THE FAR SIDE Comic Strips 1980. Written by Gary Larson. | |||
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1 | A-1 Inflatable Boat | BBB | Vehicles | Watercrafts | |||||||
A-1 Inflatable Boat Inflatable boat product that arrives at an island a little too late. | |||||||||||
2 | 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. | |||||||||||
4 | Ace Signal Flares | BBB | Goods | Miscellaneous Products | |||||||
Ace Signal Flares Signal flare product that arrives at an island a little too late. | |||||||||||
5 | ACME Chemical | BBB | Industrial Companies | Chemical Companies | |||||||
ACME Chemical Chemical company. | |||||||||||
6 | ACME Gate Smasher & Moat Crosser | BBB | Goods | Miscellaneous Products | |||||||
ACME Gate Smasher & Moat Crosser ACME product. | |||||||||||
7 | ACME Insecticide Inc. | BBB | Industrial Companies | Manufacturing | |||||||
ACME Insecticide Inc. There's a spider swinging over the heads of a few scientists, shouting, "Yeeeeeehaaaaaaaaa!" | |||||||||||
8 | ACME Outboard Motor | BBB | Goods | Miscellaneous Products | |||||||
ACME Outboard Motor Outboard motor product that arrives at an island a little too late. | |||||||||||
9 | ACME Plastic Fruit | BBB | Home Furnishing | Kitchen Products | |||||||
ACME Plastic Fruit Plastic fruit product that arrives on a desert island. | |||||||||||
10 | 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. | |||||||||||
11 | ACME Sheet Co. | BBB | Industrial Companies | Industries | |||||||
ACME Sheet Co. Manufacturing company that uses its own products to escape a fire in their building. | |||||||||||
12 | 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!" | |||||||||||
13 | ACME Slingshot Co. | BBB | Toys | Toy Stores | |||||||
ACME Slingshot Co. Toy company. | |||||||||||
14 | ACME Sun-Lamp | BBB | Home Furnishing | Lighting | |||||||
ACME Sun-Lamp Gag gift at Count Dracula's birthday party. | |||||||||||
15 | ACME Windshield Co. | BBB | Industrial Companies | Industries | |||||||
ACME Windshield Co. Manufacturing company. | |||||||||||
16 | ACME Wingbaby | BBB | Goods | Baby Products | |||||||
ACME Wingbaby ACME product used to attach a baby to the outside wing of an airplane. | |||||||||||
17 | 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. | |||||||||||
18 | Allstar Exterminators | BBB | Maintenance Services | Pest Control Services | |||||||
Allstar Exterminators Pest control company. | |||||||||||
19 | 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" | |||||||||||
20 | 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. | |||||||||||
21 | Al's Meats | BBB | Food Stores | Butcher Shops | |||||||
Al's Meats Cow in line to slaughterhouse: Hey! No cuts! | |||||||||||
22 | 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. | |||||||||||
23 | 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! | |||||||||||
24 | Become One of the Herd | BBB | Literature | Books | |||||||
Become One of the Herd Book in the animal self-help section. | |||||||||||
25 | Beginning Dance | BBB | Education | Performing Arts Schools | |||||||
Beginning Dance Dance studio in two story building with a couple falling out of the upstairs window. | |||||||||||
26 | Black Ants | BBB | Menu | Menu Items | |||||||
Black Ants Menu item at the Cafe du Anteater. | |||||||||||
27 | 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. | |||||||||||
28 | Boneless Chicken Ranch | BBB | Food Industries | Meat Companies | |||||||
Boneless Chicken Ranch These chickens are boneless before they're killed. | |||||||||||
29 | 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?" | |||||||||||
30 | Careers in Computer | BBB | Literature | Books | |||||||
Careers in Computer There's a humpback at the top of church bell tower reading this book. | |||||||||||
31 | Carpenter Ants | BBB | Menu | Menu Items | |||||||
Carpenter Ants Menu item at the Cafe du Anteater. | |||||||||||
32 | 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." | |||||||||||
33 | The Cold Cereal Cookbook | BBB | Literature | Cookbooks | |||||||
The Cold Cereal Cookbook "Oh, wait! Wait, Cory! ...Add the cereal first and then the milk!" | |||||||||||
34 | Dare to Be Nocturnal | BBB | Literature | Books | |||||||
Dare to Be Nocturnal Book in the animal self-help section. | |||||||||||
35 | Dinner on Elm Street | BBB | Cinema | Movies | |||||||
Dinner on Elm Street Horror movie. | |||||||||||
36 | Do It by Instinct | BBB | Literature | Books | |||||||
Do It by Instinct Book in the animal self-help section. | |||||||||||
37 | 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!" | |||||||||||
38 | 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." | |||||||||||
39 | 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. | |||||||||||
40 | 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. | |||||||||||
41 | Harvester Ants | BBB | Menu | Menu Items | |||||||
Harvester Ants Menu item at the Cafe du Anteater. | |||||||||||
42 | Hibernate the Easy Way | BBB | Literature | Books | |||||||
Hibernate the Easy Way Book in the animal self-help section. | |||||||||||
43 | How to Avoid Natural Selection | BBB | Literature | Instructional Books | |||||||
How to Avoid Natural Selection Book in the animal self-help section. | |||||||||||
44 | 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". | |||||||||||
45 | Imbeciles of America | BBB | Organizations | Activist Groups | |||||||
Imbeciles of America Group of people marching in the street with an upside down banner. | |||||||||||
46 | 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. | |||||||||||
47 | 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. | |||||||||||
48 | 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!" | |||||||||||
49 | Nine Ways to Serve Venison | BBB | Literature | Books | |||||||
Nine Ways to Serve Venison Book Santa Clause is writing. | |||||||||||
50 | 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. | |||||||||||
51 | 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" | |||||||||||
52 | Predator-Prey Relationships | BBB | Literature | Books | |||||||
Predator-Prey Relationships Book in the animal self-help section. | |||||||||||
53 | 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. | |||||||||||
54 | Red Ants | BBB | Menu | Menu Items | |||||||
Red Ants Menu item at the Cafe du Anteater. | |||||||||||
55 | Red Dog Saloon | BBB | Nightlife | Saloons | |||||||
Red Dog Saloon Wild West saloon. | |||||||||||
56 | Return of the Killer Windshield | BBB | Cinema | Movies | |||||||
Return of the Killer Windshield Movie playing in movie theater full of bugs. | |||||||||||
57 | The Secret Appliance Burial Ground | BBB | Services | Burial Grounds | |||||||
The Secret Appliance Burial Ground "Murray is caught desecrating the secret appliance and burial grounds." | |||||||||||
58 | 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. | |||||||||||
59 | Stradivarius | BBB | Music | Music Stores | |||||||
Stradivarius Empty store with signs in the window: "Start the kids on one today" and "Violins galore" | |||||||||||
60 | Turtle World | BBB | Pets | Pet Products | |||||||
Turtle World Playscape for turtles. | |||||||||||
61 | Unnatural Foods | BBB | Food Stores | Grocery Stores | |||||||
Unnatural Foods | |||||||||||
62 | 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. | |||||||||||
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63 | Elm Street | Map | Transit Routes | Streets | |||||||
Elm Street Scene from "Dinner on Elm Street". | |||||||||||
64 | 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. | |||||||||||
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65 | 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. | |||||||||||
66 | 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. | |||||||||||
67 | Lobster | Other | Quotes | Quotes | |||||||
Lobster Lobster (to cook): Three wishes? Did I say three wishes? Shoot! I'll grant your four wishes! | |||||||||||
68 | Old Woman | Other | Quotes | Quotes | |||||||
Old Woman Old Woman (trapped in bird cage to bird flying away): You'll never get away with this! | |||||||||||
69 | Pilot | Other | Quotes | Quotes | |||||||
Pilot Pilot: Say, what's a mountain goat doing way up here in a cloud bank? | |||||||||||
70 | Scientist | Other | Quotes | Quotes | |||||||
Scientist Scientist: There goes Williams again, trying to win support for his Little Bang Theory. | |||||||||||
71 | Secretary | Other | Quotes | Quotes | |||||||
Secretary Secretary: It's a fax from your dog, Mr. Dansworth. It looks like your cat. | |||||||||||
72 | Spider | Other | Quotes | Quotes | |||||||
Spider Spider (suicide note): Goodbye world. | |||||||||||
73 | Untitled | Other | Themes | Gray Eagle | |||||||
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74 | 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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