Frazz by Jef Mallett follows the adventures of an unexpected role model: an elementary-school janitor who's also a Renaissance man. While he's sweeping the hall, he's whistling Beethoven. Or Lyle Lovett. He paints the woodwork in the classrooms; he paints a Da Vinci on the cafeteria wall. He's a trusted authority figure who is every kid's buddy. He took the janitor's job while he was a struggling songwriter, and when he finally sold a hit song, he decided to stay on at school. Frazz appears in 200 newspapers worldwide, including the Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Chicago Tribune and Detroit News. "A few years back, I wrote and illustrated a children's book," says Mallett. "When I was traveling around reading it at school assemblies, I noticed that often, the most respected, best-liked grown-up in the building was the janitor. And I thought, 'Hmm, there's a comic strip in that.'" Often praised for its intelligent wit, gentle spirit and effortless diversity, Frazz won a Wilbur Award from the Religion Communicators Council in 2003 and 2005 for excellence in communicating values and ethics.
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Richard S. Russell said, 11 months ago
“There are two possible outcomes: If the result confirms the hypothesis, then you’ve made a discovery. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you’ve made a discovery.”
—Enrico Fermi
Richard S. Russell said, 11 months ago
“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?”
—Albert Einstein
Randy_B
said, 11 months ago
The “experiement” didn’t fail. It accomplished exactly what Caulfield expected.
win said, 11 months ago
a mad scientist
SoItBegins~ said, 11 months ago
@Richard S. Russell
I get the feeling Caulfield knew EXACTLY what he was doing.
Arianne said, 11 months ago
Little Boy Blew
A noisy air horn
The bun’s in the air
The coffee is worn
Where is the boy who craves special attention?
He’s happily on his way down to detention.
Manhunter808 said, 11 months ago
3Cheers for Arianne’s poem! Hip, Hip, Hooray!
AshburnStadium said, 11 months ago
Imagine the reaction by Mrs. Olsen if Caulfield could have gotten his hands on a Nathan AirChime K5LA (a train horn).
For a video (with awesome sound) of a K5LA, go to YouTube and search “Nathan K5LA drive by test at night (best sounding).”
masterskrain said, 11 months ago
@AshburnStadium
I ALWAYS wanted one of those on the Semi I used to drive, but the company wouldn’t go along with it!
It could be SO much fun on the Freeway during rush hour…
Lorenzo Browncoat said, 11 months ago
Remember, Caulfield:
“Failure is always an option.”
luvcmx said, 11 months ago
There is no such thing as failure, there is only information.
Bdaysuit said, 11 months ago
@Arianne
Nice poem.
Notsoastute said, 11 months ago
Good thing he is in public school. Sister Mary Mayhem would have put that air horn somewhere appropriate….along with the toe of her shoe!
rshive said, 11 months ago
I have a feeling that Caulfield doesn’t really consider this a failure.
Ronald Davis said, 11 months ago
@Richard S. Russell
“There are two possible outcomes: If the result confirms the hypothesis, then you’ve made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you’ve made a discovery.”
—Enrico Fermi