Old classic jokes are great! But when CHARLTON does its own variation on one of them - well, (as is the norm with Charlton), anything goes!
Take TOP CAT # 8 (Charlton Comics, Cover Date: January, 1972), and this sequence therein...
WHAT DID THE WIFE SAY WHEN HER HUSBAND ALMOST RAN OVER TOP CAT WITH HIS CAR?
NOTHING! SHE JUST SAT THERE WITH A "LONG PUSS"!
GUFFAW! It was such a classic, they didn't even need to TELL THE JOKE... just illustrate it!
...Just as you don't need to tell me to "get out of here"! I'll just slink-off on my own!
2 comments:
OK, my ignorance is showing: what would the woman in the car be saying in the old classic joke? Clearly I have not read/watched enough of the right stuff.
Elaine:
In the old classic joke, the woman would not be in a car. It goes like this…
What did the lady say when her cat was run over by a steamroller?
Nothing. She just stood there with a long puss!
Here a cat (T.C.) was (almost) run over by a car, and the woman in the car – with her face smooshed against the windshield – does indeed have a long puss!
Of course, I have no proof either way but, just because it’s Charlton, it’s more than a logical assumption that “the joke” somehow factored into that sequence… especially as there was no actual gag payoff to it beyond the smooshing! Not even an awkward/funny line from the husband to cap it.
But, upon reading, I immediately flashed-back to the old classic joke!
GUFFAW!
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