By Greenlaw
Toullie (pronounced too-wee) is the cute younger brother.
Transcript Panel 1 Toullie: That’s called a pine twee and those bwown things on the gwound are called pineapples. Panel 2 Sergeant: Those are called pinecones. Toullie: Then what’s a pineapple? Panel 3 Sergeant: They’re fruit…that…um… Panel 4 Sergeant: …that grow on pine trees in Hawaii Toullie: Oh!
I’ve been wanting to write a palindromic episode for a few years but until a few weeks ago I had no idea what it was going to be about. For some reason, a lot of Brudders ideas come to me when I’m in the bathroom. My daughter was brushing her teeth when I noticed that the… Continue reading Episode 70 – ‘Palindrome’
Transcript Panel 1 Sister: Big guys? Toullie: What? Panel 3 Toullie: Ohhhh! Big EYES!
The concept sketch for this one was interesting because of the location where I doodled it. According to the note, I got this idea while I was wandering around Mosaic Canyon in Death Valley last winter. Not sure why I was thinking of ramen noodles at the time. Maybe because I was freezing my butt… Continue reading Episode 72 – ‘Ramen’
Beginning a four part adaptation of the famous opera by Georges Bizet. Transcript Panel 1 Toullie (singing): L’amour est enfant de bohème; il n’a jamais, jamais, connu de loi. Si tu ne m’aimes pas, je t’aime, et si je t’aime, prends garde à toi! Panel 2 Toullie: Prends garde à toi! Sergeant: Hey! Panel 3… Continue reading Episode 73 – ‘Carmen, Act I’
Continuing our tragic interpretation of Bizet’s opera, Transcript Panel 1 Sister (singing): To-to-ro roar in ga-a-arden! To-to-ro ROAR! To-to-ro roar. Eet sum beenie weenie anna ba-na-na! Can I know otter ca-a-a-rd? Panel 2 Sister: It gay lemon kitten Totoro roar, le-mon ki-it-ten! Panel 3 Sister: To-to-ro roar in ga-a-arden! To-to-ro ROAR! To-to-ro roar… Toullie: Sooo…to… Continue reading Episode 74 – ‘Carmen, Act II’
Action and romance! If you’ve never seen the original opera, take notes for school because this is the same exact thing. No, really it is! Transcript Panel 1 Sister: I look for Carmen Panel 2 Sister: Yes. Panel 3 Toullie: Oh, l’amour! They are fighting over me.
I hope you enjoyed our adaptation of Carmen. I’d been wanting to adapt Carmen ever since Alisa took me to see the Los Angeles Opera production back in 2008. It was the first time I saw an opera performed live on stage and it made a great impression on me. Eight years later, I finally… Continue reading Episode 76 – ‘Carmen, Act IV’
Lillian Gish once said: “You can get through life with bad manners, but it’s easier with good manners.” It’s true and you don’t even need to be sincere about it. Transcript Panel 1 Sergeant: Stop! Panel 2 Sergeant: This is a toilet! You don’t play in it! Panel 3 Toullie: If it’s called a ‘toy-wet’,… Continue reading Episode 78 – ‘Manners’
This is why one must know his onions. Actually, I only just heard this phrase for the first time recently. It’s good advice if you have cats. Transcript Panel 1 Toullie: Sergent, did you know that if you eat an onion, you’re pee smells like an onion? Panel 2 Sergeant: Toullie! Onions are poisonous to… Continue reading Episode 80 – ‘Diagnosis’