It was a pretty horrible week all around this past week, what with damage from Laura, the deaths of Chadwick Boseman, Julia Reed and Gail Sheehy, and assorted other craptastic things, so I thought it a good time to focus on a piece of classic literature. It is Frankenstein Day, after all.
Frankenstein Day is celebrated on the anniversary of the birth of the writer of Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus; that would be Mary Shelley, though the first edition in 1818 was published anonymously. Today she’d probably be classified as a bleeding liberal, as her work (it wasn’t just Frankenstein) often argued that sympathy and cooperation were the way to reform civil society. The audacity!
But no, I won’t dwell on the book itself, because, for one thing, it’s been a looooong time since I read it, and for another thing, we know I look for the funny. And there’s a lot of funny that’s come from Frankenstein (ahem, Young Frankenstein, in my opinion the best Mel Brooks movie).
Hey, look! It’s my favorite cartoonist riffing on that whole “Frankenstein is the doctor, not the creature” thing.
Strange Brew by John Deering.
My left arm’s from a guy named Hector in Malta, and my right arm is from Franz, just down the block.
Bizarro by Dan Piraro.
I’m actually disappointed his pinky isn’t up.
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He is soooo not ready to go on stage in a speedo.
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Dan Piraro seems to really like Frankenstein jokes.
Bizarro by Dan Piraro.
What? You thought I was kidding?
Bizarro by Dan Piraro.
I don’t know why he keeps running away from me …
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Well, no one really knows what frankincense is anyway. Bring him along!
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See? He doesn’t mind.
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Serenity is a fuzzy belly 
We’re all familiar with Mary Shelley’s name and famous story, but I only recently learned who she was married to: Percy Byssthe Shelley. My dear wife discovered that gem, and I suspect we’re not the last people to learn that. But then . . .
The cartoons were great, and I agree with you on Young Frankenstein.
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What I didn’t know until last night is that Percy was married when they started their romance. Scandal!
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Yes they were 😁
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Okay, it should have been “to whom she was married.” That’s a grammatical error up with which we cannot put.
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🤣🤣🤣
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The name is supposed to be pronounced “Fron-Ken-Steen”.
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It is. And it’s EYE-gor, too.
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EYE-GOR? Yah Wohl! Fraulein Fuhrer!
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Blucher!
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Yah Wohl! Fraulein Blucher! (there is that better?)
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The cartoon of the Three Wise Men from Christian Funny Pictures reminds me of the story about a little boy who was portraying one of the Wise Men in a Christmas Pageant in church. This boy said they were bringing “gold, common sense, and fur” to the baby Jesus.
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Common sense is the best gift of all. I know a lot of people who need it. 😏
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When I get home from work, my dog would run towards me if I didn’t have to keep him in his kennel while I am at work. The leash laws here in North Little Rock are very strict and it is safer to keep my dog in his kennel while I am at work. Also, despite the fact that he is now blind, he still is able to come to me because he can still hear and smell.
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I will pass on the donation of an organ. However, if they want to donate a piano to me or to Brenda’s brother who is a musician, I will be glad to talk to this person.
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I read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley when I was a teenager and I watched Young Frankenstein when I was in my twenties. Yes it is still one of my favorite movies.
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When Frank Fellone was still at the paper, I would often wander by his office and say a line from the movie, and he would give me the next line. He loved the movie as much as I do.
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Frank and Mrs. Fellone have come to some of the monthly meetings of the Rackensack Folklore Society and listened to us play folk music because they have good taste in music. This is how I got to meet him.
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Frank and Kay are wonderful people!
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With all of the hurricane & political news, I never saw Gail Sheehy mentioned. Thank you for the news of her passing here. Of course, I read & related to “Passages“ for many years. The book I read and had a difficult time putting down is the one about her adopted daughter that no one seems to know about or mention. “Spirit of Survival” told of her daughter’s traverse and eventual escape from Cambodia & the Pol Pot regime as an orphan. “Sheehy was impressed with the strength of the human spirit to endure even the most inhuman tragedies”, reads the back cover of this paperback book I still have. I know it gave me courage as well to navigate parts of my past.
(Bantam Books, 1986, 1987)
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Too many good people have died lately. I need to pick up some Sheehy again; it’s been a while.
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Exactly my thought 😉. But more for January as I retire then. Though, “The Spirit of Survival“ could help me through these last months – lol.
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👍🏻
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Frankenstein (the monster) is a true example of diversity and inclusion. Every piece worked well together, to a certain degree. Oh, my goodness, my search for a metaphorical application has failed miserbly, but I’m sticking with it anyway. Loved the cartoons!
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😂 You tried, that’s what’s important.
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