Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for October 01, 2024

That is truly how it works….

Outa sight, Outa mind!

Wanda will see Darryl playing a ukulele and kiss him. So then Darryl will play a guitar.

ukelele snooze, ukelele lose ㋛

Love the tuning ditty. That’s just how I learned to tune my ukulele (which my grandfather gave me and which made my parents SOOOO happy).

“You’re not going to bring back Tiny Tim?!” – Dick Martin

Closet item, untouched for a year, out the door! Five minutes after garbage truck leaves, “Hey, who took my (whatever)?”

Play Tiptoe Through the Tulips.

You can tune a ukulele all you want but it will still sound like a ukulele, dischordant and annoying.

What are you whining about? You didn’t want it in the first place!

It’s the family uke. Lighthearted and a bit silly sounding. Can you play the Blues on a ukulele? ‘My Dog Has Flees’ might qualify.

My grandson had a ukulele and one morning I played and sang “Tiptoe through the tulips” to wake him up for school.

Today is nNational Homemade Cookie Day

And God Bless Tiny Tim

Shouldn’t that have been, “My son has fleas”?

I didn’t realize they were such a musical family…

Nothing makes a child want to play with a toy more than when one of the parents starts playing with the toy.

""Tiny Tim was a character who played around Greenwich Village in the 50s and 60s, and a lot of people just think that he was a joke. But I’ll tell you – nobody knew more about old music than Tiny Tim did. He studied it and he loved it. He knew all the songs that only existed as sheet music. When he passed away, we lost a national treasure." – Bob Dylan

Sure you were, Hammie.

So many universal truths in today’s strip- from Darryl’s “musical choice” to the toy that is forgotten and unloved until someone else wants to play with it.

Well done, Kirkman and Scott!

“I wasn’t interested in that until you started having fun with it.” – Hammie

Sure, Ham. We all believe you.

Ways to stir up interest.

Kids always want what you have, when it’s theirs. Enjoy your dad’s ukulele concert and you can do your own when he is finished. After today, it will be in the closet, untouched and forgotten about for another year

I immediately thought of Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwoʻole.

Funny closing ending on an old Roseanne episode when Johnny Galeki and Tiny Tim are sitting in the living room playing “Tip Toe Through the Tulips.” John Goodman walks in and smashes Tiny Tim’s ukelele. All Tiny Tim says “That happens a lot” and goes into his bag and brings out another ukelele.

Say aloha to what is now Daryl’s ukulele, Hammie.

Random Poll: Who is more evil: Hammie or Zoe?

Sure you were Hammie.

“….down to his kneeeees….”

“My Dog Has Fleas” is a popular “tuning song” for ukulele player.

Is that even a song?

It’s an evil trick Hammie, don’t let them get you! Theyre trying to do the best thing. Resist the dark side.