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   DaJellyBelly said, 10 months ago

   @HectorPriam

   Groans!
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   Nabuquduriuzhur said, 10 months ago

   Had to return a dvd recorder that started scratching disks.
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   Hillbillyman said, 10 months ago

   Does this shady character work at the store?
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   axe-grinder said, 10 months ago

   I believe this man is a local disc jockey.
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   moreorless said, 10 months ago

   oh, c’mon. isn’t it about time to put this strip out of its misery?
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   kevin78661 said, 10 months ago

   @Nabuquduriuzhur

   How is it possible that a DVD player could scratch a DVD disk? Not in this lifetime.
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   SUSAN NEWMAN said, 10 months ago

   @moreorless

   Hey, at least there’s no Slim and Clovia in this story line.
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   whmIII said, 10 months ago

   Jeez….
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   ewalnut said, 10 months ago

   @kevin78661

   Do a Google search. It’s certainly possible for a malfunctioning DVD player to scratch discs.
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    Donnie Pitchford said, 10 months ago

    I wish this continuity had been published a few years ago while I was still teaching the history of broadcasting. It would have been fun to assign my students to read and compare this to “The Jack Benny Program.”
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    Penny Robinson Fan Club said, 10 months ago

    @SUSAN NEWMAN

    How ’bout the both of ya either quit the griping or just take the air?
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    boldyuma said, 10 months ago

    I had a cheap Toshiba player that,(right before I tossed it in the

    trash),actually “threw” up a spinning disk as the door opened.
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    battle of plattsburgh said, 10 months ago

    @axe-grinder

    Wish Ida said that.
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    SUSAN NEWMAN said, 10 months ago

    @Penny Robinson Fan Club

    How about Penny slapping your head!
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    axe-grinder said, 10 months ago

    I’m not a betting man, but the joke involves this guy giving all of his advice in horse race terminology— “scratch” is used here in that vein. I think it’s a clever and enjoyable sequence, and I’d like to see the routine from Jack Benny’s show to which it pays homage (judging from some of your comments). As for the complainers, they will be with us always, but I can’t relate. I come here because I enjoy the strip often enough to make it worth my while. If I hated it, I’d stay away. To do otherwise would be like someone going to the race track, and complaining that all the horses ever do is run in a circle, but then returning each day to annoy the enthusiasts with the same whine.
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