In Praise Of Family Circus!

[FarmerOak]

Man, that Family just brightens my day.

Billy, Jeffy, PJ, the girl, whatever her name is, the dogs, the cat... the homespun humor... the wacky misunderstandings!

Sometimes I just like to turn off my brain and enjoy humor that doesn't ask me to THINK! And THAT's Family Circus!

[Guy Fawkes]

1. you realize, of course, that the creators are far-right wing conservatives

[Taverner]

2. Very true, but unlike BC

Bill Keene doesn't bring overt politics into the strip.

[FarmerOak]

3. It's not about ideology!

It's about Family! That's why they called it "Family Circus," NOT "Ideology Circus!"

For instance, today there was a great joke where one of the kids said something cute, based on something he or she observed, but it was just a little bit off! Just like real kids do! Ha ha! It was HILARIOUS. I never get tired of that, no matter how often I see it!

[thestatusquo]

4. Ugh, I hate that cartoon

Sorry, Farmer, I just do. And those stupid little maps of Billy running all over creation, get that kid some ritalin already!

[FarmerOak]

6. You don't GET it!

See, Billy's mom sends him on an errand, but he does stuff COMPLETELY UNRELATED to the errand! He's a scamp! Oh, Billy!

[thestatusquo]

15. I geuss I did miss that 'deep meaning'

I must think about this harder...

[ForrestGump]

20. Sometimes it doesn't work out so well

[cheezus]

5. i don't think i've ever seen one that was funny

got any to post? i'd like to be proven wrong (me like funny)

[Blue Gardener]

7. I have a couple others you should try

Non Sequitur and Doonesbury. Funny, and they poke fun at the right wing. How can you beat that?

[FarmerOak]

9. Do they have loveable scamps?

Do they have a heartwarming nuclear family?

NO, I didn't THINK so.

[southpaw]

8. Here's a funny one...

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

10. the girl is named Dolly

there was a cartoon of her with a tablecloth on her head, with the caption, "Look, Mommy! Here comes the bride!" It was on the wall when Bill Keene's real life daughter was married. The Keenes had four boys and one girl-wonder why they didn't put in another kid when the fourth boy was born?

[FarmerOak]

11. LOL! LMAO! "Here comes the bride!"

See? THAT is the kind of humor we need!

LOL! Dolly was wearing a TABLECLOTH! Priceless!

No wonder Bil Keane is so rich!

[bobbieinok]

12. isn't creator dead or retired and these are all reruns? son a Simpson's

creator???

[BlackVelvetElvis]

13. Forget Bloom County and Calvin and Hobbes

The Family Circus is where it's at, babeeeee.

[Guy Fawkes]

14. Thank you, Farmer...

Some of your replies in this thread have been funnier then all the FC. comics I've read all year.

[baldguy]

16. Dysfunctional Family Circus

http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/gallery/gallery.php?x=26

[DrWeird]

17. You know what else is funny? Prince Valiant.

I've read that strip everyday since it was first published 117 years ago and it keeps getting funnier every time I see it.

[ForrestGump]

18. Heartwarming...

[terrya]

19. "The Family Circus" is so CUTE, it makes my teeth hurt.

I just can't look at that strip....

[Seeking Serenity]

21. I generally love FC

The children still call Thelma "Mommy."

I was heartbroken when DS quit calling me Mommy and shortened it to just "Mom."

[Whitacre D_WI]

22. HAHAHAHAHA!