I once thought about doing a comic strip, Signs of the Times. It would have been all sorts of jokes based on signs … ideographic signs (I have some old cartoons I’ll post, some I already have) … signs enterprising panhandlers might display … labels on bottles … bumper stickers … advertising signs … any printed messages. Read More …
Finicky Koko turns up her nose at all sorts of canned cat food. It’s unpredictable. Tough to track what she likes and doesn’t. Now we humans often liven up our food with sauces and dressings and cheese. So why not toppings for cats? Rancid Carcass Remoulade. Wild Chipmunk Salsa. Minced-Up Mice Marinara. Grated Meowzerrella. A glop on top, Read More …
Or maybe it’s Big Brother: The Detox Edition. You corral a bunch of strung-out celebrities and resurrect their fading fame by helping them break their worst addictions. Or maybe it’s called Cold Turkey With the Stars. Could even serve as reminder to our youth: In America, you always get a second chance … as long as Read More …
Oops. Guess somebody already thought of this: The random excuse generator. And check this out: A blog devoted to generators. It links to all sorts of wild ones … including an idea generator … put your name on a plane … The Boobie Name Generator … Bart Simpson writing your sentence on a blackboard. At least I did think Read More …
Anybody who’s played Sudoku probably hates the eventual drudgery (at least with the hardest puzzles) of writing in lots of little numbers. Either the ones that COULD be in that square, or the ones that CAN’T. Suppose instead you had a rubber stamp with tiny numbers. You’d lightly stamp the squares with fast-drying erasable ink, so fast-drying Read More …
Actually, that sounds like fantasy. But that’s not what I mean. No, flip the premise and see what you get: The Biggest Gainer Anorexics compete to put on the most weight. Wife Keep Producers scout for the most horrible wives and the men who want to leave them — then force the men to stay. Read More …
Lots of people have businesses on the side, and some places cater to these part-time/ small-time entrepreneurs with office sharing setups that may even involve support staff, like secretaries. But why couldn’t regular businesses cash in, too, leasing out their space, complete with computers and other equipment, on weekends and at night — when the regular employees are off? Read More …
“Don’t put all your egos in one basket, or it could make you a basket case.”
I’m inching forward with a spinoff from Steal My Ideas, Please. Rather than just give away ideas, through posts or emailed answers, I’m moving into developing some with friends and even total strangers. If you’re an illustrator, software designer, writer or JUST LOADED AND LOOKING FOR PLACES TO INVEST, check out www.wackydadandfriends.com. I hope to Read More …
What goes around comes around. Maybe that’s the problem here in Philly. The negativity of fans cosmically gets punished by never having that ultimate prize: A title in a major sport. (Philadelphia gone more seasons without an NFL, MLB, NBA or NHL title than any other city. Cleveland’s gone more years, for example, but doesn’t Read More …
There’s something not funny about having comedy awards. Seriously. It’s old “hey, here’s a funny joke” problem: If you say something’s funny, well, the audience gets all, “Well, we’ll be the judge of that,” and the performers get all jokey and phoney. Or at least they seem to. So instead, have an awards that’s disguised Read More …