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At which point, 95% of the audience rightfully complains, and the remaining 5% scold the other people who are rightfully complaining. All the while, Dinkle keeps his job, even though he explicitly told the audience that what he was about to provide them was objectively bad.
And with that, life in these comments shall now imitate the art.
Is Claude Barlow one of Crankyâs friends? That would mean the carol is full of malapropisms, and would explain why itâs so little known. So â is Cranky in the audience?
Well then, Harry, why did you spend the last few days teaching the piecet to the students and having them rehearse it if itâs so bad?
How nice of Dinkleberg to just ignore the playlist the actual music teacher arranged so he could work Claude Barlow in. Or, on the next plain of reality, how nice of Batiuk to shoehorn another lame Barlow reference. âSee, there was this classical composer named Claude Barlow, but he was bad it it. Get it? Itâs funny!â
Oh, well, another day or two and this will all be overâŠI hope and pray.
I AM SHOCKED! That Tommyâs going to actually maybe sorta kinda show the concert, and not just pretend it already happened. Shocked, I tells ya, shocked.
âItâs little known unless youâve read Volume Seventy-five of my comprehensive magnum opus âClod Barlow, His Lack of a Life.â Copies available in the lobby!â
This is 100% a joke that would work in a gag-a-day strip. But in a strip that just spent 7 weeks wanting a Pulitzer for a story about a burnt stair? It makes no sense. He spent a week making the band play music thatâs unplayable? WHY? How can you learn unplayable music? In a joke strip, youâd just move on. But in a strip that wants to be ârelevant,â you canât make such a tonal shift that the readers are left confused. Remember when âMarvinâ became about the Dad getting colon cancer? The âBlondieâ that ended with Dagwood getting half his intestines removed because a giant sandwich gave him salmonella? Thematically, thatâs not that weird in a soap opera strip. But in Goofytown, itâs tonally WTF. Meanwhile in Crock, everyone poops to death from dysentery. âLOLâ
This makes no sense. He comes in at the last minute to help them prepare for this concert. The arrangement of songs is set. They need help improving. And then he teaches them a totally new song at the last minute that he knows is crap even if itâs played correctly?
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Since you already hate me, Iâm going to force your kids to play awful unknown music to ruin the season. -- Cue the laughter, guffaw, guffaw, hardy har, and ho ho ho.
Iâll forgive this terrible arc if it ends with an enraged Crankshaft leaping out of the crowd and tackling the Funky Winkerbean invader off the stage while shouting âGet out of my strip!â on Friday.
Pro Tip: the band might sound better if Harry hadnât replaced the music theyâve been practicing for the last two months with Claude Barlowâs Christmas Concert.
I will add that I get no pleasure from being correct here. Being able to replicate Battyâs âwritingâ process is a worrisome symptom.
My prediction for tomorrow: Harry and somebody else (Lillian?) will be discussing the concert on the Morning After. It will turn out that when Harry replaced the originally planned (good) songs with Claude Barlowâs (canonically so awful as to be unlistenable) songs, and the band played this horrible music horribly, the two sources of awfulness canceled out and the concert actually sounded good. All hail the Worldâs Greatest Band Director!
Much like the cartoonist who inflicts his narrow interests upon his readers (Harry Dinkle, the Dead St. Lisa, comic books, book banning/burning, etc.), Dinkle inflicts his interest of Claude Barlow music upon an unreceptive audience. Talk about art imitating life. Will Dinkle insult the audience by calling them beady-eyed nitpickers and hidebound literalists?
This is funny because Dinkless is the only person in the entire auditorium who doesnât realize the band would have been better off with the industrial arts teacher. What a maroon.
wherescrankshaft 2 months ago
At which point, 95% of the audience rightfully complains, and the remaining 5% scold the other people who are rightfully complaining. All the while, Dinkle keeps his job, even though he explicitly told the audience that what he was about to provide them was objectively bad.
And with that, life in these comments shall now imitate the art.
Argythree 2 months ago
Is Claude Barlow one of Crankyâs friends? That would mean the carol is full of malapropisms, and would explain why itâs so little known. So â is Cranky in the audience?
J.J. O'Malley 2 months ago
Well then, Harry, why did you spend the last few days teaching the piecet to the students and having them rehearse it if itâs so bad?
How nice of Dinkleberg to just ignore the playlist the actual music teacher arranged so he could work Claude Barlow in. Or, on the next plain of reality, how nice of Batiuk to shoehorn another lame Barlow reference. âSee, there was this classical composer named Claude Barlow, but he was bad it it. Get it? Itâs funny!â
Oh, well, another day or two and this will all be overâŠI hope and pray.
billsplut 2 months ago
I AM SHOCKED! That Tommyâs going to actually maybe sorta kinda show the concert, and not just pretend it already happened. Shocked, I tells ya, shocked.
billsplut 2 months ago
âAnd now, hereâs another thing I know everyone will hate: Lou Reedâs âMetal Machine Musicâ on flutaphone!â
Bill Thompson 2 months ago
âItâs little known unless youâve read Volume Seventy-five of my comprehensive magnum opus âClod Barlow, His Lack of a Life.â Copies available in the lobby!â
Kitty Queen 2 months ago
Our poor parents! Forced to listen to our not at all good music skills. I apologize to my mom and dad for that.
Gent 2 months ago
And me thoughts me foods poisoneeng was unbearable.
billsplut 2 months ago
This is 100% a joke that would work in a gag-a-day strip. But in a strip that just spent 7 weeks wanting a Pulitzer for a story about a burnt stair? It makes no sense. He spent a week making the band play music thatâs unplayable? WHY? How can you learn unplayable music? In a joke strip, youâd just move on. But in a strip that wants to be ârelevant,â you canât make such a tonal shift that the readers are left confused. Remember when âMarvinâ became about the Dad getting colon cancer? The âBlondieâ that ended with Dagwood getting half his intestines removed because a giant sandwich gave him salmonella? Thematically, thatâs not that weird in a soap opera strip. But in Goofytown, itâs tonally WTF. Meanwhile in Crock, everyone poops to death from dysentery. âLOLâ
Pedmar Premium Member 2 months ago
If you want to hear some lesser-known Christmas carols that are actually good, check out a composer named John Rutter.
French Persons' Treasury of Self-Applauding Batty Premium Member 2 months ago
Why do I have this incredible urge to just punch him in the mouth?
B UTTONS 2 months ago
And the plot to torment the school and parents continues.
rockyridge1977 2 months ago
To much talk and not enough music!!!!!âŠâŠdid I see Crank in the audienceâŠ..wishful thinking!!!!!!
Mopman 2 months ago
This makes no sense. He comes in at the last minute to help them prepare for this concert. The arrangement of songs is set. They need help improving. And then he teaches them a totally new song at the last minute that he knows is crap even if itâs played correctly?
Irish53 2 months ago
ZzzzzzzzâŠ..
Cartoondog 2 months ago
That is a terrible strategy to get a good response to your music. Iâd like to take his funky winkerbean and throw it on Edâs grill.
ksu71 2 months ago
Meanwhile down at the Dale Evans âŠ
Ed: âDid you hear some noise?â
lemonbaskt 2 months ago
crankshaft talking to two sisters at the airport olive and peach as they wait for cherry
Out of the Past 2 months ago
I like the picture of the sign outside. It kind of reassures you that there is some place else.
GojusJoe 2 months ago
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Since you already hate me, Iâm going to force your kids to play awful unknown music to ruin the season. -- Cue the laughter, guffaw, guffaw, hardy har, and ho ho ho.
BallotBoxer 2 months ago
Iâll forgive this terrible arc if it ends with an enraged Crankshaft leaping out of the crowd and tackling the Funky Winkerbean invader off the stage while shouting âGet out of my strip!â on Friday.
puddleglum1066 2 months ago
Called it last Saturday:
Pro Tip: the band might sound better if Harry hadnât replaced the music theyâve been practicing for the last two months with Claude Barlowâs Christmas Concert.
I will add that I get no pleasure from being correct here. Being able to replicate Battyâs âwritingâ process is a worrisome symptom.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 2 months ago
All i want for Christmas is for somebody to knock out Dinkleâs two front teeth
tcayer 2 months ago
So in addition to getting them in shape, he had time to teach them an obscure tune by an unknown composer?
MuddyUSA Premium Member 2 months ago
From the back row, Crankshaft opines if itâs little known why did you find itâŠ..
Daltongang Premium Member 2 months ago
Oh come now, how about so good music, such as a selection from P.D.Q Bach. Timeless songs such asâŠâŠ.
THROW THE YULE LOG ON, UNCLE JOHN
GOOD KING KONG
or an all time favoriteâŠ
O LITTLE TOWN OF HACKENSACK
O little town of Hackensack,
How still we hear thee snore;
The snow-deckâd streets that reindeer feets
Will soon be prancing oâre
Thy winsome children wondâring if
Old Santa Claus will show;
They need not fear; methinks I hear
His endless ho, ho, ho.
O little town of Hackensack,
How yet we see thee lie;
St. Nick hath gone, by now heâs on
His way to Tenafly.
Then gifts galore to Peapack and
Secaucus will he bring;
He toucheth down in evâry town
He doeth now his thing.
O little town of Hackensack,
At last the dawn doth glow;
The sky is clear, no longer hear
We Santaâs ho ho ho.
Wake up! âtis time to check out all
The things you got, & then
To drink thy fill & eat until
Youâre back to sleep again.
puddleglum1066 2 months ago
My prediction for tomorrow: Harry and somebody else (Lillian?) will be discussing the concert on the Morning After. It will turn out that when Harry replaced the originally planned (good) songs with Claude Barlowâs (canonically so awful as to be unlistenable) songs, and the band played this horrible music horribly, the two sources of awfulness canceled out and the concert actually sounded good. All hail the Worldâs Greatest Band Director!
be ware of eve hill 2 months ago
Much like the cartoonist who inflicts his narrow interests upon his readers (Harry Dinkle, the Dead St. Lisa, comic books, book banning/burning, etc.), Dinkle inflicts his interest of Claude Barlow music upon an unreceptive audience. Talk about art imitating life. Will Dinkle insult the audience by calling them beady-eyed nitpickers and hidebound literalists?
WilliamVollmer 2 months ago
If the Barlow carol is so bad, why use it?
Surly Squirrel Premium Member 2 months ago
This is funny because Dinkless is the only person in the entire auditorium who doesnât realize the band would have been better off with the industrial arts teacher. What a maroon.