Episode 2502 - Wednesday, April 24, 1985

Lyman devotees will be relieved to learn in today's installment that the OBVIOUSLY-A-HUMAN-FEMUR Garfield has been utilizing as a weapon for the past two days thankfully does not derive from the mutilated corpse of the mustachioed miscreant. Hey, pretty good alliteration there, huh? I also strongly considered 'chartreuse charlatan', but I think the first one is stronger. Anyway, this comic strip isn't very good.Today's strip

29 Okt 201610min

Will anyone get this reference by the time the episode actually posts? Hey, your guess is as good as mine. A chilling vision presents itself in today's installment of Garfield, a vision of a nightmarish world in which clothing changes color from moment to moment, and also I think Lyman was quite likely murdered? Seems the most plausible explanation for where that OBVIOUSLY HUMAN FEMUR came from.Today's strip

28 Okt 201611min

Blah blah blah something something Garfield, something something fourth wall, blurry eyes face, disappearing furniture, weird shadows, ok?Today's strip

27 Okt 201612min

In today's action-packed issue of Being Jim Davis, a broad range of important topics fall under the serpentine tendrils of your erudite hosts, including temporal anomalies, Lyman's bizarre substance abuse history, whether or not Jon Arbuckle is intended to represent actress Andie MacDowell, and I don't know; I guess the Oxford comma? Look, I don't get paid to write these things, ok? Today's strip

26 Okt 201610min

In the (largely unsuccessful) effort to avoid the harsh realities in this comic strip with regard to the difficult issue of corporal punishment, the boys get into a lengthy argument as to the proper term for the color of Lyman's shirt (for the record, it's definitely chartreuse).Today's strip

25 Okt 201612min

Today on our program, we have the first in a series of comics focused on the ever-popular subject of cartoon violence. It's funny because they're not real people, right? Sure, I guess that's the case. Unfortunately this is by far the best of the series inasmuch as it does contain at least a vestigial attempt at an actual punchline, in the form of a play on the ambiguity often inherent in standard spoken English syntax with respect to subject/object reference. Exciting stuff!Although we don't discuss it on the podcast (in favor of riffing on esoteric philosophical concepts such as qualia and propositional logic), I have to wonder how this strip would translate into other languages, with different rules of grammar and so forth. Perhaps we can put on flag on this as the first Garfield strip specifically designed as a monument to the English language? Meh, probably not.Today's stripHow to pet a cat

24 Okt 201612min

Hey, are you guys sick of Odie yet? Honestly, we're kind of sick of Odie. We miss Jon!Today's strip:

23 Okt 201617min

Sometimes Garfield is a dog. Sometimes Lyman shows up at Jon Arbuckle's door with a mongoose. These are just established facts. Midway through today's episode, it finally dawns on Chris just how many Garfield strips he still has to podcast on. Please, Mr. Davis, please, stop the madness!Today's strip:

22 Okt 201610min