Being Jim Davis

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About the show

Being Jim Davis is the world's premiere daily Garfield chrono-cast. Our mission is to review and discuss each and every strip of the long-running syndicated comic series before eventually dying of old age. We hope you'll come along with us on this journey, and share in the laughter as we catalogue the daily adventures of everyone's favorite indolent feline through a lens of history, humor, and heuristics.

Each episode will be a thorough examination of a single strip. We'll place it in its historical context, then attempt to unravel the morals and meanings hidden under the surface. Finally, we'll consider the question of whether the strip stands the test of time. Above all, we promise to always present you with our sincere, personal, reaction to each Garfield comic strip.

Our only thought is to entertain you.

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Episodes and Blog Entries

  • Episode 1362 - Thursday, March 11, 1982

    Episode  |  May 21st, 2020  |  10 mins 7 secs
    absurd food spreads, advertising, depression chair, floppy cat penis, http://pt.jikos.cz/garfield/, miloš zeman, motion lines, t.s. eliot, tv

  • Episode 1361 - Wednesday, March 10, 1982

    Episode  |  May 20th, 2020  |  15 mins 46 secs
    garfieldverse-marvelverse crossover, http://pt.jikos.cz/garfield/, jemaine clement, land of large breakfasts, pancake engineering, pancake-based sporting gear, pancakes, reverse standcowpo, sneezing, syrup decanter, zero-g breakfast

  • Episode 1360 - Tuesday, March 9, 1982

    Episode  |  May 19th, 2020  |  19 mins 27 secs
    comic strip about a building, craig t. nelson, discussing our podcast spreadsheet, dogs, http://pt.jikos.cz/garfield/, listener correspondence, lynne thigpen, miloš zeman, norm gnat, standcowpo, where in the world is carmen san diego (but it's lyman)

  • Episode 1359 - Monday, March 8, 1982

    Episode  |  May 18th, 2020  |  13 mins 35 secs
    concavity, glorious revolution, miloš zeman, optical illusions, poetry, pointer sisters, rondo form, stuart monarchs, william of orange

  • Episode 1358 - Sunday, March 7, 1982

    Episode  |  May 17th, 2020  |  14 mins 15 secs
    camping, czechoslovakia, discussing our podcast spreadsheet, drinks roundup, groucho marx, http://pt.jikos.cz/garfield/, lynn spencer, m.a.s.h., miloš zeman, ned kelly, nile rodgers, rollerball, running a produce department, timesnake, timewalking

  • Episode 1357 - Saturday, March 6, 1982

    Episode  |  May 16th, 2020  |  25 mins 18 secs
    czechoslovakia, discussing our podcast spreadsheet, drinks roundup, groucho marx, http://pt.jikos.cz/garfield/, lynn spencer, miloš zeman, rollerball, timesnake, timewalking

  • Episode 1356 - Friday, March 5, 1982

    Episode  |  May 15th, 2020  |  19 mins 58 secs
    cantaloupe, cucumbers, czechoslovakia, discussing melons for a surprising length of time, discussing our podcast spreadsheet, drinks roundup, elon musk, groucho marx, honeydew, http://pt.jikos.cz/garfield/, lasagna, listicles, lynn spencer, melons, miloš zeman, nile, papaya, pickle melon, rodgers, rollerball, the torries, timesnake, timewalking, watermelon

  • Episode 1355 - Thursday, March 4, 1982

    Episode  |  May 14th, 2020  |  14 mins 23 secs
    artificial bird, bird, bird aggression, bird apparel, bird attire, bird clothing, bird costumery, bird fashion, bird hat, bird ontology, bird stuff, bird thing, bird topics, birding, birdliness, birdnapping, czechoslovakia, discussing our podcast spreadsheet, drinks roundup, ersatz bird, fake bird hat, fake bird?, groucho marx, http://pt.jikos.cz/garfield/, intentional stance (birds), is it a bird, lynn spencer, miloš zeman, rollerball, timesnake, timewalking, using a bird for a hat, weird bird, what's up with that bird, www.howmanybirdsarethere.com

  • Episode 1354 - Wednesday, March 3, 1982

    Episode  |  May 13th, 2020  |  19 mins 9 secs
    czechoslovakia, discussing our podcast spreadsheet, drinks roundup, groucho marx, http://pt.jikos.cz/garfield/, lynn spencer, mailbag, miloš zeman, rollerball, timesnake, timewalking

  • Episode 1353 - Tuesday, March 2, 1982

    Episode  |  May 12th, 2020  |  23 mins 56 secs
    czechoslovakia, discussing our podcast spreadsheet, drinks roundup, fruit clock challenge 99, groucho marx, http://pt.jikos.cz/garfield/, lynn spencer, miloš zeman, rollerball, short circuit, timesnake, timewalking

  • Episode 1352 - Monday, March 1, 1982

    Episode  |  May 11th, 2020  |  36 mins 22 secs
    czechoslovakia, discussing our podcast spreadsheet, drinks roundup, groucho marx, http://pt.jikos.cz/garfield/, lynn spencer, miloš zeman, rollerball, timesnake, timewalking

  • Episode 1351 - Sunday, February 28, 1982

    Episode  |  May 10th, 2020  |  15 mins 3 secs
    eschatology, garfield, ice cream

  • Episode 1350 - Saturday, February 27, 1982

    Episode  |  May 9th, 2020  |  10 mins 11 secs
    eschatology, garfield, ice cream

  • Episode 1349 - Friday, February 26, 1982

    Episode  |  May 8th, 2020  |  10 mins 2 secs
    eschatology, garfield, ice cream

  • Episode 1348 - Thursday, February 25, 1982

    Episode  |  May 7th, 2020  |  16 mins 29 secs
    eschatology, garfield, ice cream

  • Episode 1347 - Wednesday, February 24, 1982

    Episode  |  May 6th, 2020  |  35 mins 56 secs
    eschatology, garfield, ice cream