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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purple sky
said, 4 months ago
Okay, I don’t get Burl’s comment. I hope it’s not something mean. Besides, I’ve a cat named Spartacus!
margueritem
said, 4 months ago
@purple sky
‘Spartacus’ was a movie, so I assume that’s what he’s talking about, although I can’t be sure.
Ryan (probably the older Ryan) said, 4 months ago
I think Julie is refering to a certain coffee chain without any legal repercussions. Just a guess.
SusanSunshine
said, 4 months ago
Well, I didn’t really get it either….
but I think he means they can buy a whole Greek movie on tape here for $5, when in their country they charge $15 just to see an American movie…
Never mind that Spartacus is 50+ years old…
and an American movie…
His twisted logic somehow proves that Greeks are ripping off Americans,
or that American movies are worth more than Greek movies…
or something…
SusanSunshine
said, 4 months ago
“A” Spartacus does sound funny….
but if she meant “a Starbucks” I don’t think she’d be afraid to say it, or at least get a lot closer.
In fact I think somebody in the strip was drinking Starbucks the other day…
and today they’re eating Taco Bell and Joy is labelled Gucci.
SusanSunshine
said, 4 months ago
Anyway…. yeah…
I’d save for years to take a trip to Greece and then drink Coke and go see a stupid American comedy.
The Pennys would eat at McDonald’s in Athens so they’d know what they were gettin’.
You know you can’t trust them foreigners to give you a real piece of beef.
And they’d spend all day looking for a Greek discount store so they could see whether the prices on paper products were the same as at home.
Seen one Acropolis, seen ’em all.
“Spray paint address on mailbox so nobody steals it??”
Cos it would be so gosh darn unattractive?
More itching to ask the doctor about …
maybe that bra needs more than a rinse.
mikie2
said, 4 months ago
I don’t know about youse guys but I arrange my shoes by size; from the smallest to the largest. Makes perfect sense. Doesn’t everyone? Aren’t everyone’s feet different sizes on different days?
And she’s going to buy baclava pop tarts, that’s almost Greek. Maybe she could buy some Greek yoghurt and go all in!
loveslife said, 4 months ago
Baklava pop tarts? I’ll like to watch them put them in the toaster. They are crumbly and gooey. Do they even know what baklava is? I doubt it.
finale said, 4 months ago
MMMMM…..Baklava.
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@SS: The to-do looks like Burl is going to spray paint “Moores” on the box so no one steals the “Penny” box? Maybe delivery people and their neighbors have put a bounty on their mailbox?
Zaamis said, 4 months ago
@SusanSunshine
Back in the mid 80’s we were stationed in Bremerhaven, West Germany – a McDonalds opened there in 1988 (+/- a year). You paid (much) more for Mcnuggets & such than you would for a nice, sit down dinner at an upper-scale restaurant elsewhere. However, Mickey D’s was always packed. Local nationals and expatriates would come from miles around – some driving 4-5 hours to partake of this delicacy. Go figure!
BTW, you paid .30 pfennings for a pack of ketchup-but mayo was free. Guess what everybody used to dip their Pomme Frites in?
Zaamis said, 4 months ago
@finale
Hey, he could add a “S” for “S’mores”! Might give the would-be vandals the warm fuzzies and might make them hungry too. Sweet Revenge!
Bakumanfan said, 4 months ago
When I was stationed at Heidleberg 78-81 with the army. The McD was always packed and they served BEER.
GymShoe said, 4 months ago
@Bakumanfan
Yes… McD’s had beer in Italy too… I visited McD’s in Hong Kong. You go there to see how much the same it is… It’s not.. They also served rice…. ! ! !
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I read the To Do list to say Spray paint “Hooters” on the mail box, But SS corrected that interpretation… ! ! !
DAZZ
said, 4 months ago
@loveslife
That’s what I was thinking about the toaster (they’d better have a toaster oven). I could not read what she planned to spray on the mailbox.
MissScarlet
said, 4 months ago
During the 1989 heat wave the Mc D’s in Aylesbury, England was the only place around serving iced tea.