Tag Archives: garfield

‘Tis the Voice of the Plumber

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Nathan

After the trailer for the new Super Mario Bros. Movie dropped, there were a lot of takes on Mario’s voice, as performed by Chris Pratt. I don’t really know that we get enough of it to judge it. It seems like … Continue reading →

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Do the Mashed Potato, Do the Candied Yam

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Nathan

Yesterday was my birthday. I’m now forty-three years old. Too bad that, between the cold, the pandemic, and Beth having a cold (I’m also showing some symptoms of one), we couldn’t really do anything. What we have done in the … Continue reading →

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Warning! Warning! Prepare to Be Abducted!

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Nathan

Close Encounters of the Third Kind – This is one of those movies I’ve seen so many references to that I kind of felt I should watch it. It actually came out the year I was born. Some explorers and … Continue reading →

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Creature Features

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Nathan

It’s time for this October’s round-up of horror movies. There are some spoilers within, although most of them are for movies from the eighties. The Dead Zone – Christopher Walken gets brain damage and gains psychic powers when he touches … Continue reading →

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Food and Cheer Over Hoarded Gold

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Nathan

I saw two old animated specials last night that were quite different, although I guess you could say that Garfield and Bilbo Baggins both have a similar desire for food and comfort. Garfield: His 9 Lives – This 1988 special, … Continue reading →

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Hang On, Snoopy

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Nathan

I remember my wife telling me that she’d heard how Charles Schulz thought it was stupid to talk to dogs, and reflected this somewhat with Snoopy’s relationship with Charlie Brown. I can’t find any corroboration of this, and indeed Snoopy’s … Continue reading →

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Cats and Company

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Nathan

I remember when I used to read the newspaper comics in my childhood, and being rather confused by why Garfield and Heathcliff looked so similar. I seem to recall pondering whether there was a connection between the two, but there … Continue reading →

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