Jonathan Gibson

Being Jim Davis

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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'...

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Episode 448 - Sunday, September 9, 1979 19.11.2017 24:02

I didn't actually listen to today's episode before releasing it, but I'm pretty sure we mostly just talked about Hilbert's Hotel. Our thanks to Mark Frazier, host of the ever-popular smash hit podcast Magmar Sucks for guest hosting all week. Today's strip

Episode 447 - Saturday, September 8, 1979 18.11.2017 14:15

In today's episode, Jon went off to do something "more important" than recording a daily Garfield recap podcast. What a jerkface! Fortunately, this week's guest host Mark Frazier stuck around. Maybe check out his podcast. Today's strip

Episode 446 - Friday, September 7, 1979 17.11.2017 19:24

Today's episode begins with a discussion of Thomas Kuhn's seminal work The Structure of Scientific Revolutions , which naturally leads us to discuss this 1991 VHS videotape demo promoting the Video Toaster card for the Amiga computer. Naturally. And -- what the hell? -- here's some "Word Jazz": Today's strip

Episode 445 - Thursday, September 6, 1979 16.11.2017 16:38

This seems pretty interesting: Today's strip

Episode 444 - Wednesday, September 5, 1979 15.11.2017 20:01

Here's this thing: This week's guest host is Mark Frazier. Hey, why not listen to Magmar Sucks , his all new smash-hit celebrity news gossip and weight loss podcast? Today's strip

Episode 443 - Tuesday, September 4, 1979 14.11.2017 24:41

We talked about this song a little bit in today's episode, but then I cut that part out. You didn't miss much This week's guest-host is Mark Frazier of the popular Magmar Sucks podcast. Check it out! Today's strip

Episode 442 - Monday, September 3, 1979 13.11.2017 31:05

Today marks the first-ever appearance of Nermal the kitten. So naturally, we kick things off with a reference to Shaq Soda. Also, this week's guest-host is Mark Frazier of the popular Magmar Sucks podcast. Check it out! Today's strip

Episode 441 - Sunday, September 2, 1979 12.11.2017 14:35

It's a Garfield . And that means it's both bigger and smaller than a breadbox, depending on your frame of reference. Stylish 1970's pet carrier Today's strip +

Episode 440 - Saturday, September 1, 1979 11.11.2017 9:26

It's another Garfield ! This one has a turkey in it. You like that, right? How about human adults carrying silverware as around on their shoulder like prospecting implements? That's right up your alley, no? Eh, whatever. Like I said, it's a Garfield . Today's strip

Episode 439 - Friday, August 31, 1979 10.11.2017 11:01

Garifled has a pet ant. This is normal. Today's strip

Episode 438 - Thursday, August 30, 1979 09.11.2017 13:58

Oh, we're still doing this podcast? Huh, will you look at that. Today's strip

Episode 437 - Wednesday, August 29, 1979 08.11.2017 10:35

I'm 95% certain that Jon Arbuckle's bed-concealed abdomen is depicted as being more improbably bulbous and distended each and every time it is inflicted upon us. At its current rate of growth, some say, it will by the early 90s have expanded to fill the entire known universe. On the other hand, this is all just speculation; who knows if Garfield will even still be in print by that time? This one's...

Episode 436 - Tuesday, August 28, 1979 07.11.2017 15:47

In retrospect, I would like to amend (read: change completely) my comments about how recording a daily Garfield recap podcast is akin to the phenomenon in Go of being 'in atari.' Now that I really think about it, this podcast is far, far more reminiscent of the phenomenon in Go of being 'in seki'. Today's strip

Episode 435 - Monday, August 27, 1979 06.11.2017 24:09

If you listen to this episode of Being Jim Davis, please write in to the show to tell me what it was about. I don't know because I watched a bunch of Australian cat food commercials instead of editing it. Snappy Tom commercial from 1978 Snappy Tom commercial from 1986 Snappy Tom commercial from 1990 Snappy Tom Radio Spot Today's strip

Episode 434 - Sunday, August 26, 1979 05.11.2017 28:31

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Episode 433 - Saturday, August 25, 1979 04.11.2017 12:29

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Episode 432 - Friday, August 24, 1979 03.11.2017 14:54

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Episode 431 - Thursday, August 23, 1979 02.11.2017 16:27

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Episode 430 - Wednesday, August 22, 1979 01.11.2017 10:33

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Episode 429 - Tuesday, August 21, 1979 31.10.2017 14:52

Today's episode of Being Jim Davis includes no Halloween-specific content -- sorry! Today's strip

Episode 428 - Monday, August 20, 1979 30.10.2017 23:59

In today's episode of Being Jim Davis , Jon says that I'll include a link to the podcast My History Can Beat Up Your Politics in the show notes. Well, fuck you, Jon! You can't tell me what to do! Today's strip

Episode 427 - Sunday, August 19, 1979 29.10.2017 24:25

I'd like to apologize to you, the listener, for forgetting to write anything for today's episode last night before it was published. Clearly it's too late at this point because you've already downloaded it first thing (like you do every morning). Oh well. I suppose at this point it basically doesn't matter what I write, so I won't bother even mentioning the fact that Garfield and Jon are doing a b...

Episode 426 - Saturday, August 18, 1979 28.10.2017 18:07

Look out! It's another episode of Being Jim Davis. Today's strip

Episode 425 - Friday, August 17, 1979 27.10.2017 30:59

Yesterday we podcasted about the time Garfield stuck Odie's nose in his mouth. You should NOT have listened... It was as insufferable as a typical BJD episode. Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics Today's strip

Episode 424 - Thursday, August 16, 1979 26.10.2017 26:51

We liked this one. I don't know if it's possible to hear that through all the eating noises, however. Sorry about that. * * I am not sorry about that. Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast Today's strip