FoxTrot by Bill Amend

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  1. StrangeTikiGod

    StrangeTikiGod said, 6 months ago

    Speak the speech, I pray you…just somewhere else.

  2. wndrwrthg

    wndrwrthgGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    She may just collect a pound of flesh.

  3. Hugh B. Hayve

    Hugh B. Hayve said, 6 months ago

    Out! Out! damm snots!

  4. pschearer

    pschearerGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    I love the old joke that Shakespeare is a bad writer because of all the cliches.

  5. LibrarianInTraining

    LibrarianInTraining said, 6 months ago

    My grandfather’s joke, so you’ll pardon if it’s lame:

    Shakespeare? A great writer? Are you kidding? You seen his f’s? They look like S’s! Never dotted his i’s. Crossed his t’s in all the wrong places. Terrible writer that Shakespeare.

    I believe he stole it from Mel Brook’s 2000 year old man. But when I was 9 it had me rolling.

  6. Tinyc

    Tinyc said, 6 months ago

    I liked a recent comic so much I wrote a translator.

    http://primepuzzle.com/tunxis/mathspeak.html

  7. ninmas

    ninmas said, 6 months ago

    i had to read twelvth night this week, some of it is impossible!

  8. cleokaya

    cleokayaGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    ninmas, I know what you mean. When I was in school, Shakespeare with his wording, at the time seemed like a march to battle with your hands tied behind your back.

  9. Dypak

    DypakGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    Isnt the movie “She’s the man” an adaptation of 12th Night?

  10. Dypak

    DypakGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    Thanks for decoding “Q” for me Tinyc, that one had me stumped. 24.

  11. bigmitchperez

    bigmitchperez said, 6 months ago

    if the geeks know enough shakespeare to goof on it,that’s very reassuring!!

  12. Burgundy2

    Burgundy2 said, 6 months ago

    pschearer - that’s funny! I felt the same way the first time I watched “Casablanca” - nice movie, but full of cliches!

  13. Furienna

    Furienna said, 6 months ago

    Which play is “Is this a digger, which I see before me” a reference to?

  14. coloharpare

    coloharpareGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    Macbeth: Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?

  15. Miserichord

    Miserichord said, 6 months ago

    Willie Wrote plays.
    They should be read out loud.
    Makes a real difference in understanding them.

  16. Dypak

    DypakGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    If you’re lucky enough to know who Terry Pratchett is you should read his work out loud as well. Most of the jokes work so much better when spoken.

  17. kfaatz925

    kfaatz925 said, 6 months ago

    Dypak - too right! Terry Pratchett fans unite. :)

  18. Puget Sounder

    Puget SounderGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    What fools, these mortal bees.

  19. Johanan Rakkav

    Johanan RakkavGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    Truly Trivial Shakespeare: Christopher Robin (Milne) played Andrew Aguecheek while still a lad, as much thanks to his blond hair as for any other reason.

  20. Johanan Rakkav

    Johanan RakkavGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    One of the best Fox Trots ever for my tastes! :)

  21. ewennick

    ewennick said, 6 months ago

    Dypak: Not only is “She’s The Man” an adaptation of “Twelfth Night,” but “10 Things I Hate About You” is an adaptation of “Taming Of The Shrew.” And Kurosawa’s movie “Ran” is based on “King Lear.” I think my favourite “non-Shakespeare” Shakespeare movie (that is, not directly taken from the script) is Al Pacino’s documentary “Looking For Richard.” Fabulous movie.

  22. Logicman

    Logicman said, 6 months ago

    Not only Sir Willie, but many good movies start out as adaptations from the classics. Steve Martin’s adaptation of Silas Marner (A Simple Twist of Fate) is one of his best movies (Kind of like his adaptation of Cyrano De Bergerac - Roxanne is also a good flick! – I love the riff on the size of his nose in the bar!)

    Problem is that no modern writers seem to be up to tackling the ‘big’ issues ….

  23. tobybartels

    tobybartels said, 6 months ago

    They didn't even try to translate this into Spanish:
    http://www.gocomics.com/espanol/foxtrotespanol/2009/05/03/
    (Better than two weeks ago!)

  24. TradeMark

    TradeMark said, 6 months ago

    Hugh B. Hayve love the mullet.

  25. gypsycaine

    gypsycaineGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    I miss my daily Foxtrot. I used to look forward to receiving FBFW and Foxtrot in the inbox each morning before heading out to the Computer Science classes. Unix! Cmos! I cut out the cmos underwear one and kept it to giggle at when Assembly got too hard. I wish they’d restart the dailies again like Peanuts or FBFW have done. At least we get fresh Sundays. :) Jason understands that it doesn’t matter–Shakespeare, LoTR, computers–it’s all humorous in the right light.

    Go Foxtrot! You rock Bill and we love you.

    Dee
    (MAED/BS CS)