For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston

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  1. pookid54

    pookid54Genius_badge said, 8 months ago

    Huh? D’you say something?

  2. Bill Weinberg

    Bill Weinberg said, 8 months ago

    Why is daddy placing his hand over Elizabeth’s face like that in the fourth panel? Or is he looking at his watch?

  3. Manhunter808

    Manhunter808 said, 8 months ago

    Bill, I think you’ve got it .. he’s looking at his watch, altho until you mentioned it, I thought he was shielding Lizzie’s eyes from something like the apparent violence on the previous panel. Thanks for figuring it out.

  4. dead-eye-bill

    dead-eye-bill said, 8 months ago

    the electronic babysitter just wasted another evening perhaps a bedtime story so its not a total loss powerboy to the rescue

  5. Macushlalondra

    MacushlalondraGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    That was communicating?

  6. bald 716

    bald 716 said, 8 months ago

    well at least the family is in the same room at the same time. i suppose that couts

  7. BigGrouch

    BigGrouch said, 8 months ago

    Elly turned the TV on manually? I didn’t know you could do that.

  8. Silverpearl

    Silverpearl said, 8 months ago

    Yes, we old-timers used to do lots of things by hand. Before the lazy people discovered remote controls. Like turning pages in a book.

  9. dcguys

    dcguysGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    How about turning up the volume on the radio, Silverperal?
    “The Shadow Knows”

  10. cleokaya

    cleokayaGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    My wife raised both of her kids without a TV. They have grown up earning high academic honors and with the love of reading.

  11. Radical-Knight

    Radical-KnightGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    In my sister’s family, communication is yelling at each other OVER the sound of TV. XD

  12. js305

    js305 said, 8 months ago

    When I was a kid I WAS the remote control…

  13. Burgundy2

    Burgundy2 said, 8 months ago

    LOL js305!

  14. Allan Claus

    Allan Claus said, 8 months ago

    Bill - defiantly looking at his watch …
    BigGrouch - this is early 80’s … we didn’t GET remote controlled TV’s till around 1986 :D …

  15. TheWildSow

    TheWildSow said, 8 months ago

    We had a “Zenith Space Commander” remote in the mid-60s.

    http://www.wired.com/gadgets/displays/magazine/test2007/vg_greatestgadget

  16. bluetopazcrystal

    bluetopazcrystal said, 8 months ago

    TheWildSow, That must have been cool!
    The pride of the neighbourhood.

  17. arceedee

    arceedeeGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    The only communication I ever get from family TV addicts is when I walk in to say something and everybody goes ‘shhhuuush’

  18. Wildmustang1262

    Wildmustang1262 said, 8 months ago

    BigGrouch says: Elly turned the TV on manually? I didn’t know you could do that.
    That was old TV without remote to change the channels and power to turn off and on way back in 1960s-1970s. Nowadays, we have fancy TVs with remotes.

  19. chellsea frazier

    chellsea frazier said, 8 months ago

    i luv for better or for worse its the best comics ever

  20. amaugsburger

    amaugsburger said, 8 months ago

    Relax people. Obviously we know the kids turned out okay. TV isn’t completely evil. The family is at least spending time together, so it’s not like the TV is actually babysitting while Elle and John go off to do their own thing. Sheesh. I grew up with a TV in the house and still managed to love books.

  21. Coffee-Turtle

    Coffee-TurtleGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    sign of the times, sadly…. :(