The Beggar’s Opera, Part 1

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1. Rhadamanthus
   Posted March 19, 2013 at 1:58 AM | Permalink

   A popular song of the early 1950s was “Every Tom, Dick, and Harry’s named John.” True.

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2. Katia Jade
   Posted March 21, 2012 at 12:12 PM | Permalink

   I have loved the Beggar’s Opera since I saw the video version when I was a kid. With *ROGER DALTREY* as Macheath. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swt0vXi18Ss http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQVmwBk_4MA
   It was really weird, when I discovered the Who a few years later, and did a doubletake.

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   • John Troutman
     Posted March 21, 2012 at 1:05 PM | Permalink

     That’s the same way I felt when I saw him on Highlander the TV Series a few years before discovering the Who.

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3. someone
   Posted March 21, 2012 at 9:16 AM | Permalink

   Every man had three quarters of him named John? I bet they bragged all of the remaining 25% was named Dick.

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   • heh.
     Posted March 21, 2012 at 9:29 AM | Permalink

     I had the EXACT SAME THOUGHT

     but without the Dick joke. Well done!

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4. maarvarq
   Posted March 21, 2012 at 9:03 AM | Permalink

   Was this strip at all inspired by the old line about the success of the Beggar’s Opera making “Gay rich and Rich gay”?

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   • John Troutman
     Posted March 21, 2012 at 9:49 AM | Permalink

     It wasn’t, but that IS a great line. I just found it fascinating how many people involved with the play were named John Adjective.

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5. Julio Monteiro de Oliveira
   Posted March 21, 2012 at 7:31 AM | Permalink

   I would go one over and say that Jonathan Swift is Lucius Malfoy.

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6. Danzier
   Posted March 21, 2012 at 2:24 AM | Permalink

   Alex has a talking hat! Someone call the Spanish Inquisition!

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   • the temporal detective- Proffesor Templeton
     Posted March 22, 2012 at 8:01 PM | Permalink

     You don’t CALL the Spanish Inquisition. The Spanish Inquisition bursts into your room at night.

     Nobody can expect the Spanish Inquisition, it’s thier policy.

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7. Jared
   Posted March 21, 2012 at 12:03 AM | Permalink

   Believe it or not, a year ago, I would not have understood the last panel at all. But I do.

   And it’s awesome.

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