Far Side grinning man (left, color) and a man with his pet bird, which is making a weird face (right, black & white.)
The Far Side featured a number of memorable comics about pet birds and their owners, often playing on the trope of parrots' ability to mimic human speech, to great comedic effect. Birds of all different kinds, from chickens and ducks, to buzzards and vultures, were ubiquitous in Gary Larson's cartoons, but there remains something especially memorable about his"bird in cage" comics.
This panel also holds the grim distinction of being The Far Side's first murder – though certainly not its last. 7 Gary Larson Established A Formula For The Far Side's Pet Bird Panels With This Comic First Published: November 11, 1981 Here, Gary Larson introduced a set-up that he would return to repeatedly over the years, featuring a couple and their pet bird. In these Far Side cartoons, Larson used the pet bird as a means of mocking less-than-ideal domestic situations.
While the casual way that the man tells his wife to strike their pet will certainly be off-putting to readers, it is an integral part of the joke – which is rooted not in the cruelty of the human characters, but rather in the equation of the bird in its cage with a household appliance.
4 If Canaries Thought Coal Mines Were Bad, Gary Larson Has News For Them First Published: June 19, 1991 In this laugh-out-loud Far Side cartoon, Gary Larson takes the concept of the"canary in the coal mine" to its logical – yet absurd – extension in the atomic age. Famously, canaries were used to detect potential hazardous gasses in coal mines, giving rise to the English language idiom.
1 One of the birds threatens to"rattle" the other's cage, in a playful Far Side interpretation of the familiar saying, but what is especially amusing about this panel is the fact that the bird can't actually make good on its threat. In other words, the avian's comment is reduced to nothing more than bravado.
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