The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for January 06, 2009

‘The Devil Went Down to Georgia’, and got caught.

Ryan Seacrest was four years old when Charlie Daniels released that song.

The double joke thing never works.

Hysterical! I hate Seacrest!

huh?

Why is this joke totally not funny and yet someone favored it??? Who is the person that favored this cartoon and based on what?

Great Stuff!

Artist: Daniels Charlie Song: Devil Went Down to Georgia

The devil went down to Georgia, he was looking for a soul to steal. He was in a bind ‘cos he was way behind: he was willin’ to make a deal. When he came across this young man sawin’ on a fiddle and playin’ it hot. And the devil jumped upon a hickory stump and said: “Boy let me tell you what: “I bet you didn’t know it, but I’m a fiddle player too. “And if you’d care to take a dare, I’ll make a bet with you. “Now you play a pretty good fiddle, boy, but give the devil his due: “I bet a fiddle of gold against your soul, ‘cos I think I’m better than you.” The boy said: “My name’s Johnny and it might be a sin, “But I’ll take your bet, your gonna regret, ‘cos I’m the best that’s ever been.”

Johnny you rosin up your bow and play your fiddle hard. ‘Cos bleeep broke loose in Georgia and the devil deals it hard. And if you win you get this shiny fiddle made of gold. But if you lose, the devil gets your soul.

The devil opened up his case and he said: “I’ll start this show.” And fire flew from his fingertips as he resined up his bow. And he pulled the bow across his strings and it made an evil hiss. Then a band of demons joined in and it sounded something like this. When the devil finished, Johnny said: “Well you’re pretty good ol’ son. “But if you’ll sit down in that chair, right there, and let me show you how its done.”

Fire on the moun, run boys, run. The devil’s in the house of the risin’ sun. Chicken in the bread pin, pickin’ out dough. “Granny, does your dog bite?” “No, child, no.”

The devil bowed his head because he knew that he’d been beat. He laid that golden fiddle on the ground at Johnny’s feet. Johnny said: “Devil just come on back if you ever want to try again. “I told you once, you son of a bleeep, I’m the best that’s ever been.”

And he played fire on the mount, run boys, run. The devil’s in the house of the risin’ sun. Chicken in the bread pin pickin’ out dough. “Granny, does your dog bite?” “No, child, no.”

Hysterical!

I “get it”. I know the song. It just isn’t funny. I also get the idea that when you point out a particular cartoon isn’t funny others want to say it IS funny. Frogga715 and tototu got it right on this one…… And why is the lawyer not looking at the person he’s talking to?

‘Cause he’s looking at the jury, who is whom he is really talking to.

You know, if it had stopped at the first question, it might have been mildly amusing. Bludgeoning a joke shouldn’t be part of a cartoonist’s skill set.

What’s funny here is the more I say this particular cartoon doesn’t work right, the more it get favored. Senti”mental” voting. I think I’m going to favorite this cartoon! I can’t help myself.

Navy Bean has a good point, and a new vocabulary word, never ever heard of self-aggrandizing before. It’s like a cross of aggravating and advertizing. Fun word to say aggrandizing aggrandizing aggrandizing. Okay that’s enough.