The Dinette Set by Julie Larson
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Julie Larson began writing The Dinette Set comic in 1990, then called Suburban Torture, offering a satire on middle class culture. The Dinette Set became syndicated in 1997. When asked where Julie gets all of her ideas, she admits there is only one way to write a daily comic: write about what you know. "I make no bones about who’s really talking in The Dinette Set," says Julie, who is writer, director and cast of The Dinette Set. "If we can’t make fun of ourselves, who will?"
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Margueritem
said,
20 days ago
The ‘crescent moon’ is on the outhouse out back….
big G 3469
said,
20 days ago
Check the jar of “Old Worms”.
ejcapulet
said,
20 days ago
Burl would fit right in!
JDG
said,
20 days ago
It is between “find it” and “crescent moon”…….
Ray C
said,
20 days ago
Aww, Burl, He just got a sign wrong when he did the math. Could happen to anybody.
At least give him partial credit.
joan316 said, 20 days ago
Time to stop ridiculing the people of Appalachia, isn’t it?
nighthawks
said,
20 days ago
the license sign reminds me of an apt quote from the 1989 movie, ‘parenthood’:
Tod: You know, Mrs. Buckman, you need a license to buy a dog, to drive a car - hell, you even need a license to catch a fish. But they’ll let any butt-reaming bleeep be a father.
bald 716 said, 20 days ago
do i hear dueling banjo’s in the background ?
Ray C
said,
20 days ago
Joan316: (Great name, by the way!!) My wife (from rural Alabama) and I would agree whole-heartedly. But Julie has been ridiculing midwestern suburban white folks for years. We’ve all laughed at them without believing that every midwesterner is as dumb as they are. Her comedy is based mostly on caricature and she seems to be reasonably even-handed with who gets ridiculed..
Americans of various ethnic backgrounds have been the butt of jokes since people started immigrating. Sadly, while some groups have managed to make it almost a hate crime to make fun of them, other groups, such as blondes, southerners, and people of faith (Christians in particular), have not. I don’t know what that says about us.
misterwhite said, 20 days ago
Ray C wrote: ” Sadly, while some groups have managed to make it almost a hate crime to make fun of them, other groups, such as blondes, southerners, and people of faith (Christians in particular), have not. ”
I have found that Christians are the MOST sensitive about humor about their religion. Hell, they start foaming at the mouth when you start reciting the factual history of Christianity to them. They consider it not politically correct.
Joe Allen Doty said, 19 days ago
I saw a larger version of this and the “crescent moon” is inside of the jar that is labeled “Old Worms.”
The guy behind the counter is more dim-witted than Burl and his Dinette Set cronies are.
“Podda” must stand for “pot of” as in a “podda beans.” They supposedly use “messa” for a serving of cooked green leafy vegetables as in a “messa greens.”
I have often heard “shoulda” for “should’ve,” the contraction of “should have.”
Joe Allen Doty said, 19 days ago
The factual history of “Christianity” began in 325 AD when the Byzantine Emperor Constantine decided to organize all of the churches in the empire and make it a male run political organization.
Christianity is NOT even in the Bible and the word “Christian” was made up to make fun of those who preached about the Anointed (Christos, transliterated from the Greek).
Those who preached about the Anointed called themselves “Believers” and didn’t self-identify by the pagan epithet “Christian.”
Some of those folks, like misterwhite, who attempt to recite a factual history of Christianity are atheists and very religiously dogmatic about it, too.
Nowhere in the Bible, a collection of works finally officially canonized in 397 AD, does it say that the Bible is the Word of God. It took over 60 years before a committee of so-called “Early Church Fathers” could even decide what should be in their “Bible.”
Because a Roman Catholic Church pope wrote in a papal bull in 404 AD, “The canon is now closed,” many RCC church members believe that their church denomination put that Bible together. But, while the early church fathers recognized the existence of a church in Rome, they didn’t consider it to be a major denomination.
joan316 said, 19 days ago
Ray C (also a great name–racy?): In 1997 I read “Redneck Manifesto” with the aim of getting another point of view. The author made a number of good points, one of which was that it seemed too acceptable to use the term ‘white trash’, “redneck”, etc., while to use derogatory terms toward other groups was not acceptable. The most recent Quizno’s ad mocks mountain people–not a funny ad. Fortunately, there are no more Frito Bandito ads, Mafia directed ads – and it seems that elderly jokes are going by the wayside. Billy Ray Cyrus hosted a History Channel program about ‘Hillbillies’. Julie should watch this and Shelby Davis’ ‘The True Meaning of Pictures’. As an elderly Caucasian Northerner, I will admit disdain for those who persist with displaying the Confederate flag (somewhat prevalent in my small town in northern Illinois). Even the best of us slipped up last year and likened his bowling performance as unworthy of even the Special Olympics. Anyway what does this say about us (you ask)? That we’re still too mean spirited. Usually, Julie pokes fun at members of her inner circle and should stick to that.
bikemaster said, 19 days ago
WAY TO GO, Joe Allen Doty! Finally, someone tells it like it is, daring to incur the wrath of Roman Catholics & their corrupt “church”. I’m quite certain that Jesus had this “church” in mind when He warned His disciples that “many would come in His name”.