Saturday, November 29, 2025

A Cartoon Christmas 3

Cereal is all gone, stomach is a little queasy but the sugar is starting to kick in. I doubt if I can sit through a whole cartoon. I'll leave it on in the background of course, but I think I'm going to read some comic strips in the paper. I much prefer the funny comics, like Bloom Country, The Far Side and Dilbert to the serious things like Prince Valiant and The Phantom. Then there are the stuff things that have been in there forever and will go on forever because they get passed down from the original cartoonist to his kids, like Blondie, Nancy and Hagar The Horrible (Wizard of Id anyone?). Peanuts has been around forever, too, but at least it's funny. I really don't like Annie, what's up with those eyeballs? Did the artist run out of ink before he could dot some pupils in there? It's like looking at old Greek statues. Anyhow, Annie is the subject of our next cartoon record, in case you couldn't tell. I suspect this record has more to do with the stage show than comic strip, but I'm not super familiar with either. Couldn't watch the show after I was creeped out by the eyes in the strip. So without further ado, this is Annie-Annie's Christmas (Columbia CC 38361, Stereo, 1982). This one didn't seem very conducive to being cut into bits, so you just get two long sides here. Enjoy!

1. Annie's Christmas Part 1  
2. Annie's Christmas Part 2

Posted by Ernie at 11/29/2025 03:00:00 AM

5 comments:

  1. BusterSaturday, November 29, 2025 12:04:00 PM

    My granddaughter is playing Annie in a production of the same name. I hope they don't mess with her pupils.

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  2. JustaJeepGuySaturday, November 29, 2025 1:59:00 PM

    How about Mary Worth or Judge Parker for old "comic" strips? I rarely got as much as a chuckle out of Nancy, but Hagar the Horrible was amusing when it first started. Annie wasn't in the paper my folks got. I don't feel deprived.

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    1. ErnieSaturday, November 29, 2025 5:04:00 PM

      I hated that part of the comics page, but whenever one of them was threatened with removal, all the subscribers caused a major ruckus and nothing ever changed.

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    2. JustaJeepGuySaturday, November 29, 2025 10:14:00 PM

      "Nancy" was a Depression-era comic as was one called "Henry". I vaguely remember a laugh from "Nancy" once but "Henry" was the lamest waste of comic space ever. However, even the threat to remove that one did just what you said. I think the ruckus ended only when the morning and evening papers had to merge; not all the comics could carry over and some died a merciful death.

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