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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Jean said, 3 months ago
they say you not ever have a TV in the bedroom but everyone I know has one, I can’t tell you the number of times I have fallen asleep with the TV on and woke up in the middle of some goofy 2am show. lol
Doctor Toon said, 3 months ago
Rarely fall asleep with the TV on but I usually read before bed, can’t count how many times I’ve woken up with a smushed book
wowbert said, 3 months ago
Nope, not TV in our bedroom, just an old monster in the living room and no cable. We don’t even have that decoder box when they made the switch to digital broadcasting back in, what, 2007? When they call TV a vast wasteland, they’re half right.
bsqnbay said, 3 months ago
I must be slow this morning, because I still don’t get It???
Q4horse said, 3 months ago
I think she was expecting Arlo to do something a little more active than sleep.
Keith said, 3 months ago
This is a great strip; Jimmy is wise because I’m guessing he has thrown off the pressure of trying to uproariously funny every day.
These subtle glimpses into their lives are nice. If Jimmy felt he had to be hilarious every day, the strip might last five years, and he would burn out. This is much better; maybe we’ll see Arlo and Janis really go gray together this way.
Dani Rice
said, 3 months ago
We don’t have a TV in our room. One time when I was in the hospital, they broughti n a new patient at 2 AM. As soon as she was settled, she turned on her TV – and went to sleep. I had to call to have somebody come in to turn it off.
JDS said, 3 months ago
@bsqnbay
The TV wakes up Janis, who in turn wakes up Arlo, who has fallen asleep watching TV. So, instead of simply turning off the TV, Arlo sets the sleep timer for 45 minutes and goes back to sleep.
sfreader1 said, 3 months ago
I have three TVs but none in my bedroom. Even if I am sick, any TV I watch is in the living room from the comfort of my couch.
david_42 said, 3 months ago
@bsqnbay
He was already asleep, so she could have just shut it off instead of waking him up to set the timer.
david_42 said, 3 months ago
PS No TV in our bedroom, either.
Maizing said, 3 months ago
I also only have one TV… located in the living room and connected only to a VCR. The few times it is turned on are to watch DVD movies.
chireef said, 3 months ago
my take on this is she was referring to the timer to wake up with and he used the one to turn the TV off with
Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago
Remotes are good for turning off the tv from bed.
comicsssfan said, 3 months ago
TV in the bedroom will hurt the sleep pattern, but I still have one anyway.