web01.fireside.fm Fri, 08 May 2026 10:49:20 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Being Jim Davis - Episodes Tagged with “Hungry Hungry Hippos” https://www.beingjimdavis.com/tags/hungry%20hungry%20hippos Fri, 01 May 2020 03:00:00 -0500 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. en-us episodic The Tagline Goes Here Jonathan Gibson 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. yes Jonathan Gibson fancypegleg@gmail.com Episode 1342 - Friday, February 19, 1982 https://www.beingjimdavis.com/1342 4941cd2b-7911-4d59-b322-59072aa6f242 Fri, 01 May 2020 03:00:00 -0500 Jonathan Gibson full Jonathan Gibson <a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1982/02/19” target="_blank"><img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1982/1982-02-19.gif" border="0" width = 300></a> 10:10 yes <p>In an attempt to solve the problem, Hunt makes a deal with Kaz: if the plant can produce 15,000 cars in one month, thereby making it as productive as the best Japanese auto plant, then the workers will all be given raises and jobs will be created for the remaining unemployed workers in the town. However, if the workers fall even one car short, they will get nothing. When Hunt calls an assembly to tell the workers about the deal, they balk at the idea of making so many cars in so short a time. Under pressure from the crowd, Hunt lies and says that if they make 13,000, they will get a partial raise. After nearly a month of working long hours toward a goal of 13,000—despite Hunt's pleas for them to aim for the full 15,000—the truth is discovered and the workers walk off the job.</p> <p>Hey, maybe this week we'll finally stop hawking the fine <i>Being Jim Davis</i>-themed wares available for sale in the <a href="https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pitch-drop-store?utm_campaign=5824&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_source=Pitch%2BDrop%2BStore" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Pitch Drop Store</a>. Or maybe not?</p> <p>Your hosts for today's episode: Christopher Winter, Jon Gibson</p> <p><a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1982/02/19" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Today's strip</a><br> <a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1982/02/19" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1982/1982-02-19.gif"></a><br> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=601276" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Become a Patron!</a><br> Or visit these other fine internet URLs:<br> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">BJD Homepage</a> | <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">BJD Twitter</a> | <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">BJD Facebook Page</a> | <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Pitchdrop Network Homepage</a> </p> garfield In an attempt to solve the problem, Hunt makes a deal with Kaz: if the plant can produce 15,000 cars in one month, thereby making it as productive as the best Japanese auto plant, then the workers will all be given raises and jobs will be created for the remaining unemployed workers in the town. However, if the workers fall even one car short, they will get nothing. When Hunt calls an assembly to tell the workers about the deal, they balk at the idea of making so many cars in so short a time. Under pressure from the crowd, Hunt lies and says that if they make 13,000, they will get a partial raise. After nearly a month of working long hours toward a goal of 13,000—despite Hunt's pleas for them to aim for the full 15,000—the truth is discovered and the workers walk off the job.

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