THE FAR SIDE Comic Strips 1980. Written by Gary Larson.

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Total Records: 74 - Medium: COMIC STRIPS

#	Record Name	Group	Category	Subcategory
BOGUS BUSINESS BUREAU
1	A-1 Inflatable Boat	BBB	Vehicles	Watercrafts
	A-1 Inflatable Boat Inflatable boat product that arrives at an island a little too late.
3	Ace Ladder Co.	BBB	Industrial Companies	Manufacturing
	Ace Ladder Co. Several people trapped in burning building. "Wait a minute! Say that again, Doris! You know, the part about, if we only had some means of climbing down."
3	Ace Marbles Inc.	BBB	Toys	Toy Stores
	Ace Marbles Inc. Toy company with active shooter named Simmons.
3	Ace Signal Flares	BBB	Goods	Miscellaneous Products
	Ace Signal Flares Signal flare product that arrives at an island a little too late.
3	ACME Chemical	BBB	Industrial Companies	Chemical Companies
	ACME Chemical Chemical company.
3	ACME Gate Smasher & Moat Crosser	BBB	Goods	Miscellaneous Products
	ACME Gate Smasher & Moat Crosser ACME product.
3	ACME Insecticide Inc.	BBB	Industrial Companies	Manufacturing
	ACME Insecticide Inc. There's a spider swinging over the heads of a few scientists, shouting, "Yeeeeeehaaaaaaaaa!"
4	ACME Outboard Motor	BBB	Goods	Miscellaneous Products
	ACME Outboard Motor Outboard motor product that arrives at an island a little too late.
3	ACME Plastic Fruit	BBB	Home Furnishing	Kitchen Products
	ACME Plastic Fruit Plastic fruit product that arrives on a desert island.
3	ACME Sales	BBB	Industrial Companies	Manufacturing
	ACME Sales Sales company. #1 A salesman approaches a house with a guy standing in the yard and a sign on the fence that reads "Beware of Doug". #2 Woman says to salesman as he's leaving her house: "Oh, that's right! You did have a hat. I believe you'll find it in the other room." The hat is seen hanging from the ceiling in the next room, a trap set below it, covered with leaves.
3	ACME Sheet Co.	BBB	Industrial Companies	Industries
	ACME Sheet Co. Manufacturing company that uses its own products to escape a fire in their building.
3	ACME Sign Co.	BBB	Industrial Companies	Manufacturing
	ACME Sign Co. Two employess by a pile of signs that read, "The End of the World is Coming." One employee is looking out the window at multiple mushroom clouds, saying, "Wouldn't you know it!... There goes our market for those things!"
4	ACME Slingshot Co.	BBB	Toys	Toy Stores
	ACME Slingshot Co. Toy company.
3	ACME Sun-Lamp	BBB	Home Furnishing	Lighting
	ACME Sun-Lamp Gag gift at Count Dracula's birthday party.
4	ACME Windshield Co.	BBB	Industrial Companies	Industries
	ACME Windshield Co. Manufacturing company.
3	ACME Wingbaby	BBB	Goods	Baby Products
	ACME Wingbaby ACME product used to attach a baby to the outside wing of an airplane.
3	All Things Cold and Slimy	BBB	Literature	Books
	All Things Cold and Slimy There's a guy reading this book at night in his living room.
3	Allstar Exterminators	BBB	Maintenance Services	Pest Control Services
	Allstar Exterminators Pest control company.
3	Al's Glass	BBB	Home Furnishing	Home Furnishing Stores
	Al's Glass Guy in his house looking at a brick that was thrown through his window with a piece of paper tied to it that says, "Bricks thrown through your window? Call Al's Glass 555-1232"
3	Al's Glass-bottom Tours	BBB	Travel	Tours
	Al's Glass-bottom Tours Boat at the bottom of a lake, several people still inside looking out at fish staring back at them.
3	Al's Meats	BBB	Food Stores	Butcher Shops
	Al's Meats Cow in line to slaughterhouse: Hey! No cuts!
3	Al's Small Flightless Birds	BBB	Pets	Pet Stores
	Al's Small Flightless Birds Cat trapped inside house staring out window helplessly at crash between two trucks: Bob's Assorted Rodents and Al's Small Flightless Birds.
3	Anderson's Meats	BBB	Food Industries	Meat Companies
	Anderson's Meats Cows in line to be slaughtered. One cow tells another: "Hey! You! No cutting in!
3	Become One of the Herd	BBB	Literature	Books
	Become One of the Herd Book in the animal self-help section.
3	Beginning Dance	BBB	Education	Performing Arts Schools
	Beginning Dance Dance studio in two story building with a couple falling out of the upstairs window.
3	Black Ants	BBB	Menu	Menu Items
	Black Ants Menu item at the Cafe du Anteater.
3	Bob's Assorted Rodents	BBB	Pets	Pet Stores
	Bob's Assorted Rodents Cat trapped inside house staring out window helplessly at crash between two trucks: Bob's Assorted Rodents and Al's Small Flightless Birds.
3	Boneless Chicken Ranch	BBB	Food Industries	Meat Companies
	Boneless Chicken Ranch These chickens are boneless before they're killed.
3	Cafe Du Anteater	BBB	Dining	Cafes and Delis
	Cafe Du Anteater Cafe for anteaters. Menu consists of different types of ants, including Black ants, Carpenter ants, Red ants and Harvester ants. One anteater asks waiter: "Hmmmm... are the red ants right off the hill?"
3	Careers in Computer	BBB	Literature	Books
	Careers in Computer There's a humpback at the top of church bell tower reading this book.
3	Carpenter Ants	BBB	Menu	Menu Items
	Carpenter Ants Menu item at the Cafe du Anteater.
3	China	BBB	Home Furnishing	Home Furnishing Stores
	China In a store selling China plates, two employees staring at a bull wearing a trenchcoat, and one says, "I've got a bad feeling about this, Harriett."
4	The Cold Cereal Cookbook	BBB	Literature	Cookbooks
	The Cold Cereal Cookbook "Oh, wait! Wait, Cory! ...Add the cereal first and then the milk!"
3	Dare to Be Nocturnal	BBB	Literature	Books
	Dare to Be Nocturnal Book in the animal self-help section.
3	Dinner on Elm Street	BBB	Cinema	Movies
	Dinner on Elm Street Horror movie.
3	Do It by Instinct	BBB	Literature	Books
	Do It by Instinct Book in the animal self-help section.
3	Dorkies	BBB	Food Products	Breakfast Cereal
	Dorkies The brand of cereal on the counter when Cory's friend, reading from the Cold Cereal Cookbook, stops him, saying, "Oh, wait! Wait, Cory! ...Add the cereal first and then the milk!"
3	Double Your IQ Or No Money Back	BBB	Literature	Books
	Double Your IQ Or No Money Back Guy selling books door to door to guy that doesn't look very smart, saying, "Well, I dunno.. Okay, sounds good to me."
3	Frank's Asphalt and Concrete Paving Comp...	BBB	Construction	Construction Companies
	Frank's Asphalt and Concrete Paving Company Cartoon: Pillsbury Doughboy running from man driving steamroller.. caption: The Pillsbury Doughboy meets Frank's Asphalt and Concrete Paving Company.
4	Harry's Squid-be-Gone	BBB	Maintenance Products	Pest Control Products
	Harry's Squid-be-Gone In the top left part of the panel there's Harry's Squid-be-Gone store. The phone's ringing. Sign on door reads 'Back in a jiffy'. In the bottom right part of the panel there's a man being attacked by a squid.
5	Harvester Ants	BBB	Menu	Menu Items
	Harvester Ants Menu item at the Cafe du Anteater.
3	Hibernate the Easy Way	BBB	Literature	Books
	Hibernate the Easy Way Book in the animal self-help section.
3	How to Avoid Natural Selection	BBB	Literature	Instructional Books
	How to Avoid Natural Selection Book in the animal self-help section.
3	Humans	BBB	Goods	Miscellaneous Products
	Humans There's a broken jar on the ground labeled, "Humans" with several naked people running away, a a voice from the clouds saying, "Uh-oh".
4	Imbeciles of America	BBB	Organizations	Activist Groups
	Imbeciles of America Group of people marching in the street with an upside down banner.
5	Institute for the Study of Emotional Str...	BBB	Research Institutes	Institutes
	Institute for the Study of Emotional Stress Tall building with a professor is shown having just been thrown backwards out of a window on the top floor.
3	Liver & Onions	BBB	Dining	Fast Food
	Liver & Onions Guy driving around suburban neighborhood in what looks like an ice cream truck, but says, "Liver & Onions" instead.
4	Milk	BBB	Beverage Products	Milk
	Milk The generic milk brand Cory is pouring into a bowl when his friend, reading from the Cold Cereal Cookbook, stops him, saying, "Oh, wait! Wait, Cory! ...Add the cereal first and then the milk!"
3	Nine Ways to Serve Venison	BBB	Literature	Books
	Nine Ways to Serve Venison Book Santa Clause is writing.
3	Noreen's Vegetarian Cafe	BBB	Dining	Cafes and Delis
	Noreen's Vegetarian Cafe An Al's Meats van is about to crash into Noreen's Vegetarian Cafe.
3	Ocean World	BBB	Amusement	Amusement Parks
	Ocean World Far Side version of Sea World. Killer whale in pool below trainer holding a herring up in front of a crowd says to dolphin next to him: "The herring's nothin'... I'm going for he whole sheer"
4	Predator-Prey Relationships	BBB	Literature	Books
	Predator-Prey Relationships Book in the animal self-help section.
3	Psycho III	BBB	Cinema	Movies
	Psycho III Next installment of the Psycho film series, this one featuring a tank heading for a woman in the shower. The actual third entry in the Psycho film franchise came out 3 years later, in 1986. It did not, unfortunately, feature a tank.
3	Red Ants	BBB	Menu	Menu Items
	Red Ants Menu item at the Cafe du Anteater.
3	Red Dog Saloon	BBB	Nightlife	Saloons
	Red Dog Saloon Wild West saloon.
3	Return of the Killer Windshield	BBB	Cinema	Movies
	Return of the Killer Windshield Movie playing in movie theater full of bugs.
3	The Secret Appliance Burial Ground	BBB	Services	Burial Grounds
	The Secret Appliance Burial Ground "Murray is caught desecrating the secret appliance and burial grounds."
3	St. George and the Dragon	BBB	Arts	Paintings
	St. George and the Dragon So, Andre! The king wants to know how you're coming with "St. George and the Dragon". Andre's painting a picture of a king and a wagon.
4	Stradivarius	BBB	Music	Music Stores
	Stradivarius Empty store with signs in the window: "Start the kids on one today" and "Violins galore"
3	Turtle World	BBB	Pets	Pet Products
	Turtle World Playscape for turtles.
3	Unnatural Foods	BBB	Food Stores	Grocery Stores
	Unnatural Foods
4	The X-500 Advance Model	BBB	Toys	Other Toys
	The X-500 Advance Model Rocking horse model. Package reads "He's our best". Kid flew off the horse and only his feet are sticking out of the wall.
MAKE BELIEVE MAP
3	Elm Street	Map	Transit Routes	Streets
	Elm Street Scene from "Dinner on Elm Street".
3	The Secret Elephant Playground	Map	Nature	Parks
	The Secret Elephant Playground Kind of like the mysterious Secret Elephant Burial Ground, but for elephants to play instead of die.
OTHER
3	Chicken Fortune Teller	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Chicken Fortune Teller Chicken Fortune Teller: Whoa! Another bad one! I see your severed head lying quietly in the red stained dirt, a surprised expression still frozen in your lifeless eyes. Next.
4	Dog in Heaven	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Dog in Heaven Dog in Heaven: For twelve years I was a car-chaser. Pontiacs, Fords, Chryslers - I took them all on. And yesterday my stupid owner backs over me in the driveway.
3	Lobster	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Lobster Lobster (to cook): Three wishes? Did I say three wishes? Shoot! I'll grant your four wishes!
3	Old Woman	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Old Woman Old Woman (trapped in bird cage to bird flying away): You'll never get away with this!
4	Pilot	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Pilot Pilot: Say, what's a mountain goat doing way up here in a cloud bank?
5	Scientist	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Scientist Scientist: There goes Williams again, trying to win support for his Little Bang Theory.
6	Secretary	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Secretary Secretary: It's a fax from your dog, Mr. Dansworth. It looks like your cat.
3	Spider	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Spider Spider (suicide note): Goodbye world.
4	Untitled	Other	Themes	Gray Eagle
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5	Viking	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Viking Viking supervisor: Okay, before you go, let me read this one more time: Burn the houses, eliminate the townsfolk, destroy the crops, plunder their gold! You knuckleheads think you can handle that?

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