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Just a Fort / Re: for Roger: Dennis and the Branch
« Last post by Mince on May 03, 2021, 06:39:00 PM »So you didn't keet detailed daily diary entries about your thoughts concerning each strip?
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Just a Fort / Re: for Roger: Dennis and the Branch
« Last post by Roger Kettle on May 03, 2021, 12:45:18 PM »You're asking me to give the thought process behind something I wrote 40 years ago! I'm pretty sure this was one of the early strips and, you have to remember, the characters were still being developed at that time. Later, the sergeant became pretty much a straight man to counter the daftness around him.
That's my story, anyway.
That's my story, anyway.
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Outpourings / Re: The pub.
« Last post by Roger Kettle on May 02, 2021, 09:21:37 AM »Well, let me tell you that...um...okay, you've got a point.
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Outpourings / Re: The pub.
« Last post by Mince on May 01, 2021, 08:13:44 PM »Why not? Dundee Utd managed it.
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Outpourings / Re: The pub.
« Last post by Roger Kettle on May 01, 2021, 07:39:39 PM »Oh, Mince, you really shouldn't attempt football jokes!
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Outpourings / Re: The pub.
« Last post by Mince on May 01, 2021, 01:15:54 PM »Sometimes, kind English tourists donate them.
That's good. I guess Dundee Utd need them for goal posts.
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Just a Fort / for Roger: Dennis and the Branch
« Last post by Mince on May 01, 2021, 10:45:34 AM »Roger, I don't know if you recall a Beau Peep strip in which Beau and Dennis are walking through the desert and Dennis is hiding behind a twig, camouflaged as a tree. "Come on! If I hadn't sneezed, would you have known I was here!"
At the end of the strip, Beau tells Dennis to ditch the twig before the sergeant sees him, but Dennis refuses.
When they arrive back at the fort, Sergeant Bidet says, "Good to see you, Beau. What happened to Dennis? Was he captured?" And Dennis is grinning.
Is this the only time you decided to have the Sergeant (or another character) act out of character to get a laugh?
At the end of the strip, Beau tells Dennis to ditch the twig before the sergeant sees him, but Dennis refuses.
When they arrive back at the fort, Sergeant Bidet says, "Good to see you, Beau. What happened to Dennis? Was he captured?" And Dennis is grinning.
Is this the only time you decided to have the Sergeant (or another character) act out of character to get a laugh?
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Outpourings / Re: The pub.
« Last post by Roger Kettle on May 01, 2021, 09:21:49 AM »Sometimes, kind English tourists donate them.
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Outpourings / Re: The pub.
« Last post by Mince on May 01, 2021, 09:19:46 AM »Actually, Diane, there were heaters on the wall. If you sat directly under them, your head got burned and, if you moved three feet away, you got no warmth at all. I suppose it's the thought that counts!
Scotland has coats, doesn't it?
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Outpourings / Re: The pub.
« Last post by Roger Kettle on April 30, 2021, 03:14:30 PM »Actually, Diane, there were heaters on the wall. If you sat directly under them, your head got burned and, if you moved three feet away, you got no warmth at all. I suppose it's the thought that counts!
Glad you've had your first jab---as an old fella, I get my second on Sunday.
Glad you've had your first jab---as an old fella, I get my second on Sunday.