Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 19, 2014

Oh, what a headache Rat himself has soon to be followed by Stephan given by Rat.

And I don’t give a darn!

Re Winwood: … and keyboards and vocals and some engineering and hell, I don’t know, probably designed the album covers.

P.S. LOVE all the puns!

Sorry, Stephen, but it’s been done before – and better – in 1972 by the comedy troupe The Credibility Gap featuring Harry Shearer (pre-Simpsons) and David L. Lander (pre-“Squiggy”)

Pastis, I liked this one, I know the concept is old but still funny.

I can’t wait for tomorrow when I will have time to listen to all the sound tracks posted by the others.

I thought this was excellent.

He’s going to hit him so hard, he’s going to see stars.

Starr is a drummer!

BEST PUN YET!!!!!

So, you want a hit in Traffic by the Cars?

Never heard of any of Them.

Love it! Keep em coming Pastis.

And of course this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlXjIg4fH74

I love it when Pastis torments Rat

Nice homage to Abbott and Costello, Cartoon-Boy. Of course, that doesn’t get you out of the forty whacks you’ve earned. [N.B. Not 40 WACS you’ve put into big old urns….]

Pun-tastic! A classic home run! Hit all the bases. (No, I guess you’re saving the bass players for another pun.)

SWEET!

Good one, Stephan!!

The tyranny of the fresh Page drove him to it.

*bass

“Who recorded ‘I Can See For Miles’?”“Yes.”“Who recorded ’I’ve Seen All Good People’?”“Yes.”

Abbott and Costello updated rock version.

BRAVO!!!!!

Stolen, in part form both Abbot and Costello and Slappy Squirrel!

Brilliant!

nice homage to the best comedy bit of all time

Pastis did it BETTER than the Credibility Gap

Pastis did it BETTER than the Credibility Gap

Brilliant!

Bravo

Awesome for our ages!

NATUARALY!

Keyboards.

BEST…COMIC STRIP…EVAR!

Pastis is brilliant. I suspect this is the Genesis of a line of humour that may yet reappear on another Page.

Well done!

Slappy Squirrel did this first on Animaniacs.

Steve Winwood was the keyboard player and lead vocalist for Traffic – at least get your instruments straight …

I love it !!! good job…

This is a grinner, not a groaner. Best puns you’ve ever done.

Boring and sick

Don’t listen to the few gripers, keep the puns coming!

They could make a sitcom of this guys job & life… whatever there is left of it by the end of the day; and get Mathew Perry to play Pastis, The Chandler character would be a great fit (I think).

Oh my rock gods! I just posted about Steve Winwood on Arlo & Janis, then find this here! Bravo! Stephan! Thanks for Talkin’ about my generation!

It was written into Abbott & Costello’s radio contract that they had to do the “Who’s On First?” routine at least once each season.

Then there was this Johnny Carson skit from 1982:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2IdZSuP0kA

I believe Dave Mason was the guitarist. Winwood played keyboards, as I recall. Good strip.

Great Strip (today especially)

Brilliant, Pastis. Brilliant.

The problem is my teenage son (who loves “Who’s on first”) won’t get it, as all of the references are 30 years old.

These puns should be band.

Good thing Pastis didn’t have any more space… this could have gone on for pages.

Slappey the Squirrel did the same joke, with rock bands, on an episode of Animaniacs. Still funny, tho’ but Bud n’ Lou did it better and funnier, for years.

The Kids in the Hall totally destroy this bit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFhvmCgs_L4

Shameless ripoff. I love it.

This is the best take on “who’s on first” I’ve ever seen. Yay for an update!

I was concerned that Pastis would be put down by the posters for this rotten chestnut (not the original, of course, but his take). He’s escaped needing to proclaim:“I’m a baaaaaaaaad boy!”

Stephan, this is one of your more tortured and brilliant offerings.I look forward to more.

Freakin’ Genius! Love it!

Epic take-off. You’ve surpassed your usual punniness, Pastis.

It’s been ages since I heard the full “Who’s on First” routine. It’s 8 minutes and still a classic. Those guys were the best. Our comics these days mostly rely on f*** or smut for laughs – sad.

Sorry, but Goat shouldn’t have misunderstood at the beginning. After all the name of the band Moon played with was called “THE Whos”, and was never ever referred to as simply “Whos”.

Talking ’bout my generation…..

EXCELLENT! WooHOO!

I had gotten sick of the Puns but this is great. A good riff on the greatest comic routine ever.

This one joins my little collection of Stephan’s best pun-based jokes. It took some thought to create it. I do wish that Stephan would leave his own character out – there is sufficient recognition and admiration without that last panel there. I still play the “Who’s on First” snippet now and then and never fail to chuckle.

That skit never get’s old.

Steph, you DA MAN!

bravo!

“Who ate all the pies?”“Pastis.”“No, pies.”“I know, that’s because he ate all the pies.”“Who ate all the pies?”“Pastis.”“No, PIES!”“Exactly!”“What?”

A very similar riff on Who and Yes being on stage at Woodstock was done by Skippy and Slappy Squirrel in Animaniacs decades ago

Winwood plays keys, not guitar. POSEUR!

As a guitar player, it did not occur to me that many adults might not get the references.

Just to add my voice: among a lot of fine strips Stephan has done, this one made me laugh hardest. What a skillful use of a classic comedy routine blended with rock group puns. Kudos!

The names I recognized are legends. For all I know the rest are, too. Even if they’re not in my favorite band, they might be giants.

f-ing brilliant.

From Whacky-pedia:“A multi-instrumentalist, he can play keyboards, bass guitar, drums, guitar, mandolin, violin, and other strings.”“Steve Winwood – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass (1967–1969, 1970–1974, 1994)”With the internet in its entirety at my fingertips, I am still able to say things to embarrass myself instead of taking a moment to look things up.I chalk it up to the low arc of high-heeled divers, whatever they are.

Very clever and a special thanks to Bud Abbot & Lou Costello!

going for 100 comments – so here’s mine

http://youtu.be/DUG5VMd4TFU

Genius! You got one up on Rat!

Loved it!!Though, Pastis may be about to feel a STING from some wRONg WOOD…

Loved it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlXjIg4fH74

You absolutely outdid yourself today! This is a keeper!

Alex – In your videos, you chose “Owner of a Lonely Heart”, which is Yes. But Howe isn’t playing guitar on it. Trevor Rabin is. (Squire ended up owning the rights to “YES” so the rest of the band did things as "Anderson, Wakeman, Bruford, Howe, when reuniting most (sans Squire) of the Fragile and Close to the Edge line up.)

Bread.Cream.Raspberries.Vanilla Fudge..The four food groups.

Oh my goodness. I am so confused. I love it.That’s basically the story of a Pastis pun, though this whole strip is pun.

This. This one is awesome!

This is either a new height or a new low. I’m not sure which.

This was a winner.

How about putting the video of Animaniacs of Skippy and Slappy Squirrel doing this routine at Woodstock!

Nice try Pastis, but still missing the edgy cleverness of the original “Who’s on first”. But, nice try.

Nicely done!

Stephan could have phrased the last panel to mean “When Wood’s the guitarist for Traffic” in reference to Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones who will most likely never play with Traffic. Thus, Stephan would never receive his slugging from Rat.

Who’s on next?

Well, yeah, WInwood is a fine guitarist, but he mostly played keys in Traffic; Dave Mason was the guitarist.

Two of my colleagues are named Hu and Howe. One of my great unfulfilled dreams before I retired was to have someone named Watt hired so we could have a Hu, Watt and Howe committtee

This is exquisite.

This is the best pun strip that I’ve ever read.

Still getting comments after five days, just shows how good this strip is. This one makes up for a lot of bad puns. Pastis went beyond band names to the musicians. If he had 8 minutes worth of panels, he probably would have gone crazy.

This has been the best strip yet for awhile.

Third base?

Just whack him rat. No need to ask his permission.

winwood was a guitarist, but more known for keyboard

Who?

Debaser!

THIRD BASE

What?????

Rat’s very polite in that last panel, asking when Stephan wants to be beaten

My brain hurts

Abbott and Costello strike again! Now who’s on first…

Has anyone counted the pins and likes? Is this one the highest?

Haha! XD