Why is Jared not wearing a shirt in this comic? You’ve never partied with Jared, have you? The shirt is always the first thing to go.
I don’t have a lot to say about today’s comic except that beer hats are inherently funny. I don’t know if they were invented in America or not. But there is a unique American-gluttony reflected in the design, don’t you think?
“I’m a busy alcoholic who needs his hands FREE to play pool and grope women who pass by. I can’t be wasting all of my time holding on to a beer with my HANDS. There has GOT to be a better way!”
“What’s this? I can put my beer in my hat and drink it through a flimsy straw?? A MIRACLE!”
“…”
“(can you put two beers on the hat?)”\
Wherever the hat came from, I think it should come with a coupon for one free alcoholism intervention.
Speaking of America, I always wonder how a comic like this plays for my readers who are not American. Do they know what Labor Day is? Do they understand how it’s significance as a holiday that recognizes labor unions has been twisted into an end-of-summer Bacchanalia? Do they care?
I mean, I have a peripheral understanding of Boxing Day. But if a Canadian cartoonist wrote a joke about it for their comic, I would probably nod politely and say to myself “That’s nice.”
These things are touch and go, that’s all I’m saying.
I’ll be frank and admit that it fascinates me that anyone beyond these borders would find any interest in Theater Hopper. But if you are one of the many living in far-away lands, reading today’s comic and saying to yourself “That’s nice,” then I want to thank you for your patience and support.
Thank you.
Cheers to the rest of you celebrating your day off. I hope you enjoyed the comic. Oh, and next time, be more discreet about how you bring alcohol into a theater, won’t you?
I NEVER want the summer to end!
I know, man.
Now I'm really starting to regret reserving those tickets for The Debt for this afternoon!
I wish there were a way to PROLONG my summer fun!
Sir, I'll have to ask you to remove your hat.
What hat?
Hey tom,
just wanna say that i’m a reader from far-away land. Singapore in fact. i’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading your comics for the past 4yrs or so. faithfully looking forward each week to your art. keep it coming bro!
I’m kind of freaking out that someone living in Singapore is reading my comics.
That is unbelievably cool. 🙂
Heh. Where I live, in cinemas you can buy beer right at the concession stand. Hugely overpriced, of course.
For some movies, I think paying a premium price on alcohol would be worth it to endure something like Big Momma’s House 5.
Hey there, Here in Wales I’m ignorant of Labour day.. but “That’s nice..”
Still enjoying the comics..thank you
Heineken? Really?
Well, I didn’t make the graphic. So beggars can’t be choosers.
Around here, bringing in outside food and beverage is a no-no, so you’d have to be more inventive than the “beer can in a soda cup” system.
I don’t think many of your gags are lost on the international audience. If they’re a fan that follows you regularly, they’re probably well-informed enough about American culture to get the jokes.
The Theater in my town actually got a liquor license. lol Watertown is such a special place. For years we were in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most bars per capita.
Please tell me that Watertown also has the largest number of cabs per capita as well?
at the theater in my town they sell beer in buckets *i think they hold 6) or oyu can buy the tiny bottles of wine.
Heck, I’ve pretty much stopped going to theaters that don’t have alcohol.
Here in the Austin area we are fortunate enough to have the Alamo Drafthouse theaters.
Real lunch or dinner entrees, a bucket of beer, and generally very pleasant and non disruptive fellow patrons. (I guess we’re mostly quiet polite drunks?)
Oh my goodness… I love the Alamo Drafthouse.
My jealousy knows no bounds.
Hey Tom,
I am also a reader from far away lands (Australia) and we also celebrate Labour day and like yours, ours is less about the union side of things and more about the drinking.
Keep up the good work,
Bec.
*international fist bump*
In most countries, labo(u)r day is on 1 May. The heat from the burning cars would be unbearable in late August.
Drinking (and, for that matter, eating) at the movies is actually a pet peeve of mine. Anything beyond a cup of water for people who get dehydrated easily is judged harshly by my elitist sense of “going to the cinema is a cultural event, damnit, watch the film, stop stuffing your face with overpriced and often ill-smelling garbage, and definitely stop chewing and sipping so loudly I can hear it four rows down”. I know it’s against most theatres’ current business model (definitely the Alamo Drafthouse’s), so it’s not a very popular opinion, but that’s one reason why I prefer to wait for the DVD nowadays.
I can put up with the consumption of food and drink so long as people aren’t obnoxious about it. Crinkling wrappers excessively, that kind of thing.
There’s MUCH more to get annoyed with than food and drinks at most theaters these days anyway!
I almost want to see another panel of him sitting in the theatre with the hat on, sipping away, and the person behind him going “Really?!”
I don’t drink beer as it makes me queasy (despite the fact that I am predominantly of Irish and German heritage), but I sneak soda in all the time. It fits conveniently in a purse. My theatre’s don’t allow outside food or drink in. If they see it, they’ll take it. I don’t get the people who aren’t into eating and drinking at the movies. I feel like if I don’t have popcorn, I’m not really seeing a movie. Maybe that’s just me.
Happy Labor Day week!