth ever Garfield comic strip. The boys discuss just what in the hell a 'catburger' is and why we should care, and then gush over the strip's historic first use of onomatopoeia. At no point does anyone make reference to this strip running on 'Caturday'.Today's stripCatburgerUsage of 'nonplussed':http://grammarist.com/usage/nonplussed/ http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=453http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2015/08/nonplussed.html

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Today's strip appears at first glance to be about three panels wherein absolutely nothing happens, but the boys take a closer look and eventually discover something that will shatter the comic chrono-casting community to the core. Listen to find out! Today's strip1960 Peanuts comicThis old chestnut

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1 Sep 201618min

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Here it is, the episode that started it all about the strip that started it all. These three unpretentious panels became the germ of an empire. Join us as we bathe in all the multi-faceted glory that is the very first Garfield comic.Today's strip

29 Aug 201623min