3818: Gar Control To Major Field

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Gar Control To Major Field
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Made by: MadDogBV


Explanation[edit | edit source]

The author writes:[edit | edit source]

The author of SRoMG #3649 had his apprehensions about using "Space Oddity" for this particular gag, likely given Bowie's recent* passing. I have no such apprehensions. So here you go – doing proper justice to a rock/pop music idol.

*[#3649 was submitted in February 2016. -Ed]

Original strip: 1985-06-30.

Transcript[edit | edit source]

Garfield: Shoo-doop boowa, shoo-doop boowa...
Garfield: Ground control to Major Tom, your circuit's dead. There's something wrong. Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom?
{Garfield hits record player}
SFX: KA-CHUNK
Turntable: Can you
Garfield: Heeeeeere I am...
{Jon is not amused}

Trivia[edit | edit source]

This strip's author's notes were hit with a mojibake error in a later site recoding effort; the original author's notes unaffected by mojibake are currently lost to the public due to this.