Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for July 28, 2020
July 27, 2020
July 29, 2020
Transcript:
uncle richard's suburban myths by richard thompson so there's this guy, he comes home from work every night, dives onto the couch and turns on the tv. man: ahhh click then he dozes off, the remote slips from his nerveless fingers and he spends a good 4 hours comatose, bombarded by a poisonous spew of sitcom & melodrama deathrays. man: z weeks, months, whole tv seasons pass... man: z till one night, long after midnight, he awakens to find a terrible transformation- man: yawn man: hey - i'm a centaur! richard: to be continued next week -- kid 1: that's it? he turns into a sofa? kid 2: now i'll have chintz nightmares!
GovernorOfCalisota {LoveBozobyFoxo} Premium Member over 3 years ago
I used to say, to a friend of mine: “If your couch was a plane, you would already have a pilot’s license”, but this looks far worse. :-D
J Quest over 3 years ago
Still better than being a La-Z-Boy…
Thomas R. Williams over 3 years ago
Could have been worse. He could have awakened to find he had metamorphosed into a “vile insect”.
exeyevee Premium Member over 3 years ago
I believe Richard repurposed this couch-centaur idea later in Cul-de-Sac strip. It was too good to only use once!
DCBakerEsq over 3 years ago
When I wake up, there’s just drool everywhere.
Sisyphos over 3 years ago
Pretty chintzy story. Besides, didn’t S. King already write it and have a movie made from it?