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    <title>Being Jim Davis - Episodes Tagged with “Richard Wagner”</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2019 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>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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    <itunes:author>Jonathan Gibson</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>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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  <title>Episode 1089 - Thursday, June 11, 1981</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2019 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Jonathan Gibson</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>&lt;a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1981/06/11” target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1981/1981-06-11.gif" border="0" width = 300&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>19:01</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Wikipedia states of the &lt;em&gt;Ring Cycle&lt;/em&gt; that it 'is a work of extraordinary scale.' Anyway, here's another episode of our 40 year-long podcast.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Your hosts for today's episode: Jon Gibson, Christopher Winter&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1981/06/11" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Today's strip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1981/06/11" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;&lt;img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1981/1981-06-11.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Wikipedia states of the <em>Ring Cycle</em> that it &#39;is a work of extraordinary scale.&#39; Anyway, here&#39;s another episode of our 40 year-long podcast.</p>

<p>Your hosts for today&#39;s episode: Jon Gibson, Christopher Winter</p>

<p><a href = "https://garfield.com/comic/1981/06/11">Today&#39;s strip</a><br>
<a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1981/06/11" target="_blank"><img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1981/1981-06-11.gif" border="0" style="max-width: calc(100%);"></a><br>
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Or visit these other fine internet URLs:<br>
<a href=”http://www.beingjimdavis.com”>BJD Homepage</a> | <a href=”http://twitter.com/beingjimdavis”>BJD Twitter</a> | <a href=”https://www.facebook.com/beingjimdavis”>BJD Facebook Page</a> | <a href=”http://pitchdrop.net”>Pitchdrop Network Homepage</a></p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop">Support Being Jim Davis</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Wikipedia states of the <em>Ring Cycle</em> that it &#39;is a work of extraordinary scale.&#39; Anyway, here&#39;s another episode of our 40 year-long podcast.</p>

<p>Your hosts for today&#39;s episode: Jon Gibson, Christopher Winter</p>

<p><a href = "https://garfield.com/comic/1981/06/11">Today&#39;s strip</a><br>
<a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1981/06/11" target="_blank"><img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1981/1981-06-11.gif" border="0" style="max-width: calc(100%);"></a><br>
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=601276" data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button">Become a Patron!</a><br>
Or visit these other fine internet URLs:<br>
<a href=”http://www.beingjimdavis.com”>BJD Homepage</a> | <a href=”http://twitter.com/beingjimdavis”>BJD Twitter</a> | <a href=”https://www.facebook.com/beingjimdavis”>BJD Facebook Page</a> | <a href=”http://pitchdrop.net”>Pitchdrop Network Homepage</a></p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop">Support Being Jim Davis</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 609 - Sunday, February 17, 1980</title>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2018 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>&lt;a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1980/02/17” target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1980/1980-02-17.gif" border="0" width = 300&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>16:51</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;
We lost most of today's episode, and yet it's still unbearably long!
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
Hosts: Jon Gibson, Daniel Manning
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1980/02/17" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Today's strip&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1980/02/17" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;&lt;img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1980/1980-02-17.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
Check out our:
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Website&lt;/a&gt;! (It’s great)
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;! (It’s highly informative)
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;! (We definitely actively administrate this)
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
Don’t forget to &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;support us on Patreon&lt;/a&gt;!
&lt;br&gt;Or check out &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;pitchdrop.net&lt;/a&gt; for more of this and other shows.
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We lost most of today's episode, and yet it's still unbearably long!
</p><p>
Hosts: Jon Gibson, Daniel Manning
</p><p><a href = "https://garfield.com/comic/1980/02/17">Today's strip</a>
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<a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1980/02/17" target="_blank"><img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1980/1980-02-17.gif" border="0" style="max-width: calc(100%);"></a>
</p><p>
Check out our:
<br><a href=”http://www.beingjimdavis.com”>Website</a>! (It’s great)
<br><a href=”http://twitter.com/beingjimdavis”>Twitter</a>! (It’s highly informative)
<br><a href=”https://www.facebook.com/beingjimdavis”>Facebook</a>! (We definitely actively administrate this)
</p><p>
Don’t forget to <a href=”https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop”>support us on Patreon</a>!
<br>Or check out <a href=”http://pitchdrop.net”>pitchdrop.net</a> for more of this and other shows.
</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop">Support Being Jim Davis</a></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="whisperforge" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.whisperforge.org/">whisperforge</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>
We lost most of today's episode, and yet it's still unbearably long!
</p><p>
Hosts: Jon Gibson, Daniel Manning
</p><p><a href = "https://garfield.com/comic/1980/02/17">Today's strip</a>
</p><p>
<a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1980/02/17" target="_blank"><img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1980/1980-02-17.gif" border="0" style="max-width: calc(100%);"></a>
</p><p>
Check out our:
<br><a href=”http://www.beingjimdavis.com”>Website</a>! (It’s great)
<br><a href=”http://twitter.com/beingjimdavis”>Twitter</a>! (It’s highly informative)
<br><a href=”https://www.facebook.com/beingjimdavis”>Facebook</a>! (We definitely actively administrate this)
</p><p>
Don’t forget to <a href=”https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop”>support us on Patreon</a>!
<br>Or check out <a href=”http://pitchdrop.net”>pitchdrop.net</a> for more of this and other shows.
</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop">Support Being Jim Davis</a></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="whisperforge" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.whisperforge.org/">whisperforge</a></li></ul>]]>
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  <title>Episode 411 - Friday, August 3, 1979</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2017 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Jonathan Gibson</author>
  <enclosure url="https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/ecc46368-6341-4d5a-8191-844eab60dc67/f0572ddf-9130-416b-9c28-9c9d89362adf.mp3" length="27889827" type="audio/mpeg"/>
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  <itunes:subtitle>In which Garfield is an early pioneer of New Orleans bounce music

&lt;a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1979/08/03” target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1979/1979-08-03.gif" border="0" width = 300&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>23:55</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1979/08/03" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Today's strip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hey, you know what I haven't done in a while? Embedded a video, that's what. Let's see if I remember &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ4-xxL0I9c" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;how to do that&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If anyone's curious, I rate &lt;strong&gt;both&lt;/strong&gt; versions of &lt;i&gt;The Absent Minded Professor&lt;/i&gt; higher than John Carpenter's piece of shit movie &lt;i&gt;The Fog&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oQ4-xxL0I9c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1979/08/03" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;&lt;img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1979/1979-08-03.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p><a href = "https://garfield.com/comic/1979/08/03">Today&#39;s strip</a></p>

<p>Hey, you know what I haven&#39;t done in a while? Embedded a video, that&#39;s what. Let&#39;s see if I remember <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ4-xxL0I9c">how to do that</a>.</p>

<p>If anyone&#39;s curious, I rate <strong>both</strong> versions of <i>The Absent Minded Professor</i> higher than John Carpenter&#39;s piece of shit movie <i>The Fog</i>.</p>

<iframe style="max-width: calc(100%);" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oQ4-xxL0I9c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<p><a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1979/08/03" target="_blank"><img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1979/1979-08-03.gif" border="0" style="max-width: calc(100%);"></a></p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop">Support Being Jim Davis</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p><a href = "https://garfield.com/comic/1979/08/03">Today&#39;s strip</a></p>

<p>Hey, you know what I haven&#39;t done in a while? Embedded a video, that&#39;s what. Let&#39;s see if I remember <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ4-xxL0I9c">how to do that</a>.</p>

<p>If anyone&#39;s curious, I rate <strong>both</strong> versions of <i>The Absent Minded Professor</i> higher than John Carpenter&#39;s piece of shit movie <i>The Fog</i>.</p>

<iframe style="max-width: calc(100%);" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oQ4-xxL0I9c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<p><a href="https://garfield.com/comic/1979/08/03" target="_blank"><img src="https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1979/1979-08-03.gif" border="0" style="max-width: calc(100%);"></a></p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/pitchdrop">Support Being Jim Davis</a></p>]]>
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