Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for March 01, 2017
February 28, 2017
March 02, 2017
Transcript:
Janis: Relax with a glass of wine!
Arlo: Thanks!
Arlo: Is this the good stuff or the house plonk?
Janis: You tell me!
Arlo: I was always partial to "Hi, Bob," myself!
Hi Bob?? Is this equivalent to MD 20/20 and Boone’s Farm? I assume the “good stuff” is Two Buck Chuck Charles Shaw at Trader Joe’s, now $299 or three buck Chuck)
At a Second City revue I attended, one of the sketches included a couple at a restaurant where the man ordered “Ripple.” The waiter deadpanned, “What year?” Someone seated near us was heard to say “He should have asked ‘What month?’” And the waiter made the proper show of twisting the cap off the pantomime bottle.
So I’ve got to think A&J make good money, so WHY would you even HAVE house Plonk?? I’m not into wine, but if I’m buying its only the good stuff. Life is to short to drink junk.
||| about 7 years ago
Ah, college in the 80s. A “Hi, Bob.” side note: always start with the good stuff as you won’t notice the switch to the plonk.
Olddog1 about 7 years ago
IFS: same applies to whiskey. First a barrel bourbon or a single malt, then blended.
wecatsgocomics about 7 years ago
And a happy “How’s your father” as well.
TossedSaladCartoon about 7 years ago
Just gonna leave this here…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JPECszFwMs
mywifeslover about 7 years ago
Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.
Sportymonk about 7 years ago
Hi Bob?? Is this equivalent to MD 20/20 and Boone’s Farm? I assume the “good stuff” is Two Buck Chuck Charles Shaw at Trader Joe’s, now $299 or three buck Chuck)
Grace Premium Member about 7 years ago
I’ll take a shot of Di Saronno instead please… wine = migraine.
ScullyUFO about 7 years ago
It will be the sign of the apocalypse when my spouse spontaneously or otherwise serves me a glass of wine and asks me to relax.
boatlesspirate about 7 years ago
Um, Jimmy digging up old strips for replays?
Tyge about 7 years ago
You played “Hi, Bob” with wine? Was it Thunderbird?
DDrazen about 7 years ago
At a Second City revue I attended, one of the sketches included a couple at a restaurant where the man ordered “Ripple.” The waiter deadpanned, “What year?” Someone seated near us was heard to say “He should have asked ‘What month?’” And the waiter made the proper show of twisting the cap off the pantomime bottle.
Targuman.org Premium Member about 7 years ago
“I will just leave this here” as someone once said. ;-) See especially v. 10. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+2%3A1-12&version=NRSV
Bill D. Kat Premium Member about 7 years ago
I suppose one would have to be a wine expert to get this. A&J has become too cryptic.
Plods with ...™ about 7 years ago
CardBordeaux/ Tour de Franzia?
ChessPirate about 7 years ago
Sounds like our game – “He’s dead, Jim…”
ZBicyclist Premium Member about 7 years ago
Farley and Elliott play as Bob Newhart hosts SNL: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/hi-bob/n10661?snl=1
euvnrutas about 7 years ago
Do you remember? “What’s the word? Thunder-Bird! What’s the price?”
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member about 7 years ago
I never heard of this game, but I think I’m lucky I haven’t.
JP Steve Premium Member about 7 years ago
Okay, so now I know what the game is, but I still don’t see how it works as a punchline.
mauser7 about 7 years ago
So I’ve got to think A&J make good money, so WHY would you even HAVE house Plonk?? I’m not into wine, but if I’m buying its only the good stuff. Life is to short to drink junk.
BlueIris Premium Member about 7 years ago
@JP STEVE I assume that it relates to the bringing out the good stuff first, then the less good.
dsTrekker Premium Member about 7 years ago
Hi Bob was a college drinking game played while watching Bob Newhart shows. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hi%20bob
pschearer Premium Member about 7 years ago
If I didn’t watch so much PBS I wouldn’t have known what ‘plonk’ is.