Comments on: Beating the Joke to Death: Lasagna Cat Follow-up http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/03/20/beating-the-joke-to-death-lasagna-cat-follow-up/ Overthinking It subjects the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:53:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mads http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/03/20/beating-the-joke-to-death-lasagna-cat-follow-up/#comment-468 Mads Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:41:37 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/03/20/beating-the-joke-to-death-lasagna-cat-follow-up/#comment-468 Well, it reminds me a little of the scne in Last house on the Left where Kruger carvs his name into womans chest. More importantly there is a whole subgenre of porn about wtriting degrading things on your own or someone elses body (Like: Ass Whore) and that just makes the video that more disturbing. Because that means that to Jon the word Garfield is both degrading and sexual arousing. Well, it reminds me a little of the scne in Last house on the Left where Kruger carvs his name into womans chest. More importantly there is a whole subgenre of porn about wtriting degrading things on your own or someone elses body (Like: Ass Whore) and that just makes the video that more disturbing. Because that means that to Jon the word Garfield is both degrading and sexual arousing.

]]> By: Drimmer http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/03/20/beating-the-joke-to-death-lasagna-cat-follow-up/#comment-138 Drimmer Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:31:35 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/03/20/beating-the-joke-to-death-lasagna-cat-follow-up/#comment-138 (Head explodes.) (Surprisingly, lasagna splatters on walls instead of brains/blood.) (Head explodes.)

(Surprisingly, lasagna splatters on walls instead of brains/blood.)

]]> By: Matthew Belinkie http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/03/20/beating-the-joke-to-death-lasagna-cat-follow-up/#comment-137 Matthew Belinkie Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:34:57 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/03/20/beating-the-joke-to-death-lasagna-cat-follow-up/#comment-137 Thank you so much for alerting me to a world of Garfield-related websites. I've spent a lot of time clicking around in the past week, and I've found two more I wanted to bring to everyone's attention: REALFIELD http://blog.org.es/realfield Realfield starts from the same idea of Garfield Minus Garfield: “Jon can’t hear Garfield’s thoughts, and so he must be crazy.” But while Garfield Minus Garfield makes this clear by removing the cat entirely, Realfield replacing Garfield with a fairly realistic-looking tabby, who just stares at Jon. Truthfully, I can’t decide which of the two I prefer. Realfield has a certain logic to it that appeals to me. Garfield Minus Garfield is more surreal art. PERMANENT MONDAY http://permanent-monday.blogspot.com This is a blog that seems largely defunct now, but has plenty of archives to enjoy. The writer simply posts a Garfield strip, and dissects it with an insight worthy of Fenzel. I really respect how he can take a simple three panel strip and mine 500 words out of it, without it seeming forced. He really does have interesting observations about the logic of Garfield’s world, which is strange indeed once you look hard enough. Thank you so much for alerting me to a world of Garfield-related websites. I’ve spent a lot of time clicking around in the past week, and I’ve found two more I wanted to bring to everyone’s attention:

REALFIELD
http://blog.org.es/realfield
Realfield starts from the same idea of Garfield Minus Garfield: “Jon can’t hear Garfield’s thoughts, and so he must be crazy.” But while Garfield Minus Garfield makes this clear by removing the cat entirely, Realfield replacing Garfield with a fairly realistic-looking tabby, who just stares at Jon. Truthfully, I can’t decide which of the two I prefer. Realfield has a certain logic to it that appeals to me. Garfield Minus Garfield is more surreal art.

PERMANENT MONDAY
http://permanent-monday.blogspot.com
This is a blog that seems largely defunct now, but has plenty of archives to enjoy. The writer simply posts a Garfield strip, and dissects it with an insight worthy of Fenzel. I really respect how he can take a simple three panel strip and mine 500 words out of it, without it seeming forced. He really does have interesting observations about the logic of Garfield’s world, which is strange indeed once you look hard enough.

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