Rita – "Tuttle's" by Sam

How About “Wuhan”?

I don’t know if this would be considered a proper name. Clearly, though, Tuttle has a place where he can play it and get the triple word score.

Gambling on the Diet

I know Keno is a game, but I don’t even know how it’s played. I could look it up, but I hate going to all that work.

Something Different

The keenly observant will note that the series Tuttle mentions in frame three is clearly the 1980s version of the show.

Like Thunder

I thought of this one years ago, and I think drew a version of it for ‘Cottage & CO’, but I kept hearing that people didn’t get it. Hopefully, you do.

Never Learn

I think my wife came up with this one while we were watching some TV show that used the phrase from the first panel.

That’s Right, Y’all!

Based on a buddy of mine whose wife drug him to the opera and he didn’t realize it was in English until after it was over and she told him it was. In the words of Andy Griffith, “Opera ain’t nothin’ but hollerin’, but it’s high-classed hollerin’.”

There’s Something About That Man

This came about because a friend was into those scented candles that were supposed to improve your mood or love life or whatever. I walked into her office and the one she had going took me back to the 1980s and “Aqua Velva”. I didn’t tell her that. Now, I really hope there’s an essential oil that smells like “Hai Karate”!

Skunked ‘Em!

Better than the name of our local minor league team.

More Gifts

Years ago, there was a strip where Tuttle gave Rita turtle wax. I guess he hasn’t exactly learned from that experience.

For to Us …

The strips appear online one week after appearing in the newspaper. If you would like to see them “live”, in your newspaper, have your local paper contact me at garisonfitch@gmail.com. And Merry Christmas!