What better way to start the new year than to take a look at the first Chickweed Lanes of 2024? Well, I guess it might be better to NOT look at them at all. But that's really not on the table for us, now, is it? Please excuse Jeff sounding like he's broadcasting from inside a tin can. He was literally inside a tin can. Once again, get ready to enjoy some smooth jazz segues, because the technical problems again befall us. But we soldier on and find ourselves back in the world of ear-kissing and the familiar restaurant booths with seat-backs of varying heights (and nothing on the tables of course). Xiulan insists that her husband Hugh kiss Edda's ear, which he does without hesitation. Polly and Lolly practice piano, which for some fucking reason bothers Edda. There's more about kissing ears, then Amos decides to kiss Edda's neck, which is so very difficult what with all of the fucking turtlenecks everywhere. Then we end our episode with more Polly and Lolly. It's shocking (or is it?) that a random sampling of the first 8 strips from 2024 give us all of the things that are so tiresome and annoying about the strip. That, we suppose, is the genius of Brooke Mac-El-Dee.
The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:
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This fully turtlenecked episode includes:
- Jazz!
- Lalo Schifrin
- Champagne
- Turtlenecks!
- Greedo from Star Wars
- Rectum? Hell, it killed 'em both!
- McEldowney Ellipsis
- Ear kissing
- Even more turtlenecks!
- Piano practice
- So many turtlenecks!
- Kissing your Ben Franklin
- The jazz flute from Anchorman
- Full William Frawley
- Connect Four
- Winnie the Pooh
- Attack of the 50-Foot Woman
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