Had to leave the BBQ in a rush because my brother is at Steeler’s Fantasy Camp and was chatting with Tunch Ilkin, and my brother mentioned that Tunch was named after him and wanted to see a pic, so I had to race home and take a picture of Tunch (the cat) in his native environment for Tunch (the lineman):
I told Seth to get his address so we could send him a Tunch “FEED” apron from the Balloon Juice store.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
There’s an update worth noting!
David Koch
Bill Clinton has sold out! He’s worse than Bush!
Clinton went to Wisconsin today and he didn’t criticize Scott Walker once. not once! He didn’t even mention Walker by name!
And to make things worse, he said
Cooperation? ! Cooperation? ! Cooperation? !
Conflict is for losers? !
OMG! He doesn’t get it! It’s bipartisanship that got us in this mess in the first place!
We have to fight!
This is why we can’t vote for Tom Barrett. They just don’t get it. And they never will, unless we teach them a lesson. Vote Green, Wisconsin! Show the Democrats we won’t stand for sell out bipartisan “cooperation”.
Valdivia
You have to get him to send you a picture of Tunch wearing Tunch. That would be meta but also very cool!
and Tunch looks adorable as always.
lamh35
I can’t stop listening to Al Green songs!!! Darn you Al Green for being so damn good!!!! Damn good music is addictive.
AL Green – You Ought To Be With Me 1973
lamh35
Man men and their sports star crushes.
khead
Tunch (the lineman) should appreciate Tunch (the cat).
As a lifelong Steeler fan…. and cat fan….
And now BJ fan…
Just sayin’…
Valdivia
@efgoldman:
I couldn’t read the comments but his post was brilliant! Direct Election Jesus is my favorite line :)
David Koch
@efgoldman: TBogg is complete sell out. I can’t believe FDL hasn’t banned his bipartisan/”cooperation”/”Conflict is for losers” ass.
David Goodison
A rare picture of Tunch eating!
SiubhanDuinne
Jeez, I saw the picture before I read the thread, and thought it was a human SKULL.
I mean, seriously, y’all, take off your glasses and just glance at it, right?
Okay, now I’m going back to read what you actually said.
Valdivia
@SiubhanDuinne:
I totally see that! :)
@efgoldman:
I take my hat off sir, my level of tolerance for that stuff is almost non existent. So when someone reads it so I don’t have to it is appreciated.
The Dangerman
@David Goodison:
On the countertop, no less (there must a step stool for His Highness just out of frame; I’m not buying jumping to the counter without a video).
SiubhanDuinne
@lamh35:
Al Green? He’s the one who keeps doing those President Obama impressions, right?
trollhattan
@David Goodison:
That cements it for me: Tunch is a schmoo.
http://www.lil-abner.com/shmoo.html
SiubhanDuinne
@Valdivia:
I would pay good money to see that. In fact, John, get that photo and feature it on the cover of next year’s Pets of Balloon Juice calendar.
jl
Where is Tunch (the Cat’s) Steeler collar?
Did he not have one? And if not, why not?
Now Cole will have two large and tough Tunches on his case.
Valdivia
@SiubhanDuinne:
I would buy it as a stand alone poster too :)
SiubhanDuinne
@efgoldman:
I was attributing it to my age, which would make you 110+ years old.
PurpleGirl
@efgoldman: I remember Al Capp and his comics very well.
Raven
@efgoldman: Peter Palmer was a great Illini who starred in Lil Abner!
“He was the first music major to letter in football at the university.”
lamh35
yeppers that the one :)
Al Green was in concert at Winstar Casino in OK last month for Mother’s Day. Now I wish I had gone to it.
Alright I think I’ve had enough. This is my last one, I promise.
Tired of Being Alone
I’ve gone to AG-Anonymous and I’m beginning my 12 step program now.
SiubhanDuinne
@efgoldman:
No no no, I vividly remember the original Shmoon (the preferred plural), Fearless Fosdick, etc.
Agree with you about Capp’s misanthropy, and I seem to recall (could be wrong here) that he became a real wingnut — or do I repeat myself? Regardless, one helluva talented comic strip artist and satirist.
Raven
@efgoldman: Ha, I hated em all until the The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.
Linda Featheringill
@efgoldman:
I remember schmoos. Very nice critters.
And yes, Al Capp had hardening of the arteries to the brain or something before he died. Shame.
But the schmoos were sweet.
LesGS
I had to rush away from a BBQ on Tuesday, ‘cuz my daughter called me from Balboa Park to tell me she and her boyfriend had found (well, *captured*, with charging up and down hills and through bushes) a bunny which is clearly an abandoned pet. It must have been just that day, because a tame, pure white rabbit would not last long in that park. If a coyote, hawk or owl didn’t get him, a homeless person would.
So I ran to PetCo, got bedding, food, and a water bottle, and set up a holding pen in cage-like carrier we have for my monster cat. (You think Tunch is big? Ha!) Kids got there with the rabbit (now named Lucky), and I went back to my beer and bratwurst.
schrodinger's cat
Send him TunchCams too, and a photo with the patented Tunch glare, which says, feed me now, or else…
mclaren
Cole, ya should’ve trolled Ilkin and sent him a pic of himself.
Raven
@efgoldman: Wayman Tisdale, there was also the great Paul Robeson at Rutgers.
pragmatism
Needs moar #62 jersey
Darkrose
That’s awesome, John! You’ll probably be okay when the Tunchopolyse comes.
trollhattan
@efgoldman:
Are we talking NBA Wayman Tisdale? He was a (very popular) Sac King and played the bass both during and after his hoops career. Sadly gone, far too young, from cancer.
And now I’m bummed out.
MoeLarryAndJesus
Can you get Tunch to autograph Tunch?
SiubhanDuinne
@efgoldman:
Okay, you know what? Every now and then, the Universe just laughs its ass off. I was following this thread, and kind of mildly thinking how much the musical “Li’l Abner” sucks, despite the fact I hadn’t heard it or even thought of it in many decades — walk to the car, get in, radio tuned to NPR station, airing the weekly program on Broadway musicals “A Night on the Town” and you guessed it, at that very instant they were playing “Dogpatch U.S.A.” Couldn’t believe it, still can’t.
I just had to sit there in the car and weep with mirth.
MikeInSewickley
Oh man, talk about free publicity. :-)
And to those talking about Bill Clinton’s comments today…
I know we are much better at allowing free speech and contrary opinions over the maniacs in the GOP and allies – big tent and all that.
But for the love of God, why the hell do we keep giving free attack ads to them? Can’t we try and stay focused through at least November for Christ’s sake?
It’s exasperating to this DFH.
Ash Can
I haz a happy from this post. :) I hope the human Tunch was duly appreciative. (Obviously, the kitty version doesn’t mind as long as nothing/no one gets between him and his tuna.)
asiangrrlMN
TUUUUUUUUUNCHIE! Yay for human Tunch compelling you to snap a pic of our feline overlord, TUUUUUNCHIE!
mainmati
@David Koch: Don’t know if there is a Green Party candidate in the mix and I didn’t hear Clinton’s speech. Still, my guess is that he was trying to show Walker as an extremist who is a destructive force and that the bipartisan approach is better for WI, etc. Yeah, we live in a starkly partisan environment due mainly to the extremism of the Goopers but the average voter on the right probably doesn’t understand any of this (death panels etc) so I am assuming the Big Dog was trying bring a different meme into play. Probably won’t work but better than nothing maybe or maybe not.
ShadeTail
Han isn’t the only one who shot first.
Fluke bucket
I had no idea that cat was named after Tunch Ilkin. What a damn honor for both of them. And I also thought that was a skull at first glance. I hope that is not an omen.
gogol's wife
I love Tunch. I also love Paul Robeson (mentioned above as a football player).
ruemara
@efgoldman: You know what’s sad, I could come up with a Pro-Romney argument. And, I’m manning the Dem table at tomorrow’s farmer’s market. And probably phonebanking for WI on Sunday. There are valid reasons, but they aren’t pretty.
NotMax
@efgoldman
Yes, remember Li’l Abner well. Favorite character was always Joe Btfsplk.
And yes, too, Capp became a rabid, ornery, even bizarre reactionary as he aged, including being mentioned on the Nixon tapes, wherein Charles Colson bragged about trying to “fix” sex charges made against Capp, while they were scheming to have Capp run against Ted Kennedy.
Yutsano
TUNCHKITTEH!! Eat that tuna like only yo bad self can do!
Recovery sucks. I thought I’d be a bit further along on the pain mending threshold than this by now but no…my back has been bitching at me all day.
Omnes Omnibus
@Yutsano: It takes time. From what I have seen of your updates, the only pain you seem to be having is from bits that got cut to get to the bits that got repaired. That shit will heal. Pain sucks though.
Yutsano
@Omnes Omnibus: I know. And they’re slow healers too. That’s why I took the full six weeks my doc wrote into my FMLA paperwork. The nice part is I won’t go broke over the time off. Being ebil gubmint worker has perks. :)