My kid wanted a story. NOT any of those stories in BOOKS, a REAL story. So I invented Ched R. Cheese, a mouse who had adventures. It turned out to be a blessing because I simply couldn’t remember last night’s story… it was all pretty much free association. Kind of fun… for both of us.
We were living in a house that I was working at finishing, so of course Ched was building HIS house too. But he did it by digging out delicious cheese from a giant wheel of cheddar…
I was a mean parent. I had a hard & fast rule that there would be NO repeats – books, videos, etc. – within 3 days. Begging resulted in an automatic & firm NO. The girls lived.
Jeez, Dad, just read the story. You are supposed to entertain the kid, not yourself. And I’m sure Hamster Huey doesn’t have a page count up with War and Peace.
I was learning to read and I asked my dad to read me a story. He turned it around and asked me to read him the story I had asked him to read. It took a little while and a bit of help, but I got it read aloud to him. I felt such a sense of accomplishment and it was the start of my lifelong love of reading.
(trigger warning!) If hamsters have one, Huey’s tail and little paws, being further from the Kablooie might still identifiable. Even with air filled with fur hair still floating around the room.
I will always remember the strip when Hamster Huey was first introduced. Dad was actually the one who thought Calvin would like it, and Calvin was skeptical.
There’s a similar C&H strip, where in the final panel, Calvin says “I never knew Hamster Huey could talk so fast!”, and Hobbes responds, “Or be so sarcastic!” Hahahahahahaa!
I used to add variations to “Muffin Mouse’s New House” to see if my daughter would pick up on them, but nothing gruesome — I wanted her to actually sleep.
I did that to my kids a couple times with the different books they love. However, I did not make up anything graphic. It was funny how they would correct me.
Can’t be worse than this video my son used to watch called The Fox. It was some C movie produced in somewhere like Poland. It was horrid yet almost every night we had to watch it before bedtime.
In retrospect, what we liked for bedtime stories as kids we don’t always want to read as adults., even with kids. Would that be proof of ‘building character’?
BE THIS GUY over 1 year ago
It was left in someone’s bed.
codycab over 1 year ago
Doesn’t Calvin enjoy graphic stuff?
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 1 year ago
It’s under your bed.
The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover over 1 year ago
A new story to memorize.
einarbt over 1 year ago
No wonder Calvin has issues.
Ruth Brown over 1 year ago
This made me laugh. Love their eyes.
rasputin's horoscope over 1 year ago
Why didn’t I think of that with “The Baby Beebeebob Bird”?
DaveG1960 over 1 year ago
Variety, is the spice of life. It’s character building………
Erse IS better over 1 year ago
My kid wanted a story. NOT any of those stories in BOOKS, a REAL story. So I invented Ched R. Cheese, a mouse who had adventures. It turned out to be a blessing because I simply couldn’t remember last night’s story… it was all pretty much free association. Kind of fun… for both of us.
We were living in a house that I was working at finishing, so of course Ched was building HIS house too. But he did it by digging out delicious cheese from a giant wheel of cheddar…
Jesy Bertz Premium Member over 1 year ago
Wallace the Brave’s father knows how to tell a great bedtime story. Check it out.
JudasPeckerwood over 1 year ago
We can trace Dad’s career as a serial killer back to that very night.
orinoco womble over 1 year ago
Surely Calvin approves of the gross changes?
rshive over 1 year ago
But Gooey-Kablooie is happy.
rentier over 1 year ago
Sundays strip is here!! You must go back!
sandpiper over 1 year ago
Dad met the challenge in his own way as usual. Improvisation is a parent’s best talent.
Susan00100 over 1 year ago
Just shut up and read “Hamster Huey”, Dad!!
You can have your double bourbon afterwards!!
theincrediblebulk over 1 year ago
I guess this time Hamster Huey really went Kablooie. No word on whether the result was gooey or not.
The Reader Premium Member over 1 year ago
Don’t worry Hobbes! Every year at Halloween, his head mysteriously appears on your porch with a candle flickering inside it.
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
Clever Dad, changed it up and he’ll never ask for THAT story again!
Wren Fahel over 1 year ago
I was a mean parent. I had a hard & fast rule that there would be NO repeats – books, videos, etc. – within 3 days. Begging resulted in an automatic & firm NO. The girls lived.
jagedlo over 1 year ago
So staying up half the night will build some character for Calvin?
door72067 over 1 year ago
for me I always wanted Winnie the Pooh Meets Gopher
no one wanted to read it to me yet AGAIN so I basically taught myself to read at around 2 or 3
VegaAlopex over 1 year ago
I never had any stories read to me. By the time I was five, I was reading stories myself before I fell asleep.
bbenoit over 1 year ago
Dad gets a win tonight that Mom will pay for tomorrow as Dad goes to work leaving her with a sleep deprived Calvin. Perfect!
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Wait until Dad starts reading the brothers Grimm to you. That’ll give you dreams to remember.
Watchdog over 1 year ago
That is really, really funny!
PaulAbbott2 over 1 year ago
Jeez, Dad, just read the story. You are supposed to entertain the kid, not yourself. And I’m sure Hamster Huey doesn’t have a page count up with War and Peace.
Just-me over 1 year ago
I was learning to read and I asked my dad to read me a story. He turned it around and asked me to read him the story I had asked him to read. It took a little while and a bit of help, but I got it read aloud to him. I felt such a sense of accomplishment and it was the start of my lifelong love of reading.
goboboyd over 1 year ago
(trigger warning!) If hamsters have one, Huey’s tail and little paws, being further from the Kablooie might still identifiable. Even with air filled with fur hair still floating around the room.
A Hip loving Canadian... over 1 year ago
With any luck, finding Hamster Heuy’s head will be tomorrow’s story.
kab2rb over 1 year ago
Sounds like my son at that age he had one favorite book and enjoyed being read to, for me I got that book memorized.
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 1 year ago
Something tells me there were a few verbal edits.
offord over 1 year ago
What’s a gooey kablooie?
uniquename over 1 year ago
Doesn’t look like the bedtime story worked.
brick10 over 1 year ago
A “surprise” ending!
Daltongang Premium Member over 1 year ago
“Once upon a time Hamster Huey went gooey kablooey. The End.” Now go to sleep Calvin.
g04922 over 1 year ago
Hmm… Dad did a major and gruesome edit on Hamster. That story is over forever.
BiggerNate91 over 1 year ago
I will always remember the strip when Hamster Huey was first introduced. Dad was actually the one who thought Calvin would like it, and Calvin was skeptical.
And we all know how it turned out in the end…
Spider-UK over 1 year ago
This one’s one of my favorites
hagarthehorrible over 1 year ago
After that episode, I would like love to see exhausted and jittery dad in the bed
sonnygreen over 1 year ago
Nice touch! I didn’t see that coming. If a Father like him, actually existed, he should get an award.
mistercatworks over 1 year ago
He got a version he couldn’t refuse.
tremaine53 over 1 year ago
There’s a similar C&H strip, where in the final panel, Calvin says “I never knew Hamster Huey could talk so fast!”, and Hobbes responds, “Or be so sarcastic!” Hahahahahahaa!
MikeM_inMD over 1 year ago
I used to add variations to “Muffin Mouse’s New House” to see if my daughter would pick up on them, but nothing gruesome — I wanted her to actually sleep.
mindjob over 1 year ago
The head is wrapped in a silk bed sheet under the bed. Next time Calvin should sign the contract!
Calvinist1966 over 1 year ago
It’s a pity that Dad can only see Calvin’s reactions and not Hobbes’s reactions. Hobbes has some wonderful facial expressions.
alexius23 over 1 year ago
Mike Mulligan & his steam shovel….
Rose Madder Premium Member over 1 year ago
Dad – the motivational speaker??
wiley207 over 1 year ago
If I were the Dad, I would just not read ANY story to Calvin that night!
kjnrun over 1 year ago
I did that to my kids a couple times with the different books they love. However, I did not make up anything graphic. It was funny how they would correct me.
kunddog over 1 year ago
back then a cassette player would work.
Dreaming in Alola over 1 year ago
You’d think Dad would have tossed the book out by now.
musicnut1986 over 1 year ago
Hamster Huey was also one of the instigators in the spaghetti incident.
Stephen Gilberg over 1 year ago
Seems to me that by the time I could read, I wasn’t itching for the same book over and over anymore.
Marty241 over 1 year ago
Our favorite was “Green Eggs and Ham” We read it until it was memorized. Always had to laugh when my 2 year old filled in the words.
circleM over 1 year ago
Can’t be worse than this video my son used to watch called The Fox. It was some C movie produced in somewhere like Poland. It was horrid yet almost every night we had to watch it before bedtime.
westbend over 1 year ago
When my son was about 3 he “read” Curious George to us. Never missed a word and turned the pages at just the right times.
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member over 1 year ago
Good strategy, dad.
liberalnlovinit over 1 year ago
Hey, this is the same reason I watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail over and over…
christelisbetty over 1 year ago
I could comment, that it is strange that Calvin reads all the time, but not at bedtime.But I won’t.
Angry Indeed Premium Member over 1 year ago
Dad must have read the NR director’s cut. ;-p
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 1 year ago
In retrospect, what we liked for bedtime stories as kids we don’t always want to read as adults., even with kids. Would that be proof of ‘building character’?
The Pro from Dover over 1 year ago
Soon to be a Hallmark Christmas movie