Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 20, 2013

I never knew that Alfred Yankovic was a penguin.

Somewhere, I hear Lil Wally crying. To Lady of Spain…

The bright spot here was that the accordion sank.

That savage beast has been soothed. For the moment.

His problem was he misunderstood the quote: It’s “breast”.

I’m pretty sure whoever coined that phrase didn’t even mean polka.

For this we take a break from Calvin and Hobbes? Without Steph’s view of Susie’s fate? This has to be the strip for ADHD enjoyment … oh, look, Polar Bear having musical Oreos!

Use an accordion…get eaten.

Maybe he should have gone with Zydeco.

For polka you have to be good to have an effect. Should have stuck with something easy, something foolproof, something anybody can play. Like bluegrass.

Are we having a barrel of fun yet?

It seems to me that the polar bear DID like the polka.

It attracted him to the spot, and he ate it.

If your cat’s food did that, you’d say he liked it.

The phrase mentions music-not polka which is something entirely different.

Such a biased (not to mention murderous) oreo! Not all polka is unbearable: try this polka, guys!

Iwas Sooo happy for that moment.

One down two to go…

Fred is not the Peppy Penguin he used to be!

But everyone likes Oreos.

Aw man! I wanted to see what happened to Mrs. Wormwood and Susie from Calvin and Hobbes! :(

@ Defunctdoormat from yesterday. I’m familiar with Pants Are Overrated, but another guy took up the challenge of producing more – in response to the many readers who wanted more Hobbes & Bacon. I can’t remember his name, but there are now several more than 4 strips.

@masterskrain -It was either that… or a banjo.

I bet if polka critics ever danced the polka they would be singing a different tune

Or you could have a look at what Fins can do with polka : “Ievan Polkka” (’Eva’s Polka’) by Loituma : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4om1rQKPijI

Shoulda tried klezmer.

This has nothing to do with whether the bear liked polka or not. It was the middle Oreo who hated it and kicked his friend into the bear’s mouth.

Was hoping to find out what Susie Derkins is doing 25 years later and instead we get flightless birds … does that mean Pastis will plaster Bloom County next week instead?

“Music has charms to soothe a savage BREAST” – William Congreve in “The Mourning Bride” written in 1697

Not this time I’m afraid.

xxx

Jimmy Sturr ….Where are you when we need you?

Stupid, I know, but as an English major, this mis-quote never fails to infuriate me. It’s not “Soothes the Savage Beast”, it’s “Soothes the Savage Breast”. Grrrrr. Sort of like Play it Again Sam, which was never said in the movie. Although in this context I guess beast is appropriate. How did the Oreo penguins get out of lock-up in USA? Too little information here. Different oreos I guess but it’s sad. I don’t like sad cartoons. Like the little duckling rejected by his Mum. Not funny. Sad. Better quit with the sad stuff Mister or I will stop viewing this cartoon, all the way from Australia. Cartoons by definition are supposed to cheer you up.

This polka was quite popular in it’s day:Link text

Do penguins have knees?

A penguin polka!

To be fair, it’s not like Pastis attributed the “savage beast” quote to Congreve. The penguin is simply paraphrasing, or perhaps satirizing the original quote.

After 8 years of nuns (known as penguins in my school) I smile when the mythical polar bear has a snack or two.

Don’t you be dissin’ de Harmonicats!

he should have tried a different type of music , or he would not have been eaten.

Why do so many characters on this comic so casually kill each other? _

He may have kalmed the polar bear, but not the penguin.