"Dilbert" bashing?

S09E13 The CartoonliveJan 31, 19982 days later9 posts by 8 posters
❓ Question

Fans debate whether the cartoon Elaine dislikes in the episode references Scott Adams' Dilbert comic, with discussion of The New Yorker cartoons and their humor styles.

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Rodney E.

Was the cartoon Elaine referring to Scott Adam's "Dilbert"? She mentioned a cat and dog working in an office, reading e-mail. Does anyone else also find that "cubicle humor" over their heads?

I think Jerry and his writers were also responding to the recent criticisms of his show through Elaine's "Pig Complaint" cartoon. To Elaine it was obviously humorous, but Jerry and Kramer each had their different interpretations of it. His message was in effect, "Judge the show any way you please, but this is how it is take it or leave it."

LEGGGS↩ Rodney E.
**Nope**
It Shrinks...???
Just Me, Lisa. [email] * * * * * * * "I'm not fat..I'm big boned! -Cartman-"SouthPark"
Jeff Smithpeters↩ LEGGGS

No, and the cartoon came from The New Yorker. Many times those cartoons go over my head, but not because I'm too obtuse to get them. It's usually because The New Yorker prints about 200 pages a week and has a lot of space they gotta fill in, and most of the time the cartoons they pick aren't exactly hilarious, esp. if you're not a high-brow elitist.

But this brings me to a pet peeve. Those Office Depot Dilbert commercials nauseate me. Scott Adams cartoon is as subversive as hell, and here it is being used to promote a faceless mercantile giant that overprices everything. And the voices? Yuck. Who punctured a helium tank in the recording studio?

LEGGGS↩ Jeff Smithpeters

**I didnt ask the question..I answered it...and I said,,NOPE!**

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Lfbarfe↩ LEGGGS

Dilbert meant nothing to me until I started work in an office. Now, Dilbert is a mirror of my life.

I love the strip. Scott Adams is little short of a genius.

Louis The sun shines bright on the Granada where I once saw the film 'If'...
Dixon Hayes↩ Rodney E.

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No. "Dilbert" is not a one-panel cartoon in the New Yorker.

Dave↩ Dixon Hayes

In , "Dixon Hayes" writes:

Read between the lines. "A comic where a dog and a cat mention e-mail". Sounds at least a little bit like Dilbert, right?

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JKlompas↩ Rodney E.

Not at all. Dilbert it the funniest thing there is. Funnier than other strips and even funnier than Seinfeld the last couple of years.

Jack

James A. Dirmeyer↩ Rodney E.

I felt the need to set Rodney straight.

Rodney E. wrote in message <01bd2 e1e$bff8eba0$7b03aace@default>...

Dilbert is not in the New Yorker.

No. Just you.

You need serious help.