Geez, Mum let the “didn’t like dinner” line slide. I know a few Mums who would’ve launched into a “When I was a kid, I was lucky to have a boiled rock for dinner” or “Consider those starving in ________” guilt trip!
When you have everything taken away from you, you come to realize that all we have is ourselves and each other. It’s the only thing that truly matters.
This is still the 80s. Calvin may watch a lot of TV, but he’s not always staring at a smart phone or tablet, he actually reads the occasional book (or comic book), and he can put himself in a fantasy world with whatever props he has on hand. He should be able to handle this better than many kids today.
Love that “poof!” above Calvin’s head in the third panel! I picture this sound effect accompanying it… https://soundeffects.fandom.com/wiki/DISNEY_POOF_SOUND
BE THIS GUY almost 5 years ago
Mrs. Wormwood will be shocked when Calvin shows up with his homework done.
SonicFan91 almost 5 years ago
Why won’t they just buy what got stolen again
Baarorso almost 5 years ago
Remember Calvin (in the words of your father), “suffering builds character”. ;D
Bilan almost 5 years ago
Reality just sunk in.
codycab almost 5 years ago
Look on the bright side Calvin….you still got Hobbes.
Sisu60 almost 5 years ago
now he knows how Laura Ingalls Wilder felt
jackhammer165 almost 5 years ago
Geez, Mum let the “didn’t like dinner” line slide. I know a few Mums who would’ve launched into a “When I was a kid, I was lucky to have a boiled rock for dinner” or “Consider those starving in ________” guilt trip!
Watcher almost 5 years ago
Just go outside and play with Hobbes. You can play Calvinball, throw water balloons at Susie, start your G.R.O.S.S club. There are many things to do..
Ahuehuete almost 5 years ago
Those were the days when families had just ONE TV.
okiejoe almost 5 years ago
Asparagus is child abuse.
jpayne4040 almost 5 years ago
At least they found an upside to having no TV.
MoeyTehr almost 5 years ago
The third frame always pops into my head whenever I have a stunning and disappointing realization.
cubswin2016 almost 5 years ago
How could someone be so cruel as to steal a television set?
ericbutts74 almost 5 years ago
You “didn’t like it very much”? Calvin needs to learn about gratitude.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I suppose you might as well do what you should do, when you can’t do what you want to. Phooey!
jrankin1959 almost 5 years ago
Now Calvin goes for the honesty and rationality maneuver…
DanFlak almost 5 years ago
When you have everything taken away from you, you come to realize that all we have is ourselves and each other. It’s the only thing that truly matters.
bookworm0812 almost 5 years ago
Maybe they should consider not replacing the TV if it means he’ll actually finish his dinner and do his homework every night.
micromos almost 5 years ago
What did we do before TV?
Kaputnik almost 5 years ago
This is still the 80s. Calvin may watch a lot of TV, but he’s not always staring at a smart phone or tablet, he actually reads the occasional book (or comic book), and he can put himself in a fantasy world with whatever props he has on hand. He should be able to handle this better than many kids today.
ex window inspector almost 5 years ago
must have been the days without phones, tablets etc
BiggerNate91 almost 5 years ago
Don’t worry, Calvin. You’ll get a new TV soon.
(We just won’t ever see you get it in the strip…)
swanridge almost 5 years ago
Standard one percent deductible…. no money for both the TV AND tiger chow.
SweetSinger almost 5 years ago
It bears repeating for the umpteenth time: Watterson is a GREAT artist! Love Calvin’s expressions in Panels 3 and 4.
janbear30 almost 5 years ago
Waiting for insurance money.
jvn almost 5 years ago
Welcome to Hell.
Sportymonk almost 5 years ago
What’s wrong with asparagus? I love it but then I am grown. (Allegedly)
Bruce1253 almost 5 years ago
You could use this as an opportunity to unplug. I threw out my TV over a decade ago and haven’t looked back.
DanWolfie almost 5 years ago
Love that “poof!” above Calvin’s head in the third panel! I picture this sound effect accompanying it… https://soundeffects.fandom.com/wiki/DISNEY_POOF_SOUND
silentsky almost 5 years ago
Panel 3 … One of the most classic “reaction” captures ever (disappointment, shock, sadness, etc. etc. etc. all at once).
bigpianoguy almost 5 years ago
This really dates the strip; who only has one TV anymore?
Scoutmaster77 almost 5 years ago
Before DVRs.
dgmiller almost 5 years ago
My mother-in-law (RIP) recalled that as a little girl she was always told about the starving children in Armenia.
wallypetkun almost 5 years ago
Beeg woop
Lecherous almost 5 years ago
He’s so devastated, the speech balloon popped in the third panel
hagarthehorrible almost 5 years ago
That’s want is expected by a parent from the child. Stolen TV seems a boon to the parents.
Ceeg22 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
He handles adversity by doing what he should do, and you’re complaining?