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Never really "got" Andy Capp or understood why it was treated as top-tier comic
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:20 PM Author: amber native It was on the front page of my paper's Sunday comics section, right under Peanuts, and later Calvin and Hobbes. It sucked, as far as I could tell (as a young child). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37805952) |
Date: February 18th, 2019 11:21 PM Author: hateful national Never once laughed at Andy Capp
Never laughed at Family Circus, never really “got” that one |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:22 PM Author: rose karate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37805962) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:23 PM Author: amber native Right. But Family Circus was just a little one-panel thing. Andy Capp got top billing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37805973) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:24 PM Author: bipolar claret athletic conference hell Family Circus is for old women with the easiest "kids say the darndest thing" schtick ever. I don't think its good or impressive, but there is a certain amount of genius in the scam. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37805983) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:25 PM Author: amber native Yeah, it wasn't even really supposed to be funny I think. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37805989) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:22 PM Author: Boyish Low-t Trust Fund Den well it’s clearly no peanuts or c&h. otoh, it was much better than cathy or marmaduke. it was right in line with hagar the horrible and blondie. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37805967) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:24 PM Author: amber native Maybe I just was't old enough to get it. Hagar was kind of funny sometimes. |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:27 PM Author: Boyish Low-t Trust Fund Den rate foxtrot as an hbo original series. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37805997) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:23 PM Author: Floppy black puppy associate most of those old comics were no good (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37805976) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:27 PM Author: Floppy black puppy associate rick o'shay was decent...as was that one with the phantom--steve canyon...
but brenda starr was not much good...
neither was Dondi...and what about that little girl with the black frizzy hair...nancy, was that her name?
Dagwood Bumstead was marginal...his sandwiches were the only good thing about it...sarge and beetle bailey was also stupid...
dennis the menace was annoying...and the tv show was worse..
l'il abner was ok...
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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:23 AM Author: Spectacular kitty cat church building Far Side was 180 as shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806282) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:28 AM Author: Floppy black puppy associate maybe the best ever (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806294) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 8:54 AM Author: Snowy Contagious Trailer Park Coldplay Fan why is it the two best comics of all time ended with the artist retiring early? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806941) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:39 PM Author: Floppy black puppy associate alley oop was good (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806071) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 10:32 AM Author: Insanely creepy twinkling uncleanness parlor Never read Alley Oop --wasn't it a dramatic comic. I never read that shit (Dondi, The Phantom, Prince Valiant, etc.) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807378) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 11:50 AM Author: Floppy black puppy associate eh, sort of in between drama and adventure...social commentary/parody, a lot of it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807799) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:41 PM Author: Floppy black puppy associate Barney Google and Snuffy Smith was ok (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806085) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:46 PM Author: amber native WTF, I never ever heard of those (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806114) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:52 PM Author: Floppy black puppy associate about an old hillbilly man who lived in a shack up in the hills (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806151) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:44 PM Author: Floppy black puppy associate B.C. was good (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806102) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:46 PM Author: Floppy black puppy associate Dick Tracy was ok (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806113) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:47 PM Author: amber native I liked Mister Boffo and of course the Far Side. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806122) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:48 PM Author: Floppy black puppy associate Gasoline Alley --boring (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806125) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:50 PM Author: Floppy black puppy associate Mary Worth--boring & worthless (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806139) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:51 PM Author: Floppy black puppy associate Little Orphan Annie--mundane (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806145) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:53 PM Author: Floppy black puppy associate Marmaduke--total bore (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806153) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:57 PM Author: Floppy black puppy associate the phantom was pretty good...they had an asian cook whose button kept popping off his shirt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:59 PM Author: Floppy black puppy associate Prince Valiant was decent...so-so (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806181) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:54 PM Author: aphrodisiac sooty trump supporter is that the one where he comes home drunk and beats his wife (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806160) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:58 PM Author: Floppy black puppy associate it doesn't quite go there, but close (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806177) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 10:13 AM Author: Titillating home newt yes, which is why you have to be mid thirties to understand its genius
I'm pretty sure his wife knowcking him on the head with a rolling pin was the punch line of a good 50% of these |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 10:20 AM Author: Titillating home newt [Flo] stands on the front step and shouts: “Me ‘usband knocks me about!!” Andy responds with an announcement of his own: “Don’t believe a word she says! – She’s punch drunk!!” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807319) |
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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:57 PM Author: arousing yapping degenerate patrolman Its good working class brit humor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806171) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:03 AM Author: crystalline candlestick maker 1. Dilbert
*huge gap*
2. Zits 3. Hagar the Horrible 4. Blondie |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:05 AM Author: Boyish Low-t Trust Fund Den (scott adams’ mom) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806208) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:06 AM Author: crystalline candlestick maker If you doubt that Dilbert isn't the best comic in history, you haven't read the other shitty ones. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806215) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:13 AM Author: Boyish Low-t Trust Fund Den i’m just kidding. love dilbert. my favorite one was when the boss was shown to be incompetent. classic! reminded me of my boss! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806245) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:08 AM Author: Floppy black puppy associate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspaper_comic_strips (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806228) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:12 AM Author: stimulating hilarious messiness Herman was 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806241) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 8:55 AM Author: Snowy Contagious Trailer Park Coldplay Fan anyone else old enough to remember bloom county? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806944) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 9:15 AM Author: Orange tantric dragon point *Crunch* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807006) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 9:17 AM Author: Orchid genital piercing chapel I liked Ask Shagg (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807009) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 9:23 AM Author: Gay church french chef Sherman’s Lagoon or GTFO (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807026) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 10:00 AM Author: Razzle-dazzle Mewling Stage Read this article and I bet your views will change
http://www.planetslade.com/andy-capp-reg-smythe-v3.html |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 10:11 AM Author: amber native ty, this is the kind of scholarship I was looking for (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807259) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 10:35 AM Author: Insanely creepy twinkling uncleanness parlor Jaysus! That is a dissertation not an article (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807389) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 10:10 AM Author: beady-eyed tripping locus famous landscape painting let me sum up the entire strip for you: Andy likes to go out for beers with his mates and play some pool, darts, etc. His wife doesn't like it and drags him home. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807253) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 10:28 AM Author: sepia soul-stirring stage his hot fries are pretty damn good (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807361) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 10:33 AM Author: Insanely creepy twinkling uncleanness parlor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807384) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 1:03 PM Author: Orange tantric dragon point Equally good but very different from Chester's Hot Fries.
Sometimes I mix em up together in a bowl! |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:08 PM Author: Sinister ungodly love of her life skinny woman i never realized until now that andy capp was british, but then again i haven't read one since i was probably 8
nor did i really get the "andy capp" play on words |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:09 PM Author: amber native I didn't realize until years later that his name was a pun on "Handicap" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807942) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:17 PM Author: Titillating home newt I never realized this until I read this post (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807984) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:20 PM Author: Disrespectful emerald alpha Great Hot Fries (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807994) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 1:04 PM Author: Electric avocado ladyboy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37808263) |
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Date: February 19th, 2019 1:15 PM Author: Dark Fragrant Pisswyrm ran here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37808323) |