“Cat gonna be okay, Uncle Lar’?” “Well, Little Tommy…” Back in my day of the 70s/80s on WLS AM radio station, a DJ named Larry Lujack did a segment on his morning radio show called “Animal Stories” and eventually in each segment something terrible happens to a pet or something and that vocal exchange would take place. Even knowing it was coming, you’d still laugh your butt off. And, the cat will be okay, maybe…
Yes, the cat’s name is Ballou after the 1965 film with Jane Fonda. Regardless of her political opinions, etc., she was a really beautiful young woman and the movie is a classic. The horse scenes with Lee Marvin are worth hunting down on YouTube. What better name for a female cat then Ballou? Cat Ballou!
Oh, kindly click back and look at Friday’s comic again, my editor suggested adding the small panel of the “flame on” and damn, she was right. It is such a staple in comics I’m surprised I didn’t think of it. Also, I didn’t like the way Poco looked originally and I’ve redrawn his pose as well. The beauty of being a webcomic is that we can go back and update things as we desire. If that had been printed in a newspaper, then it would be done and over. So, raise your can of Huber beer to webcomics!
1977 had a ton of great music and Heart’s “Little Queen” was a just one of the classic albums to come out. Today’s comic title was not one of my favorite tunes on the album. It does rock but it seems like it didn’t quite gel, but it was good enough, and it certainly fits today’s theme very well.
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Lee Marvin is the only thing I remember from that movie.
Long time viewer, first time poster!
I used to listen to Animal Stories every morning getting ready for school! Do you remember John “Records” Landecker, Broadcasting from high atop the downtown Burger King……?
Your comic brings back a haze of great memories!
Kudos!!!
I mostly remember Nat King Cole doing the “Ballad of Cat Ballou” (with Stubby Kaye) throughout the film. I love Nat King Cole, & was a huge fan even at eight years of age. I wanted to see Cat Ballou because of him, especially since he’d died shortly after finishing the filming of it & it was one of the last things he did. We (my family) saw it at the drive-in, but I would suspect more because Dad wanted to see Jane Fonda…
I’m with you Byron about “Kick It Out”, a fair rocker, but not my favorite from Little Queen. That would be “Barracuda” – even tho played to death, it still holds favorite title for me. The opening guitar riff (I don’t remember if it was Roger Fisher or Howard Leese doing it) alone should put the song into practically anyone’s “must Have” classic rock libraries.
Man that’s better than kicking the pig skin around. It’s up, it’s good!!! I’ll bet Bud never thought one single animal could give him this much pain. Well that’s one life down, 8 more to go. 🙂
Love that track, love that album. Thanks!
And Bardot. Always Bardot… 🙂
Oh man, Today’s strip and blurb hit every note I can think of! 😀
1) I did exactly that to a neighbours cat when I was in my first flat (apartment to you over-ponders!) It was always prowling around crapping in my bit of garden and one day it walked up to me as if I was the trespasser! So I let it get real close until it was literally over my foot, and gently lifted until there was contact and “whooff” over the fence it flew! LOL
Shame there wasn’t a road the other side…. 😉
2) Cat Ballou is one of my all time favourite films, 1 – coz it’s a comedy, 2 – coz I went with my parents and brother and saw it “up town” (London) when I was a kid, and that’s a happy family memory, and 3 – well, it’s Jane Fonda, man! 😉 And yes Barbarella also does it for me, and even Klute! 😉
3) Heart are one of my favourite groups! 😀 Barracuda just absolutely rocks and in fact that whole album is great. My favourite album of theirs though is their debut, Dreamboat Annie is a truly seminal album and the mix of hard rock and chilling ballads is amazing. I was totally hooked from the first time I heard Magic Man! And Crazy on You is one that makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up! (They’re almost the only ones I have left now though! LOLOL)
Cat Ballou is an awesome movie. Even some of us youngin’s can appreciate it. 🙂 And I probably shouldn’t have laughed as hard as I did at this comic, I think I busted a kidney thinking about a cat being hurled from a kick like that. That’s my Looney Tunes side coming out. I have to wonder if when Ballou was a kitten if she was the type that climbed up people’s legs. LOL.
OH! I love the Kick-the-Cat game! The sound effects are hilarious!