Seanmc
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Blondie and Dagwood making fun of the ukulele
http://www.blondie.com/strip.php?month=6&year=2012&comic=2012-6-24
http://www.blondie.com/strip.php?month=6&year=2012&comic=2012-6-24
Heh, heh. That's not the first time that strip has taken a swipe at ukuleles.
It's all good. I've heard some pretty bad ukulelel playing (pretty frequently, like every time I pick one up) - I can imagine what my friends or neighbors would think if I kept inflicting myself on them.
John
I thought it was hilarious! We hafta be able to take a joke, we're gonna hear plenty.
It is interesting, because Dagwood and Blondie started out in the 30s - she was a flapper, and he was a racoon-coat wearing spoiled rich ukulele-playing college student (or just bon vivant - I can't recall.) He was cut off from the family fortune when he married Blondie, and had to start working for a living.
Whenever I take out my banjo uke, I always preface it with "This is a banjo ukulele. It was was created for people who felt that neither the banjo nor the ukulele was obnoxious enough on its own."
Heh, heh. That's not the first time that strip has taken a swipe at ukuleles.
It's all good. I've heard some pretty bad ukulelel playing (pretty frequently, like every time I pick one up) - I can imagine what my friends or neighbors would think if I kept inflicting myself on them.
John