Brewster Rockit by Tim Rickard for December 16, 2013

There ain’t no Sanity Clause!

Who’s been naughty?

No, Dr. Mel, Krampus carrys the stick, not Santa.

The lump of coal isn’t a punishment anymore.

If I’m naughty on my diet, I get a stomach Krampus.

Now there’s a holiday tradition where I can hit your behind.

You’re what? About twelve years old?

St. Nicholas and the Krampus have a ‘good cop/bad cop’ thing going – Dr. Mel is leaning toward ‘bad cop/bad cop’.

You beat me to it (pun intended).

Clark Kent? More like Stupor Man.

A Night at the Opera, 1935, in response to Groucho reading in the contract they’re negotiating, “If either party to this contract is found to be out of his mind, this contract is null and void.” “What’s that?” “That’s in every contract. That’s the Sanity Clause.”

Gee, I wonder why the Krampus concept never caught on with kids. (For more info, watch last night’s American Dad.)

I thought that the beatings were administered by Knecht Ruprecht and/or Bellschnickel. The Krampus takes bad children away and possibly eats them.

Creepy!That´s why so many fairy tales are adapted to horror films or tv series.They usually have a very dark side. Mother Goose, Grimm Brothers and Hans Kristian Andersen, many of the original stories are PG-13 to NC-17, some are very gorey.

This is interesting; it’s the third media mention I’ve heard of Krampus in a week. Two different TV shows did episodes involving Krampus. What’s the interest all of a sudden?

“Sanity Claus” was from Night at the Opera…..

My grandchildren shall call me Grampus.