Here in Wisconsin (and, I assume, most other states as well) you can only choose from among 26 letters and 10 digits (and here they treat the oh and the zero as the same character, so only 35 total). But I wanted my plate to read TANGO!, so I got one that said TANGOI and use reflective tape on the 6th letter to achieve the desired effect. The first 2 cops who pulled me over just made me peel the tape off, but the 3rd one wrote me a ticket to boot. That finally pushed me over the edge. Now my plate says ITANGO (no space). sigh If only they were as diligent in dealing with people doing 50 while camped out in the passing lane.
My former brother in law did a little stand-up. When your biggest career achievement is opening for Jon Lovitz, I’d say you haven’t climbed very high up the ladder.
Someone implying that stand up comedians have the mental capacity of a fourth grader obviously didn’t pay attention to the work of George Carlin, Lenny Bruce, Jon Stewart, and a host of others. That said given the fourth graders Frazz spends his time with on a daily basis are all prodigious savants, there’s the basis for a point.
I worked in the Advertising industry. I applied for a license plate in Texas that said: Fd2Blk, “fade to black”. Which is the Directors command to the Video/Audio operator to Fade out both Video and sound to Zero. I got turned down. Apparently someone thought it might offend someone???
To be fair, you can certainly make a decent living, and in some cases a very good living, as a stand-up comedian. A few comedians make an extraordinarily good living. But everyone, at some point, works really hard at it and doesn’t make doodly. And that’s the phase that makes the best stories, so that’s the part that gets told about the most. I suppose the business is not that different from drawing a comic strip, except that cartoonists don’t have to travel as much, our audience usually isn’t drunk, and when people heckle us, they have to go through some kind of intermediary, like the comments section on GoComics. Which, now I wonder about what I said regarding them not being as drunk.
Darsan54 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Ooooh OUCH !! That’s gonna leave a mark.
sandpiper over 5 years ago
Some stand-ups get fruit instead of money. In this economy that might be better.
asrialfeeple over 5 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uor9zgsMevo
Ignatz Premium Member over 5 years ago
Man, I know a lot of stand-up comics, and they seldom make any money, but it’s hard work.
Teto85 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Out of work English majors.
billswingle over 5 years ago
Great strip today!
ArtisticArtemis over 5 years ago
I’d far rather be a 4th grader than a stand up comedian. The only truth to that phrase is that they are standing up…usually…….
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 5 years ago
Here in Wisconsin (and, I assume, most other states as well) you can only choose from among 26 letters and 10 digits (and here they treat the oh and the zero as the same character, so only 35 total). But I wanted my plate to read TANGO!, so I got one that said TANGOI and use reflective tape on the 6th letter to achieve the desired effect. The first 2 cops who pulled me over just made me peel the tape off, but the 3rd one wrote me a ticket to boot. That finally pushed me over the edge. Now my plate says ITANGO (no space). sigh If only they were as diligent in dealing with people doing 50 while camped out in the passing lane.
Seed_drill over 5 years ago
My former brother in law did a little stand-up. When your biggest career achievement is opening for Jon Lovitz, I’d say you haven’t climbed very high up the ladder.
Stephen Gilberg over 5 years ago
Eh, fourth graders tend not to know all the naughty words yet.
Ubermick over 5 years ago
Someone implying that stand up comedians have the mental capacity of a fourth grader obviously didn’t pay attention to the work of George Carlin, Lenny Bruce, Jon Stewart, and a host of others. That said given the fourth graders Frazz spends his time with on a daily basis are all prodigious savants, there’s the basis for a point.
MikeM_inMD over 5 years ago
The problem with this proposal is both groups are more likely to let things slip through “accidentally”.
mobile over 5 years ago
I worked in the Advertising industry. I applied for a license plate in Texas that said: Fd2Blk, “fade to black”. Which is the Directors command to the Video/Audio operator to Fade out both Video and sound to Zero. I got turned down. Apparently someone thought it might offend someone???
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 5 years ago
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To be fair, you can certainly make a decent living, and in some cases a very good living, as a stand-up comedian. A few comedians make an extraordinarily good living. But everyone, at some point, works really hard at it and doesn’t make doodly. And that’s the phase that makes the best stories, so that’s the part that gets told about the most. I suppose the business is not that different from drawing a comic strip, except that cartoonists don’t have to travel as much, our audience usually isn’t drunk, and when people heckle us, they have to go through some kind of intermediary, like the comments section on GoComics. Which, now I wonder about what I said regarding them not being as drunk.
eromlig over 5 years ago
Jef, truly another one for which “Great work!” seems a descriptive totally inadequate to the task. Keep on keepin’ on, Friend.