Pearls Before Swine: Billy Joel Is Screaming In Florida

https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/02/25

Hopefully, Stephan Pastis does not have a friend named Captain Jack.

Lynn

On 26.02.24, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

> Pearls Before Swine: Billy Joel Is Screaming In Florida

> https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/02/25

> Hopefully, Stephan Pastis does not have a friend named Captain Jack.

I neither get the comic (what is it about?) nor where Captain Jack would
come in.

What? :)

--

Mickmane

On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 10:08:00 +0100, "Mickmane" <ATH@kruemel.org>
wrote:

>On 26.02.24, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Pearls Before Swine: Billy Joel Is Screaming In Florida
>
>> https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/02/25
>
>> Hopefully, Stephan Pastis does not have a friend named Captain Jack.
>
>I neither get the comic (what is it about?) nor where Captain Jack would
>come in.
>
>What? :)

The chorus to The Piano Man by Billy Joel
"Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright"

Captain Jack is another Billy Joel Song

and
I loathe you just the way you are is referencing one of his big hits
I love you just the way you are

On 26/02/2024 20:08, Mickmane wrote:
> On 26.02.24, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Pearls Before Swine: Billy Joel Is Screaming In Florida
>
>> https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/02/25
>
>> Hopefully, Stephan Pastis does not have a friend named Captain Jack.
>
> I neither get the comic (what is it about?) nor where Captain Jack would
> come in.
>
> What? :)
>
Explaining jokes never works...

Billy Joel wrote and performed a song called "The Piano Man". (Sing us
a song you're the Piano Man, sing us a song tonight...)

He also wrote and performed a song called "Captain Jack". (Captain Jack
will get you high tonight...)

Cheers,
Gary B-)

On 2/26/2024 4:08 AM, Mickmane wrote:
> On 26.02.24, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Pearls Before Swine: Billy Joel Is Screaming In Florida
>
>> https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/02/25
>
>> Hopefully, Stephan Pastis does not have a friend named Captain Jack.
>
> I neither get the comic (what is it about?) nor where Captain Jack would
> come in.
>
> What? :)
>

Not sure on the Captain Jack reference either, but PBS usually does
terrible puns on Sundays.

In this case, Pastis has assembled components to make a sound-alike of
the first verse of Billy Joel's hit song, 'Piano Man'.

'Sing us a song: You're the Piano Man
Sing us a song tonight!
We're all all in the mood for a melody,
And you've got us feeling alright!

On 2/25/24 15:01, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> Pearls Before Swine: Billy Joel Is Screaming In Florida
>
>    https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/02/25
>
> Hopefully, Stephan Pastis does not have a friend named Captain Jack.
>
> Lynn

Yes, I did sing in my head in Billy Joel's voice. This one cracked me up.

--
----------------
Dave Scruggs
Senior Software Engineer - Lockheed Martin, et. al (mostly Retired)
Captain - Boulder Creek Fire (Retired)

On 26.02.24, Mad Hamish <newsunspammelaws@iinet.unspamme.net.au> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 10:08:00 +0100, "Mickmane" <ATH@kruemel.org>
> wrote:
>> On 26.02.24, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

>>> Pearls Before Swine: Billy Joel Is Screaming In Florida
>>
>>> https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/02/25
>>
>>> Hopefully, Stephan Pastis does not have a friend named Captain
>>> Jack.
>>
>> I neither get the comic (what is it about?) nor where Captain Jack
>> would come in.
>>
>> What? :)

> The chorus to The Piano Man by Billy Joel
> "Sing us a song, you're the piano man
> Sing us a song tonight
> Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
> And you've got us feelin' alright"

> Captain Jack is another Billy Joel Song

> and
> I loathe you just the way you are is referencing one of his big hits
> I love you just the way you are

Thanks! To you and the others who replied and explained. :)

(I'd have to look up who Billy Joel is, but am not that curious.)

I also won't ask what's supposed to be funny about it. I'll just go
with: The only Captain Jack I know is Captain Jack Harkness. :)

Thanks again!

--

Mickmane

On 2/26/2024 3:08 AM, Mickmane wrote:
> On 26.02.24, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Pearls Before Swine: Billy Joel Is Screaming In Florida
>
>> https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/02/25
>
>> Hopefully, Stephan Pastis does not have a friend named Captain Jack.
>
> I neither get the comic (what is it about?) nor where Captain Jack would
> come in.
>
> What? :)

Captain Jack is the street name for the local drug pusher in Billy
Joel's Long Island, NY neighborhood where Billy Joel grew up in the
1960s. Captain Jack specialized in cocaine and heroin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koft_Yschnc

"Captain Jack will get you high tonight. Take you to your special
Island. Captain Jack will get you by tonight. Just a little push and
you'll be smiling."

Lynn

On 2/26/2024 2:48 PM, Mickmane wrote:
> On 26.02.24, Mad Hamish <newsunspammelaws@iinet.unspamme.net.au> wrote:
>> On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 10:08:00 +0100, "Mickmane" <ATH@kruemel.org>
>> wrote:
>>> On 26.02.24, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>> Pearls Before Swine: Billy Joel Is Screaming In Florida
>>>
>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/02/25
>>>
>>>> Hopefully, Stephan Pastis does not have a friend named Captain
>>>> Jack.
>>>
>>> I neither get the comic (what is it about?) nor where Captain Jack
>>> would come in.
>>>
>>> What? :)
>
>> The chorus to The Piano Man by Billy Joel
>> "Sing us a song, you're the piano man
>> Sing us a song tonight
>> Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
>> And you've got us feelin' alright"
>
>> Captain Jack is another Billy Joel Song
>
>> and
>> I loathe you just the way you are is referencing one of his big hits
>> I love you just the way you are
>
> Thanks! To you and the others who replied and explained. :)
>
> (I'd have to look up who Billy Joel is, but am not that curious.)
>
> I also won't ask what's supposed to be funny about it. I'll just go
> with: The only Captain Jack I know is Captain Jack Harkness. :)
>
> Thanks again!

Here's the performance usually heard today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxEPV4kolz0

Here's the original video, from 50 years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRlsu-4BNv8

Billy Joel is one of the best loved American
singer/songwriters of the past 50 years.

pt

On 2/27/24 14:44, Cryptoengineer wrote:
> On 2/26/2024 2:48 PM, Mickmane wrote:
>> On 26.02.24, Mad Hamish  <newsunspammelaws@iinet.unspamme.net.au> wrote:
>>> On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 10:08:00 +0100, "Mickmane" <ATH@kruemel.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On 26.02.24, Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>> Pearls Before Swine: Billy Joel Is Screaming In Florida
>>>>
>>>>>      https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/02/25
>>>>
>>>>> Hopefully, Stephan Pastis does not have a friend named Captain
>>>>> Jack.
>>>>
>>>> I neither get the comic (what is it about?) nor where Captain Jack
>>>> would come in.
>>>>
>>>> What? :)
>>
>>> The chorus to The Piano Man by Billy Joel
>>> "Sing us a song, you're the piano man
>>> Sing us a song tonight
>>> Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
>>> And you've got us feelin' alright"
>>
>>> Captain Jack is another Billy Joel Song
>>
>>> and
>>> I loathe you just the way you are is referencing one of his big hits
>>> I love you just the way you are
>>
>> Thanks! To you and the others who replied and explained. :)
>>
>> (I'd have to look up who Billy Joel is, but am not that curious.)
>>
>> I also won't ask what's supposed to be funny about it. I'll just go
>> with: The only Captain Jack I know is Captain Jack Harkness. :)
>>
>> Thanks again!
>
> Here's the performance usually heard today:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxEPV4kolz0
>
> Here's the original video, from 50 years ago.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRlsu-4BNv8
>
> Billy Joel is one of the best loved American
> singer/songwriters of the past 50 years.
>
> pt
>
I may have mentioned this before...
I saw Billy Joel open for a band called Pablo Cruz in 1977 at the
Berkeley Community Theater. Pablo Cruz was the headliner, if that was
not clear. Billy Joel blew them away. People were leaving the auditorium
while they were playing.

--
----------------
Dave Scruggs
Senior Software Engineer - Lockheed Martin, et. al (mostly Retired)
Captain - Boulder Creek Fire (Retired)

On 2/29/24 8:15 PM, BCFD 36 wrote:
> On 2/27/24 14:44, Cryptoengineer wrote:
>> On 2/26/2024 2:48 PM, Mickmane wrote:
>>> On 26.02.24, Mad Hamish  <newsunspammelaws@iinet.unspamme.net.au> wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 10:08:00 +0100, "Mickmane" <ATH@kruemel.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On 26.02.24, Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> Pearls Before Swine: Billy Joel Is Screaming In Florida
>>>>>
>>>>>>      https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/02/25
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hopefully, Stephan Pastis does not have a friend named Captain
>>>>>> Jack.
>>>>>
>>>>> I neither get the comic (what is it about?) nor where Captain Jack
>>>>> would come in.
>>>>>
>>>>> What? :)
>>>
>>>> The chorus to The Piano Man by Billy Joel
>>>> "Sing us a song, you're the piano man
>>>> Sing us a song tonight
>>>> Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
>>>> And you've got us feelin' alright"
>>>
>>>> Captain Jack is another Billy Joel Song
>>>
>>>> and
>>>> I loathe you just the way you are is referencing one of his big hits
>>>> I love you just the way you are
>>>
>>> Thanks! To you and the others who replied and explained. :)
>>>
>>> (I'd have to look up who Billy Joel is, but am not that curious.)
>>>
>>> I also won't ask what's supposed to be funny about it. I'll just go
>>> with: The only Captain Jack I know is Captain Jack Harkness. :)
>>>
>>> Thanks again!
>>
>> Here's the performance usually heard today:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxEPV4kolz0
>>
>> Here's the original video, from 50 years ago.
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRlsu-4BNv8
>>
>> Billy Joel is one of the best loved American
>> singer/songwriters of the past 50 years.
>>
>> pt
>>
> I may have mentioned this before...
> I saw Billy Joel open for a band called Pablo Cruz in 1977 at the
> Berkeley Community Theater. Pablo Cruz was the headliner, if that was
> not clear. Billy Joel blew them away. People were leaving the auditorium
> while they were playing.
>

Yeah, lots of interesting pairings have happened over the years. My
favorite: the Jimi Hendrix Experience was the opening act for the
Monkees for a tour in 1967. They lasted 7 dates before they quit the tour.
- Tony

On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:15:25 -0800, BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> wrote:

>On 2/27/24 14:44, Cryptoengineer wrote:
>> On 2/26/2024 2:48 PM, Mickmane wrote:
>>> On 26.02.24, Mad Hamish  <newsunspammelaws@iinet.unspamme.net.au> wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 10:08:00 +0100, "Mickmane" <ATH@kruemel.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On 26.02.24, Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> Pearls Before Swine: Billy Joel Is Screaming In Florida
>>>>>
>>>>>>      https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/02/25
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hopefully, Stephan Pastis does not have a friend named Captain
>>>>>> Jack.
>>>>>
>>>>> I neither get the comic (what is it about?) nor where Captain Jack
>>>>> would come in.
>>>>>
>>>>> What? :)
>>>
>>>> The chorus to The Piano Man by Billy Joel
>>>> "Sing us a song, you're the piano man
>>>> Sing us a song tonight
>>>> Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
>>>> And you've got us feelin' alright"
>>>
>>>> Captain Jack is another Billy Joel Song
>>>
>>>> and
>>>> I loathe you just the way you are is referencing one of his big hits
>>>> I love you just the way you are
>>>
>>> Thanks! To you and the others who replied and explained. :)
>>>
>>> (I'd have to look up who Billy Joel is, but am not that curious.)
>>>
>>> I also won't ask what's supposed to be funny about it. I'll just go
>>> with: The only Captain Jack I know is Captain Jack Harkness. :)
>>>
>>> Thanks again!
>>
>> Here's the performance usually heard today:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxEPV4kolz0
>>
>> Here's the original video, from 50 years ago.
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRlsu-4BNv8
>>
>> Billy Joel is one of the best loved American
>> singer/songwriters of the past 50 years.
>>
>> pt
>>
>I may have mentioned this before...
>I saw Billy Joel open for a band called Pablo Cruz in 1977 at the
>Berkeley Community Theater. Pablo Cruz was the headliner, if that was
>not clear. Billy Joel blew them away. People were leaving the auditorium
>while they were playing.

So, was that a /good/ thing?
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
>On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:15:25 -0800, BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> wrote:
>

>>> Billy Joel is one of the best loved American
>>> singer/songwriters of the past 50 years.
>>>=20
>>> pt
>>>=20
>>I may have mentioned this before...
>>I saw Billy Joel open for a band called Pablo Cruz in 1977 at the=20
>>Berkeley Community Theater. Pablo Cruz was the headliner, if that was=20
>>not clear. Billy Joel blew them away. People were leaving the auditorium=
>=20
>>while they were playing.
>
>So, was that a /good/ thing?

I read it as "people were leaving Pablo Cruz".

On Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:45:05 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:

>Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
>>On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:15:25 -0800, BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> wrote:
>>
>
>>>> Billy Joel is one of the best loved American
>>>> singer/songwriters of the past 50 years.
>>>>=20
>>>> pt
>>>>=20
>>>I may have mentioned this before...
>>>I saw Billy Joel open for a band called Pablo Cruz in 1977 at the=20
>>>Berkeley Community Theater. Pablo Cruz was the headliner, if that was=20
>>>not clear. Billy Joel blew them away. People were leaving the auditorium>>=20
>>>while they were playing.
>>
>>So, was that a /good/ thing?
>
>I read it as "people were leaving Pablo Cruz".

That is, indeed, a possible interpretation.

Just not the one I made.

Oh, well.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

On 02/03/2024 16:34, Paul S Person wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:45:05 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
> wrote:
>
>> Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
>>> On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:15:25 -0800, BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> wrote:
>>>
>>
>>>>> Billy Joel is one of the best loved American
>>>>> singer/songwriters of the past 50 years.
>>>>> =20
>>>>> pt
>>>>> =20
>>>> I may have mentioned this before...
>>>> I saw Billy Joel open for a band called Pablo Cruz in 1977 at the
>>>> Berkeley Community Theater. Pablo Cruz was the headliner, if that was
>>>> not clear. Billy Joel blew them away. People were leaving the auditorium
>>>
>>>> while they were playing.
>>>
>>> So, was that a /good/ thing?
>>
>> I read it as "people were leaving Pablo Cruz".
>
> That is, indeed, a possible interpretation.
>
> Just not the one I made.
>
> Oh, well.

It's pronouns. Billy Joel is "he", I take
it, and a band which I suggest was "Pablo Cruise"
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Cruise>
is "they", in the manner of "Jefferson Airplane",
although Wikipedia states that "fans", if the
term is used correctly, would ask which of the
people on stage was Pablo himself. They were
told "He's the guy in the middle."

But I too read it that Billy Joel was
blowing audience members out of the
auditorium. If literally, that's too
much amplification.

"Pablo Cruz may refer to:
Pablo Cruz (soccer) (born 1991), American soccer player
Pablo Cruz (actor) (born 1984), Mexican actor"

On Sat, 2 Mar 2024 21:42:04 +0000, Robert Carnegie
<rja.carnegie@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 02/03/2024 16:34, Paul S Person wrote:
>> On Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:45:05 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
>>>> On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:15:25 -0800, BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>>>>> Billy Joel is one of the best loved American
>>>>>> singer/songwriters of the past 50 years.
>>>>>> =20
>>>>>> pt
>>>>>> =20
>>>>> I may have mentioned this before...
>>>>> I saw Billy Joel open for a band called Pablo Cruz in 1977 at the
>>>>> Berkeley Community Theater. Pablo Cruz was the headliner, if that was
>>>>> not clear. Billy Joel blew them away. People were leaving the auditorium
>>>>
>>>>> while they were playing.
>>>>
>>>> So, was that a /good/ thing?
>>>
>>> I read it as "people were leaving Pablo Cruz".
>>
>> That is, indeed, a possible interpretation.
>>
>> Just not the one I made.
>>
>> Oh, well.
>
>It's pronouns. Billy Joel is "he", I take
>it, and a band which I suggest was "Pablo Cruise"
><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Cruise>
>is "they", in the manner of "Jefferson Airplane",
>although Wikipedia states that "fans", if the
>term is used correctly, would ask which of the
>people on stage was Pablo himself. They were
>told "He's the guy in the middle."

That is possible.

Then again, it might be a "singular they". How could we tell?

>But I too read it that Billy Joel was
>blowing audience members out of the
>auditorium. If literally, that's too
>much amplification.
>
>"Pablo Cruz may refer to:
>Pablo Cruz (soccer) (born 1991), American soccer player
>Pablo Cruz (actor) (born 1984), Mexican actor"
>
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

On 3/2/2024 4:42 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> On 02/03/2024 16:34, Paul S Person wrote:
>> On Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:45:05 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
>>>> On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:15:25 -0800, BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>>>>> Billy Joel is one of the best loved American
>>>>>> singer/songwriters of the past 50 years.
>>>>>> =20
>>>>>> pt
>>>>>> =20
>>>>> I may have mentioned this before...
>>>>> I saw Billy Joel open for a band called Pablo Cruz in 1977 at the
>>>>> Berkeley Community Theater. Pablo Cruz was the headliner, if that was
>>>>> not clear. Billy Joel blew them away. People were leaving the
>>>>> auditorium
>>>>
>>>>> while they were playing.
>>>>
>>>> So, was that a /good/ thing?
>>>
>>> I read it as "people were leaving Pablo Cruz".
>>
>> That is, indeed, a possible interpretation.
>>
>> Just not the one I made.
>>
>> Oh, well.
>
> It's pronouns.  Billy Joel is "he", I take
> it, and a band which I suggest was "Pablo Cruise"
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Cruise>
> is "they", in the manner of "Jefferson Airplane",
> although Wikipedia states that "fans", if the
> term is used correctly, would ask which of the
> people on stage was Pablo himself.  They were
> told "He's the guy in the middle."
>
> But I too read it that Billy Joel was
> blowing audience members out of the
> auditorium.  If literally, that's too
> much amplification.
>
> "Pablo Cruz may refer to:
> Pablo Cruz (soccer) (born 1991), American soccer player
> Pablo Cruz (actor) (born 1984), Mexican actor"

It seemed to me pretty clear was that people either came
for the opening act, and left when it was done, or found
Pablo Cruz such a letdown after hearing Billy Joel that they
cut their losses and left.

pt

On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:08:02 -0500, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

>Not sure on the Captain Jack reference either, but PBS usually does
>terrible puns on Sundays.
>
>In this case, Pastis has assembled components to make a sound-alike of
>the first verse of Billy Joel's hit song, 'Piano Man'.
>
>'Sing us a song: You're the Piano Man
>Sing us a song tonight!
>We're all all in the mood for a melody,
>And you've got us feeling alright!

I was reacting the same way since while I knew Piano Man well I had
never seen (or heard of) Captain Jack.

On 3/4/2024 10:55 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:08:02 -0500, Cryptoengineer
> <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Not sure on the Captain Jack reference either, but PBS usually does
>> terrible puns on Sundays.
>>
>> In this case, Pastis has assembled components to make a sound-alike of
>> the first verse of Billy Joel's hit song, 'Piano Man'.
>>
>> 'Sing us a song: You're the Piano Man
>> Sing us a song tonight!
>> We're all all in the mood for a melody,
>> And you've got us feeling alright!
>
> I was reacting the same way since while I knew Piano Man well I had
> never seen (or heard of) Captain Jack.

Captain Jack was a very edgy song in 1974 ? on the radio. Masturbation,
drug dealers (that was Captain Jack), heroin, junkies, closet queens,
suicide. Awesome song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P3K0ICCtBw

Lynn