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Episode 85 – ‘Hanukkow’

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I sang ‘Hanukkow’ to Alisa to get her opinion. She pointed out that cows only had four nipples. “Rats,” I thought. “Cow biology messes up the song.” But, no, she just gave me the punchline! Thanks sweetie.

Happy Hanukkah from Team Little Green Dog!

Transcript

Panel 1

Toullie and Sister are dancing and singing:

Hanukkow, Hanukkow
Spinning, spinning like a dreidel
Hanukkow, Hanukkow
‘tato latkes, made o’ ‘tato

Panel 2

Hanukkow, Hanukkow
Lights a candle on an udder
Hanukkow, Hankkow
Every night she lights anudder.

Panel 3

Sergeant: Cows have only four nipples you know.

Toullie and Sister stick their tongues out at Sergeant.

Toullie: Hanukkow has eight.

Episode 83 – ‘Patience’

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Today is the day after Election Day, 2016. My 10 year old daughter cried herself to sleep last night and woke up crying this morning. I drew this cartoon to help cheer her up.

Transcript

Panel 1

Toullie:  Hih-wa-wee.
Sister: Hiwee.

Panel 2

Toullie: Hiiiiih…waaaa…weeee.
Sister: Hiwee!

Panel 3

Sergeant: Oh, for crying out loud, it’s ‘Hillary!’
Toullie: It’s okay, we can twy again.

Episode 79 – ‘Drought’

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We’re now halfway through our fifth year of drought here in southern California. Many of our neighbors have switched to water-wise desert gardens or otherwise let their lawns die out completely. We stopped watering our lawn a couple of years ago but our grass is hanging in there. Sort of.

079-Draught-sketch

Transcript

Panel 1

Toullie: Cawifornia is facing a water cwisis, so wemember…

If it’s yewwow, wet it mewwow,
And if it’s bwown, fwush it down.

Panel 2

Sergeant: In other words…

If it’s pee, let it be,
If it’s poo, down the loo.

Panel 3

Sister: No bath! Yay cwisis!

Episode 59 – ‘Hiragana’

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059p Hiragana

Originally published in August 2012.

Transcript

Panel 1

Sergeant: Toullie is learning to read Japanese.

Toullie (in Japanese): Arigatou.

Panel 2

Toullie: A – ri – ga – to.

Panel 3

Toullie: Oh, I know that word.

Panel 4

Toullie: ‘Gato’ means cat.

Episode 57 – ‘Opinions’

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Originally published in July 2012.

Transcript

Panel 1

V.O.: Do you like 3D movies?

Sergeant: No. My life is not so uninteresting that I want stuff expoloding in my face every two minutes.

Panel 2

V.O.: Do you recycle?

Toullie: It would be wasteful to wide a bicycle only once.

Panel 3

V.O.: How do you feel about the presidential candidates?

Sister: Pwesents and candy, yay!

Episode 52 – ‘Assignment’

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Originally published in March 2011.

Transcript

Panel 1

Sister: Sergent, you boy.

Panel 2

Sister: Toowee, you gurl.

Panel 3

Sergeant: It doesn’t matter, you know. We’re not changing the name of the comic strip.

Episode 50 – ‘Peanuts’

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Originally published in November 2010.

Transcript

Panel 1

Sergeant: Well! Here comes ol’ Sister!

Panel 2

Sergeant: Good ol’ Sister…yes, sir!

Panel 3

Sergeant: Good ol’ Sister…

Panel 4

Sergeant: How I hate plagiarism.

Episode 48 – ‘Ye Olde Saturday Morning Cartoon Show’

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Originally published in August 2010.

Transcript

Panel 1

Sergeant:

Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye!
’tis rotuuuuund Toullie!

Panel 2

Toullie:

And I shall sing a song for thee-ee,
And Ser Gent will impart a tale or thwee

Panel 3

Sergeant and Toullie:

Meow! Meow! Meow!
Gonna have a good time!Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye!

Sister: All done! Off head! OFF HEAD!

Episode 31 – ‘Renshu’

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When I drew this strip, Alisa and I were taking Taiko lessons. It’s a great workout and, yes, it’s every bit as much fun as it looks.

Originally published in August 2009.

Transcript

Panel 4

Toullie: Y’know, I weawwy wike pwaying dwums.

Sergeant: I just like to hit things.

Episode 24 – ‘Black History Month’

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Originally published in February 2009

Transcript

Panel 1

Toullie: In observance of Bwack Histowy Month, we’re pwaying dwess-up. I’m Hawwiet Tubman. After escaping fwom captivity, I wescued over 70 swaves duwing the U.S. Civil War using a secwet network called the Undergwound Wailwoad.

Panel 2

Sergeant: I’m Jackie Robinson. In 1947, I became the first African American Major League baseball player, ending eighty years of baseball segragation. And Sister is…

Panel 3

Sister: RAAWR!

Panel 4

Toullie: I don’t think she gets it.

Sister RAAWR!

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