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1. 

   rayannina said, about 16 hours ago

   The look on Danae’s face in panel 3 … CLASSIC!

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   pouncingtiger said, about 16 hours ago

   Did anyone NOT see this coming?

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   baslim_the_begger said, about 15 hours ago

   I guess she could move into the shed…
   And Dad is going to have to do news broadcasts somewhere else, too.
   And yeah, Panel 3 is great!

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   Sisyphos said, about 15 hours ago

   Positively no negativity.

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   myming said, about 15 hours ago

   ^ is that possible ?

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   baslim_the_begger said, about 15 hours ago

   ^It was in Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood.

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   thebird55 said, about 14 hours ago

   Mr. Rogers was make believe. Non Sequitur is real.

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   Fairportfan2 said, about 14 hours ago

   “…and they all looked at me…”

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   Sheik Yerbouti said, about 13 hours ago

   Mr. Rogers was not make believe. Fred was an ordained minister, a licensed pilot, an accomplished musician, and a genuinely decent guy.

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    baslim_the_begger said, about 13 hours ago

    ^He was indeed. My mother was flying back east and she thought the guy next to her looked a lot like Fred Rogers, but did not want to bother him. After a while some other person came to talk to him, and then my mother talked with him. She explained that our 3 sons watched his show all the time. He took down our address. A while later, 3 signed photos in plastic display cases came to our house.

    And he was flying coach. (My mother asked him about that, and he said budget did not really permit flying first class). Her assessment was that he really was like his television persona.

    (Bird, we know you’re only kidding).

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    arifvakil said, about 12 hours ago

    Another Brilliant strip. I so wish Non Sequitur would come more often than just once a day. sigh. Any other strips that readers here would recommend? (other than Calvin, Foxtrot and Boondocks)

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    Nabuquduriuzhur said, about 12 hours ago

    Johnny carson did a couple of very good Mr. Rogers routines. My favorite was Mr. Rambo’s neighborhood. The makeup department put a gigantic plastic/rubber muscleman body on Mr. Carson and dressed him in camouflage hot/humid climate gear. He carried around a large shotgun and anything red he got rid of, so to speak. “Hey, here’s mr fish. ” Reads the label on the fish tank. “Hey, it’s a red snapper” Anything red’s a commie and I hate commies.” He pulls a pin on a fake grenade, counts loudly down and then tosses it in the tank. A bunch of bubbles and an obviously fake fish is floating on the top. The only other part of the skit I remember is Mr. Mailman came along with the mail and was singing about something red. Mr. Rambo told him he didn’t like songs about red things, because they were commie. Mr. Mailman just laughed and said something about Mr. Rambo being “such a kidder” and went out singing “the red red robin goes bop bop bopping along”. Mr. Rambo got out his trusty RPG and fired it out the window. A flood of mail and a fake leg came in the window. Skit ended with him singing “it’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood” with the shotgun slung over his shoulder.

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    Nabuquduriuzhur said, about 12 hours ago

    They already have my comment on Google, would you believe? That is quick work. I was looking up “Johnny Carson” and “Mr. Rambo’s Neighborhood.”

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    Nabuquduriuzhur said, about 11 hours ago

    To Fred Rogers! One of the good guys of an era of television long gone.

    Man, what a concept: kid’s TV that actually taught something useful.

    I cringe when I watch OPB programs today that are supposed to be science (I have an M.S. and 2 B.S.s, each in a different field, plus another A.S. and several certifications) and it will be going along fine and then there will be a segment of absolute junk or someone writing it can’t resist substituting politics or whatever the current “way to nirvana/heaven” for science.

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    kb8uuw said, about 10 hours ago

    What is needed is a source of positive energy. Say a squad of bright bubbly blond cheerleaders. just have someone keep texting them that their team scored an other point. rotate in fresh squads as needed.

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    Submachine said, about 9 hours ago

    Fred Rogers also was a highly decorated Marine.

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    suzleigh said, about 9 hours ago

    Victoria could fix this…

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    Grog said, about 9 hours ago

    That’s one way to cut down on the negative waves at the house…..and I love panel 3 too.

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    Potrzebie said, about 9 hours ago

    Hmm, subplot here: Danae trains to become a short-order cook!

20. 

    Brian55 said, about 9 hours ago

    @ arifvakil… Mister Boffo is usually entertaining..

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    david said, about 8 hours ago

    Eddie Murphy did a good Mr. Rogers routine too.

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    pdchapin said, about 8 hours ago

    Mr Rogers the marine is an urban legend. He never served in the military. See snopes.com.

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    MobyD said, about 8 hours ago

    @Submachine - Nope, sorry. Fred Rogers was by all accounts a very decent human being, but he never served in any branch of the military (not that being a decent human being and serving in the military are mutually exclusive - they’re not).

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    janrobk said, about 8 hours ago

    STOP ALL E-MAILS TO JANROBK@HOTMAIL.COM. rk

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    CedarCircle said, about 7 hours ago

    I actually don’t see where we’re going with the Eckert. Keep it coming! And if you want negativity in a baseball stadium, try Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona: Home of the last-place Diamondbacks.

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    Hoomi said, about 6 hours ago

    Oh, dear lord, whatever you do, don’t let the Eckert ANYWHERE near Fred Phelps and his Westboro cohorts. The universe could be thrown completely out of balance with that massive a body suddenly floating around!

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    GreenBikeGuy said, about 6 hours ago

    When does the Ekert get to chow down on the Teabaggers?

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    Lewreader said, about 6 hours ago

    Wherever the TV writers and producers are, there you should find Ekert

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    EDinWAState said, about 5 hours ago

    In my opinion, Non Sequitur is the only comic worth reading today (or any day). Wiley, keep it up with your astute observations of the Human condition and please bring back the reincarnating Homer.

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    grazer said, about 4 hours ago

    One white Ekert….and there goes the neighborhood!

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    RichardSRussell said, about 4 hours ago

    “Any other strips that readers here would recommend? (other than Calvin, Foxtrot and Boondocks)”

    Cul de Sac, by Richard Thompson. It’s about a family that lives on a little dead-end street, with a sensible mom, a bemused dad, a delightful little girl (Alice) and her pre-school friends, and a neurotic older brother (Petey). Sample here:
       http://www.gocomics.com/culdesac/

    I echo every nice thing that’s ever been said about Fred Rogers. If we’re ever invaded by aliens who demand to know why they shouldn’t exterminate the human race at once, all we have to do is plunk them down in front of reruns of “Mr. Rogers’ Naborhood” and we’ll all be saved.

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    CoBass said, about 4 hours ago

    About Mr. Rogers. I think this cartoon says it all. (Be sure to hover your cursor over the cartoon image to get the bonus punchline.)

    And submachine, as others have said, Mr. Rogers was not a Marine or a Seal or even in the military. Those are all just urban legends. (Mr. Rogers was, however, a seminary classmate of my former pastor, which I one reason I know these things.)

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    magnamax said, about 3 hours ago

    Robin Willams did Mr. Rogers in his first HBO concert. I hope Fred never saw it. Talk about character assassination.
    AT least Danae knows where the problems come from in her neighborhood. Can you say troublemaker? Sure. I knew you could.

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    Wildmustang1262 said, about 3 hours ago

    On the third panel, Father and sister, Katie looked at Danae. Danae felt like it was her fault for having Ekert, the elephant-fairy in their home. That was why Danae had to stay with her grandma for the rest of summer. Poor thing, Danae! Tsk!

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    treered said, about 3 hours ago

    BIRD, “Mr. Rogers was make believe. Non Sequitur is real.” LOL hilarious!

    wish I had got in earlier, another urban legend is that Captain Kangaroo fought at Okinawa….

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    fritzoid said, about 1 hour ago

    On an appearance on The Tonight Show, Fred Rogers said that all the sweaters he wore on the show were hand-made by his mother. Every year for his whole life (to that point), his mother would knit him two cardigans a year, one for Christmas and one for his birthday.

    The man was a saint. I get a kick out of parodies (I’ve heard he didn’t mind them, either), but whenever I hear somebody bad-mouthing Mr. Rogers himself, I feel most unneighborly.

37. 

    olmail said, about 1 hour ago

    a nearly complete absence of politically charged commentary. it appears the ekert has done his thing on the comment board.

38. 

    Ceceee said, 38 minutes ago

    Near complete. Some people are still calling other people a vulgar name beginning with T. And I’m not interested in hearing justifications for name-calling, for there really aren’t any.