19 April 2007

Hanks for the Memories

In today's Dinette Set, the family tries to decide what movie to watch while the reader:
  • Desperately tries to recall even the barest details about the movie Splash, released more than 20 years ago.
  • Is not sure that the mermaid in Splash was quite as fat as she appears to be on TV; wasn't she actually slender and kind of sexy, despite the fish tail?
  • Can't understand why Tom Hanks is wearing a T-shirt that says "Hanks" (or, perhaps, "Honks") on it.
  • Ponders the meta-question of why Patty even visits her parents.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

In most cases I see where the cartoonist is trying to go (and fails to arrive) but I don't get the joke here. Is it supposed to be the contrast between high-brow Remains Of The Day and low-brow Splash? If that's the "joke", why pick Splash. Apart from it being 20 years old, it's actually a rather fun Ron-Howard directed comedy which gets 83% fresh on rottentomatoes.com.

Anonymous said...

Is that supposed to be Tom Hanks on the TV, or is that someone sitting in *front* of the TV? With this artistry, it's hard to tell...