Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 23, 2010

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    margueritem  over 13 years ago

    One does what one must…

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    cleokaya  over 13 years ago

    Excitement abounds. Mischief will soon be afoot.

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    cleokaya  over 13 years ago

    marg, I must say your new avatar is fetching.

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    rentier  over 13 years ago

    SATURDAY!!!

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    COWBOY7  over 13 years ago

    Good choice, Dad!

    Yes, Marg. I agree with Cleo. Cool avatar!

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    LittleSister18  over 13 years ago

    Ah Saturday yes! To bad I have to work tomorrow, so I can’t sit back and watch cartoons. Oh how I miss those days.

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    MontanaLady  over 13 years ago

    Agreed, Marg, you really come up with the good ones!!

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    margueritem  over 13 years ago

    Thank you, kind sirs, and ma’am!

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    pouncingtiger  over 13 years ago

    Dad executes his ESCAPE plan. Smart father.

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    kab2rb  over 13 years ago

    Little Sister not much on cartoons now adays. I can feel for Calvin’s excitement though for Saturdays. Do you remember show called Thats so Raven? I remember the actress who is Raven Somone not sure if how she spells her name as a little girl from Bill Cosby show. Then the young man who protrayed her brother on the show branched off with his TV dad to his own show. Well that young 18 year old is on Dancing with The Stars and having a ball.

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    KenTheCoffinDweller  over 13 years ago

    @Gweedo,

    Test pattern was there to make sure that I hadn’t missed the best part of Saturday morning TV - The F86 Saber Jet Aerobatic display that ran at the start of the station day.

    And the rules maintained for Saturday mornings in our house by my younger sister and myself were that TV volume was minimal and we made as little noise as possible.

    Mom and Dad’s bedroom was on the otherside of the plasterboard wall. We both were supposed to be still in bed sleeping and not up running around unsupervised.

    We both knew that if we were caught the the TV would be turned off and we would be sent back to bed. Plus our parents would be up thinking of things that we kids should be doing “to help around the house”.

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    Yukoner  over 13 years ago

    And good old Mom gets to deal with the fun and frolic.

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    GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago

    If only Calvin were so anxious to get up during the week - but then I recall being the same way. In fact, I I don’t think I’ve changed much.

    Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠

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    jorgefdz  over 13 years ago

    Calvin’s dad got a hangover…

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    cdward  over 13 years ago

    Oh no you don’t, Mister!

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    gjsjr41  over 13 years ago

    Morg and Skel-toon Lady both have nice seasonal avatars.Whoooooooo.

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    Kokopelli  over 13 years ago

    That’s not right of you dad. You get to sleep 15 years from now.

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    rotts  over 13 years ago

    Doppelspammerflaggen!

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    cleokaya  over 13 years ago

    I too was up with the test pattern. My parents were cool about it. I eventually got a 13” B&W for my bedroom. Like Calvin I was an only child and had two imaginary friends. But Calvin is more bombastic than I was. My imagination was working okay, I just remained more under the radar. You get away with more that way.

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    kneatone  over 13 years ago

    And Calvin’s not had his ‘Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs’ yet.

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    Trainwreck_1  over 13 years ago

    KenTheCoffinDweller said, about 10 hours ago

    In part “The F86 Saber Jet Aerobatic display that ran at the start of the station day.

    Brings back the memory of the station signing off when a jet was shown flying and the poem was read… In part “And I reached out and touched the face of God”

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    Wiseguy411  over 13 years ago

    Before cartoons there was Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy, The Cisco Kid, Annie Oakley, and for the Canadians among us - Sgt Preston of the Yukon.

    All the world’s problems solved one half hour at a time.

    Perhaps explaining a life long preference for action adventure movies.

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    ratlum  over 13 years ago

    Dad is cheating.

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    dahawk  over 13 years ago

    “Pluck your magic twanger, Froggie!”

    My Saturday mornings were spent listening to the radio. We didn’t get a TV till I was about 18, and even then it was so snowy at times it was almost useless.

    I always wondered what his magic twanger was. LOL

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    JTGAM  over 13 years ago

    God I remember waiting for the test pattern to give way to Cartoons on Saturday! Time IS relative! I lived several lifetimes! Was that around 6:30 or 7 am? I remember it was dark and cold on winters. and… Oh Boy! It’s Saturday!

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    Gretchen's Mom  over 13 years ago

    Why did Calvin’s first day of school begin on a Friday? Why didn’t they just wait and start it on Monday instead?

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    gofinsc  over 13 years ago

    Amazing how I was always late to work, but never to an early-morning golf game.

    Raven’s pal may be having a ball, but he isn’t doing much real dancing. Get the hook! Gong him! Pull the trapdoor lever.

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    ratlum  over 13 years ago

    Calvin dose not need new ideas.

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    khpage  over 13 years ago

    I was never an early bird. Missed all the cartoons most of the time, but instead watched soaps in the afternoon when I got home from school until my mom showed up. I’ve been an avid tv watcher from I can’t remember. Cable, it makes it possible for you to survive….Calvin is sure one high maintenance kid, isn’t he?

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    Dapperdan61  Premium Member over 13 years ago

    No Tivo back in the day. Now I can record all my cartoons & watch at my leisure

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    pintcape  over 13 years ago

    good idea dad,there won’t be any peace today.

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    Dino-1  over 13 years ago

    Mom just sent over a 12 dvd set with all the old cartoons on it like woodey wood(holemaker), secret squirrel, top cat, and mighty mouse, etc. It’s always fun to see those characters I remember from my childhood! Tomorrow’s our family’s Halloween Party at the local YMCA! They have fun games, face painting, pumpkin decorating, cookie decorating, haunted house, popcorn and apple cider, and safe treats for the children to bring home!

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    DerkinsVanPelt218  over 13 years ago

    I’ve been so busy and intermittently sick in college that I haven’t been able to enjoy Saturdays as much as I used to. Thank goodness for Mountain Dew and YouTube.

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    larney45  over 13 years ago

    My Saturdays are usually spent up before 4am, on a big yellow bus for at least 1 hour, at a high school all day judging and working a debate tournament, then home on the bus, and maybe home by 6pm. How I wish cartoons were available!

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    coldplague  over 12 years ago

    old enough to be Calvin’s dad, yet i feel the same on saturday mornings

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