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'Family Circus' Turns 45
Editor and Publisher ^
| February 28, 2005
| E&P Staff
Posted on 03/04/2005 3:45:21 PM PST by sully777
NEW YORK "The Family Circus" reached its 45th anniversary today. Or maybe it will reach its 45th anniversary tomorrow. That's because the comic panel started on a leap-year day -- Feb. 29, 1960.
Bil Keane created "The Family Circus," and now does it with his son, Jeff Keane, for more than 1,500 newspapers via King Features Syndicate.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: barfy; cartoons; clamenza; dolly; fattony; fredo; hannity; happybirthday; jeffy; pj; saccharine; sleepy; sneezy; treacle
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To: andrew1957
To: Future Snake Eater
Nothing will ever touch the records for lameness set by Peanuts. Charles Shulz's strip competed for least funny with Mary Worth, and Mary Worth had the excuse that it wasn't trying to funny.
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posted on
03/04/2005 4:13:08 PM PST
by
Moral Hazard
(I call the big one Bitey)
To: Moral Hazard
Nothing will ever touch the records for lameness set by Peanuts. Charles Shulz's strip competed for least funny with Mary Worth, and Mary Worth had the excuse that it wasn't trying to funny. Oh you've got to be kidding!! You didn't like Peanuts???
To: sully777
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posted on
03/04/2005 4:18:27 PM PST
by
hemogoblin
(Tyranny's OK with liberals.)
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To: Moral Hazard
C'mon, only communists don't like peanuts! :)
To: Future Snake Eater
We need to time this right, probably Saturday night, but a silly vanity thread asking for nominations would probably draw a lot of interesting responses.
I don't understand why my paper keeps printing Peanuts. It was a reasonably cute series, but the cartoonist died last century, for pete's sake.
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posted on
03/04/2005 4:19:20 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: Bluegrass Conservative
Oh you've got to be kidding!! You didn't like Peanuts???He's just miffed because he never found the Joe Shlabotnick baseball card either.
To: Lizavetta
He probably kicks puppies, too. LOL
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posted on
03/04/2005 4:21:00 PM PST
by
mollynme
(cogito, ergo freepum)
To: hemogoblin
Those are pretty funny. At least the three I clicked on.
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posted on
03/04/2005 4:21:45 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: Dog Gone
I think there was a spoof. Not sure if it was in National lampoon? The spoof was called Family Circuit.
I was always drawn to the innocence. Only later in life did I question my attraction. Like how'd that mom have all those big headed children without C-Section. There's a story in there. \
My other attraction? You'll have to find them.
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posted on
03/04/2005 4:22:10 PM PST
by
sully777
(It's like my momma always said, "Two wrongs don't make a right but two Wrights make an airplane.")
To: sully777
I followed it for a while, years ago, hoping that it would either:
a) be funny and/or interesting; or
b) one of the kids would finally lose it with a high-powered rifle inside the house
Neither happened, so I gave up on the thing.
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posted on
03/04/2005 4:22:31 PM PST
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: sully777
BRING BACK DONDI!!!!
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posted on
03/04/2005 4:22:58 PM PST
by
llevrok
(Don't blame me! I voted for Pedro.)
To: sully777
Still waiting for the "Little Billy Visits Neverland" sequence.
To: hemogoblin
I've only had time to look at the first four, but man, those are pretty funny!
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posted on
03/04/2005 4:24:29 PM PST
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: BoomerBob
"C'mon, only communists don't like peanuts! :)"
The only humor to be had in any Peanuts strip that has come out in the last 40 years is in thinking that somehow Charles Shulz thought what he was putting out was actually funny.
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posted on
03/04/2005 4:24:31 PM PST
by
Moral Hazard
(I call the big one Bitey)
To: Tall_Texan
'Family Circus' is in the same league as Art Linkletter's 'Kids Say the Darndest Things'
People who HAVE kids, or are 'tuned into them', or just find a joy in them, WILL see a humor they can relate to.
Pure...simple...corney...lame...dumb... not trying to be funny.........THAT'S what kids are!
To: Billthedrill
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posted on
03/04/2005 4:25:27 PM PST
by
sully777
(It's like my momma always said, "Two wrongs don't make a right but two Wrights make an airplane.")
To: Dog Gone
Those are pretty funny. At least the three I clicked on. "I found this kitty in the trash. I think she's sick!" - LOL!!
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posted on
03/04/2005 4:29:02 PM PST
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: Dog Gone
Yeah, I purposely didn't mention "Peanuts" because it has so many fans out there, but it really isn't funny at all. If it weren't for the popularity of the Christmas special, then it probably would've been remanded to obscurity for the last three decades or so.
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posted on
03/04/2005 4:29:56 PM PST
by
Future Snake Eater
(The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.)
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