Comments on: TOM THE DANCING BUG: "Totally Rad, Louis," performed before an imaginary audience http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: TenInchesTaller http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1082372 TenInchesTaller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082372 This is total brain candy. I love Tom the Dancing Bug! This is total brain candy. I love Tom the Dancing Bug!

]]> By: eviladrian http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1082386 eviladrian Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082386 When did TTDB get so darn political? There's a thing called subtlety, you know? When did TTDB get so darn political? There’s a thing called subtlety, you know?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1082388 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082388 It did, actually. It did, actually.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1082390 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082390 Wait, are people not getting this? Really? Wait, are people not getting this? Really?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1082394 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082394 In the intersections of the space between the panels, you can see a grey dot but not in the intersection at which you are looking directly. Very subtle and intelligent. In the intersections of the space between the panels, you can see a grey dot but not in the intersection at which you are looking directly. Very subtle and intelligent.

]]> By: Percival Dunwoody http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1082146 Percival Dunwoody Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082146 And what is that wondrous invention Louis is using to wipe the ketchup off of his shirt? Rolled up paper? Looks like it could be very handy in other situations. -Percival Dunwoody, Idiot Time-Traveler From 1909 And what is that wondrous invention Louis is using to wipe the ketchup off of his shirt? Rolled up paper? Looks like it could be very handy in other situations. -Percival Dunwoody, Idiot Time-Traveler From 1909

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1082448 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082448 hes making fun of how kids act like they are on disney sitcoms. Tweens become over self concious hes making fun of how kids act like they are on disney sitcoms. Tweens become over self concious

]]> By: Tim http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1082202 Tim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082202 ... I don't get it. …

I don’t get it.

]]> By: Dave http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1082464 Dave Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082464 Thanks Jason, I took me a couple of minutes to get it in its entirety; yours and others' comments helped. Thanks Jason,

I took me a couple of minutes to get it in its entirety; yours and others’ comments helped.

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1082720 blueelm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082720 Really? I've heard of that illusion but I don't see it happening here. The strip is funny though. Really? I’ve heard of that illusion but I don’t see it happening here.

The strip is funny though.

]]> By: Jorpho http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1082228 Jorpho Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082228 I can't recall if the previous installment of "Totally Rad, Louis!" employed the Disney channel logo. Seems rather bold. I can’t recall if the previous installment of “Totally Rad, Louis!” employed the Disney channel logo. Seems rather bold.

]]> By: kpkpkp http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1082243 kpkpkp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082243 A laugh track is your cue to keep going (when flipping through channels) A laugh track is your cue to keep going (when flipping through channels)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1083013 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083013 One of the tags to this post is "ketchup". That's why I love BoingBoing. One of the tags to this post is “ketchup”. That’s why I love BoingBoing.

]]> By: neddy http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1082269 neddy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082269 Subtle, but brilliant, as always. The key is what the (imaginary) audience does when the ketchup gets spilled. Poor Louis, not *totally* rad at all, is he? Pretty sure the Disney logo was there last time... Subtle, but brilliant, as always. The key is what the (imaginary) audience does when the ketchup gets spilled. Poor Louis, not *totally* rad at all, is he?

Pretty sure the Disney logo was there last time…

]]> By: jimkirk http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1082290 jimkirk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082290 http://www.boingboing.net/2011/04/11/magic-goop-scoop.html#comments Problem solved! http://www.boingboing.net/2011/04/11/magic-goop-scoop.html#comments

Problem solved!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1082303 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082303 The Disney Channel logo is the clue, folks. Like many characters in Tom the Dancing Bug, there are running jokes and recurring characters in the strip. Louis is a sensitive, self-conscious boy. This one explains him best: http://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2010/03/26/ The Disney Channel logo is the clue, folks.

Like many characters in Tom the Dancing Bug, there are running jokes and recurring characters in the strip. Louis is a sensitive, self-conscious boy. This one explains him best:

http://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2010/03/26/

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1082304 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082304 I guess the point was a comment on neurosis sufferers being mocked by idiot-level television? I guess the point was a comment on neurosis sufferers being mocked by idiot-level television?

]]> By: Jason Rizos http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1082320 Jason Rizos Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082320 Yes, and that we are a pathologically narcissistic society b/c of television. Yes, and that we are a pathologically narcissistic society b/c of television.

]]> By: holtt http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1082328 holtt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082328 I personally would have declared the ketchup as not intended to be a factual stain and called it good. I personally would have declared the ketchup as not intended to be a factual stain and called it good.

]]> By: Jesse M. http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1082586 Jesse M. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082586 I don't think the joke has much of anything to do with TV or the Disney Channel, if you're familiar with Louis' continuing adventures you'll know he's very neurotic about what people are thinking of him and is always having these kinds of unrealistic fantasies about how much attention people pay to him. I think the joke here is basically that he first thinks he's making these super witty comments that would make him the hero of an imaginary TV audience, but then he totally makes a huge deal out of something minor like a ketchup stain, imagining that both the real people around him and the imaginary audience in his head would think it was a huge deal even though in reality no one would really care if they saw it. If you browse the <a href="http://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/1998/12/20/">archives</a> for other Louis comics you can see that this kind of exaggerated sense of people judging him on minor things is an ongoing theme... I don’t think the joke has much of anything to do with TV or the Disney Channel, if you’re familiar with Louis’ continuing adventures you’ll know he’s very neurotic about what people are thinking of him and is always having these kinds of unrealistic fantasies about how much attention people pay to him. I think the joke here is basically that he first thinks he’s making these super witty comments that would make him the hero of an imaginary TV audience, but then he totally makes a huge deal out of something minor like a ketchup stain, imagining that both the real people around him and the imaginary audience in his head would think it was a huge deal even though in reality no one would really care if they saw it. If you browse the archives for other Louis comics you can see that this kind of exaggerated sense of people judging him on minor things is an ongoing theme…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1084638 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1084638 bolling is the best. i really liked dude ranch and dude speak from back around '94 or so. bolling is the best. i really liked dude ranch and dude speak
from back around ’94 or so.

]]> By: Jason Rizos http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1082608 Jason Rizos Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082608 My interpretation is not without a thoroughgoing appreciation of the larger Louis Maltby milieu! My interpretation is not without a thoroughgoing appreciation of the larger Louis Maltby milieu!

]]> By: Jorpho http://boingboing.net/2011/04/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-44.html#comment-1082353 Jorpho Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082353 Do you mean declaring the ketchup stain to be non-canon? http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=291 Do you mean declaring the ketchup stain to be non-canon?
http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=291

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