From the salmon-colored sofa that is the center of the Arlo & Janis universe, this unique and quixotic comic strip has been just about everywhere. From unvarnished human drama to flights of unfettered comic fantasy, from unabashed pathos to unsurpassed observational wit, Arlo & Janis is perhaps the most unpigenholeable comic strip ever. It also invents new words!
The characters Arlo and Janis have played the parts of mermaids, squirrels, alligators and grasshoppers over the years, all while exploring the unexaggerated human condition and managing to become, with their son Gene, perhaps the most believable family in the funny pages. This unique approach has garnered Arlo & Janis an intelligent and engaged readership and guaranteed that a percentage of it will be confused at any given moment. However, readers eagerly return every day for another quaff from what has been the holy grail for a generation of comic-strip authors: quintessential Boomer humor.
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simpsonfan2 said, 5 months ago
Oy.
catfeet said, 5 months ago
That meshuggenah Arlo, always kvetching.
Fairportfan2 said, 5 months ago
…or someone who grew up in a northern big city…
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I remember when someone i’d known for two or three years was surprised that i wasn’t jewish…
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(I referred to myself as a “goy”…
Brisbanekid said, 5 months ago
Hey Homer, . . . You forgot the ‘Vay’, . . . (May the vay be with you!).
Kasper said, 5 months ago
Gen Colin Powell speaks Yiddish … not many people know that.
AshburnStadium said, 5 months ago
“Kvetch” was actually a correct response on last night’s “Jeopardy!”
AshburnStadium said, 5 months ago
From “Blazing Saddles”:
Schwartzes!
Nah, nah, seit nicht meshugga.
LAUSENGEHN!
Auf wie Gesund!
Hast du gesehn in diene Leben?
(They darker than us! Woof!)
Yiddish speaking Indians
AshburnStadium said, 5 months ago
Translation:
Blacks!
No, no, don’t do anything crazy.
LET THEM GO!
To your health.
Have you seen (anything like that) in your life?
celecca
said, 5 months ago
I can see I’ve entered the Borscht Belt. For anyone interested in learning Yiddish, check out How to Speak Yiddish by Leo Rosten. It’s fun!
JDS said, 5 months ago
@AshburnStadium
Blazing Saddles = funniest movie of all time, brings a smile just thinking about it. God bless Mel Brooks.
pschearer
said, 5 months ago
Let’s see. Eddie Cantor. Milton Berle. SId Caesar. Jack Benny. Carl Reiner. Mel Brooks. Alan King. Danny Kay. The Three Stooges. The Marx Brothers. And on and on. (Wikipedia lists over 200, though not all of that era.)
emjaycee said, 5 months ago
And for those of us who grew up on picture books: http://www.amazon.com/Yiddish-Dick-Jane-Ellis-Weiner/dp/0316159727
Vince M said, 5 months ago
I now know that a schlemiel is someone who always spills soup, and a schlimazel is someone it always lands on.
lisjunkmail said, 5 months ago
it’s so cute when the goyim use yiddish…
finale said, 5 months ago
@AshburnStadium
Damn. Crazy funny that film.