GO AWAYFRED BASSET IS THE BEST,GO HAMISH!!! Dude, this is exactly what I think whenever I see it in the paper. [1] It has since been syndicated around the world. JavaScript is disabled. It is a deplorable waste of space for any newspaper that would carry it. There are mentions to New Year during 1970 and 1971 and 1 January 1973 when the UK entered the common market. I’m right… That’s all. A book published during 1988, "Fred Basset 25 Years", a similar compilation, is considered its forerunner. though they are remarkably funny. Maybe that would explain your problem with my comments. Many strips look weak and washed out on the finer detail, looking like a photocopy. If there’s something clever about telling other people you’re walking down the road while you’re in the middle of walking down the road, then I’m obviously all wrong about comedy.
Several books appeared in Australia from 1979–1985 and one published in Germany.
He is never funny.And ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ IS the greatest comic strip and holds that place with Gary Larson’s ‘Farside’ comic. Read why seems strange to base the success of a syndicated comic on people
Oh Terf, You made my day. Your opinion on the matter is one of objective truth, based on common sense, common decency, and what is a reasonable depiction of trash.
Colour strips as used in The Mail On Sunday were added from book 36 during 1984. http://nunnone.com/blog/rambling/hoping-for-feedback-so-far-getting-static/, http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/buzz_clik/, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfbN30Rrt08, via the Geekorium Matrix Room #the.geekorium:demands.coffee, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. You have just made my day!
Again, later Michael Martin strips do follow on for a few days, as with a Birthday Party mentioned in the 1997 book.
For those that do not know, Fred Basset is a comic strip featuring a Fred Basset has been published in the United Kingdom newspaper Daily Mail, and latterly The Mail On Sunday, from 1963 to the present.
Explain to me (and the other millions people who laugh too) why what we are reading laughing at such bad comics.
Here is the RIGHT answer. The names and areas pictured are made from places and people Alex Graham knew, areas are said to resemble Scotland. The distinctive "Fred" handwriting font was supplied by Les Hulme until the early 2000s.
screenbeard. 'Fred Basset for Garden Lovers' was published in September 2009.
screenbeard, […] can only tell me so much?â?they canât give me feedback about why one throw away post about Fred Basset gets more feedback than any of the other things IÂ write about.
But it’s got to be a contender.Â. So please help me out.
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The title has since caused confusion, as there is no Bumper Book No 1 as such. 02 Jan 2007 | http://the.geekorium.com Fred is a wry and witty observer of life, finding funnybones and turning up smiles on three continents.
Fred Basset, despite being a comic strip character, was read on radio regularly by Hamish Blake throughout Australia on the Today Network's Hamish and Andy Show (weekdays 4-6pm) on Friday afternoons (approx 5:50pm). Its not like we are being forced to read and laugh.ps.
It isn't one of my favorites or anything but I don't hate it... and Get Fuzzy is the best Comic of all time!
Without that knowledge, your comment makes even less sense.
I feel sorry for you.
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Later strips mention both Fred, his owners and passers-by being surreally aware of the newspaper Fred Basset strip and commenting as such, unaware that their own Fred is the character mentioned. Perhaps people who laugh at the regular things dogs do… and extra hard if that dog might spell out exactly what it’s doing, as it’s doing it.
You can’t fathom the subtle nature of the cartoon. on Github, One Fred Basset book appeared in USA during 1969, Meet Fred Basset published as a 'Fawcett Gold Medal Book'. Fred Basset is not funny. Fred Basset is not a good comic.
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Family friends' names would be used, as was Tinker's Wood, taken from a house Graham lived in.
The guy who originally made Fred Basset died around 16 years ago. But those are not people who, in my mind, should have an valid opinion on what makes something really funny.Â, I don’t know enough comics (even though I know quite a few) to say that Fred Basset is absolutely the worst.
Are you addressing the “flag” link below EVERYONE'S comment as though it is my name?
I like that cartoon. You can interact with me direct screenbeard. The current 'gocomics' online versions are usually in colour.
Those who like Fred B have the intellectual ability of a wilted lettuce. Updated Today. If you were
A new relation introduced during the mid-1990s was mentioned as "her Aunt Flo."
The 2010 annual is still in black and white, though the printing quality is much better. 12 Jul 2006 | categories: [ Opinions ] tags: [ comicstrip dont care anymore not fun ]. Whether it succeeds or not is irrelevant, but the effort disguises its (lack of) humour.Fred Basset on the other hand is neither poignant or funny, and lacks a clear audience (stupid dogs maybe - but dogs don’t read the comics section, and stupid ones only read the lifestyle section).I hope that my arguments have made you realise that I am indeed right. 20 Nov 2009 | http://the.geekorium.com there were any remaining basset-hound loving comic-readers with the You don’t know how frustrating it’s been having everyone disagree with me! In addition to this, many panels are traditionally wasted showing the same image or similar ones repeatedly with no text.
Try and give your comments more context. The cartoon was created by Scottish cartoonist Alex Graham and published first in the Daily Mail on 8 July 1963.
screenbeard, You can never ever be universally right about such subjective things as ‘funniness’, and this is why you are WRONG.To prove my point:Def of Funny: Something that invokes laughter/smiles.I laugh when i read Fred Basset. Hoping for Feedback, So Far Getting Static « Josh Nunn's Geekorium.
Josh, I agree with you. However, Hamish always reads the entire comic.
A special 50th anniversary annual, Fred Basset Celebrating 50 Years was published in 2013 by Summersdale Publishers.
Your pick for best comic is mine, as well, therefore I will employ the axiom that “Great minds think alike.”. It simply presents a possible situation that a dog could be in and offers a brief glimpse of the event. fred basset is so stupid and simple that it makes me want to kill myself. Now there never was much debate about it being a good comic, but in case religions based on pondering the worthlessness that is “Fred Basset”.
The Michael Martin era strips have more topical references and mention of modern appliances, such as mobile phones and a microwave oven. Outside of Hamish Blake presenting it in an obviously ironic manner, Fred Basset has never once wrenched a laugh from my sneering lips. During mid-1977 a short-lived 5 minute television cartoon of Fred Basset was shown on the BBC, made by Bill Melendez Productions, voiced by actor Lionel Jeffries . pretending they find it funny, so I have to conclude with you that it About Fred Basset Any reader who has ever been a "dog’s best friend" will recognize and love Fred. must. They are neither funny, nor charming - as evidenced by the strip above.
How many have you seen/heard of the comic strip, Fred Basset? Sep 24, 2018 - Explore Malcolm's board "Fred Bassett", followed by 101 people on Pinterest. As of 2009, Summersdale Publishers UK published the Fred Basset Yearbook and published a gift book featuring some of the cartoons from previous strips in colour. very pitchfork of Satan himself.
It's pretty funny, and the artist hits the nail on the head with bassets pretty well! I didn’t think so. Fred Basset IS the dumbest comic strip ever written.
It doesn’t even have artistic merit… the drawings are simple and the so-called ‘abstract’ nature of it appears to be an illusion stemming from people thinking too hard about the strip’s intention and claiming to be “intellectual”. Rachel the Pirate.
screenbeard, fred basset isnt the worst.hes not that bad gosh.
The more recent strips have occasional follow-on stories such as a Summer holiday, or buying a new car.
See more ideas about Fred, Basset, Bassett. dumbest comic strip of all time. In any other debate I will concede I am wrong when I am given clear evidence - but of this one thing I am certain. A variant of the font is still used today. But you know what comic is good? The strips do not generally feature follow-on storylines; a rare storyline with Fred staying at Jock's house or Uncle Albert staying a few days are the only times the story extends beyond the one strip format. Where is the wit in, “Now my after dinner nap”?Obviously I’m intellectually inferior, that’s the reason. Dear Sir: You are quite correct about Fred Basset and the intellectual bankruptcy of its fans.
It's pretty funny, and the artist hits the nail on the head with bassets pretty well!
he’s probably JUSt as boring as some of the bassets.” Now you may argue that ‘The Phantom’ is not funny either, and that I haven’t singled it out for my scorn, but his serialised adventures are not meant to be. People who appreciate “Fred” are equal to those who get their nourishment from a landfill and call it “Sunday Brunch.” Attempting to prove your point to such, is like trying to convince a one year old that he ought to read the Wall Street Journal instead of Teen Beat.
27 Sep 2008 | http://the.geekorium.com In the Herald sun there is a certain comic called Fred Basset, and it is just stupid and not funny So many things wrong with this comment. Hoping for Feedback, So Far Getting Static « Josh Nunn's Geekorium. The wife manages the house and the family, and has a busy life socialising with friends.
Comics Read Fred Basset from the Beginning. J Salmon Ltd currently print a Fred Basset calendar displaying twelve cartoons drawn by Michael Martin. Fred Basset on the other hand MUST be trying to be amusing, as the dog wears a constantly smug expression, and regularly makes asides to the audience that are meant to include us in the ‘joke’. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfbN30Rrt08, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLiEXr9BJRg, Fred Basset is just awful.
I could write a comic where: Lighten up. And I would be about on a par with current Fred Basset comics. Fred Basset Photos | Fred Basset Pictures - Yahoo!
Fred likes chasing cats but freely admits he would not know what to do with one if he caught it. instead and then go away! That’s kind of like saying, “This little league player has had some swings better than some of Derek Jeter’s.”Â. screenbeard. Not that all comedy has to be smart… but you’ve got to draw a line somewhere.
There is no setup, punchline, or social commentary of any kind.
It is warm-hearted and for that reason, I enjoy the occasional read. [1], Fred's cartoon strips are renamed as Wurzel in Germany, Lillo il Cane Saggio (Lillo the wise dog) in Italy, Lorang in Norway, Laban in Sweden and Retu, Pitko or Koiraskoira in Finland.[2]. It has since been syndicated around the world.