1727: Tom Waitsfield

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Tom Waitsfield

Made by: Lubaf

Explanation

This edit quotes the first two lines of "The Piano Has Been Drinking" by Tom Waits: "The piano has been drinking/My necktie is asleep". For the record, the entire song is sung from the perspective of a drunk man, with a slightly off-key backing tune to boot.

The author writes:

By way of explanation.

Original strip: 1980-05-20.

Transcript

{Jon's Piano appears to be playing itself, with a bottle of liquor on top of it and a necktie sticking out of it.}

Jon: {Screaming} THE PIANO HAS BEEN DRINKING!

{Garfield appears, having been inside the piano.}

Garfield: Hey, my necktie is asleep!