Today's Pokey the Puppy™ cartoon isn't great - I have to keep reminding myself that it's comedy written by a 10-year old - but it does touch on a important subject: quicksand.
So many TV shows and cartoons that I saw as a kid dealt with the deadly clay+sand+water threat, and I was far from alone in noticing this trope as comedian John Mulaney has a bit about it. A line from his bit inspired this meme (and many others):
On top of that, last night I saw the Oscar nominated Short Films - both the Animated and the Live Action programs - and one of the Live Action Shorts, Jérémy Comte's FAUVE, concerned a kid getting stuck in quicksand. Yep, this definitely influenced my selection today.
So after all of that unnecessary build-up for something so obvious, here's your Wednesday dose of Pokey the Puppy™ (click on the comic for a larger image, I mean, if you want):
Yeah, see what I mean? Not exactly comedy gold. I'm pretty sure I'll have one that's better tomorrow. See you then.
More later...