The Far Side of the Wreck
July 16, 2010 I grew up reading The Far Side. My folks owned several of the books, and I can remember many happy nights curled up with the dry wit and bizarre observations of Mr. Gary Larson. I have no doubt this affected my own somewhat twisted sense of humor, because sometimes - usually after seeing something just a bit off - I'll hear an unmistakably Larson-esque narration start in my head.
You know, kind of like this:
Alone and outnumbered, C3pO did his best to blend in.
After a spritz of soda and a quick scrubbing, no one would ever guess at the dark events that transpired that fateful, frosting-filled night.
"So I says to him, 'Hey, Rabbit, it's my house and I'll hang a singing fish if I want to. And if you don't like his politics, find yourself another honey pot!'"
Buck couldn't help it: he laughed.
Unfortunately, the hunter's hearing turned out to be much better than his eyesight.
Thanks, Leah W., Julie B., Jaclyn B., Deborah F., & Matt W. You guys are far out.
Reader Comments (142)
The hunter cake is by far my favorite ever.
The word "moistest" is probably the funniest thing I've read all week. Oh my god.
"The moistest cake you've ever tasted!" - just add water.
Poor Chewbaca's head is upside down.
Oh, I love The Far Side, too! This post makes me want to curl up with both the Cake Wrecks book and the humongous Far Side collector's set during this afternoon's thunderstorm. :)
Love the Far Side. You nailed it!
Gary Larson FTW! You did well. He should be proud! :D
Your comments today are simply FANTABULOUS!!
You've captured the essence of Gary Larson perfectly. Great narratives! Seems like Larson used deer a lot in his comics, so the hunter cake is especially appropriate!
And that sweet Eeyone is such a good listener!
oh my.. are those Orcs? why are two of them upside down? why is one of them Darth Vader?
Oh, Jen, you poor sick woman. Anyway, your commentary was perfect. I think a CW/Far Side book is in order.
Do right-click the first cake to see all the wrecky details. I thought those were Darth Vader picks until I enlarged it. One is Darth, the rest are gorillas and two of them are upside down. Third-shift strikes again.
I think that it is Darth Vader who is alone and trying to blend. At least C3PO has a duplicate to keep him company.
Your best blog post yet! Love the Larson-esque humor. You nailed it!!
I love the captions.
By the way, is C3PO in the midst of gorilla cupcake rings?
Wow....you did Larson pretty spot on. Well done!
Genius!! I loved the Far Side!
Gary Larsen rocks! Great comment choices.
Excellent post! I love the far side myself, and was very excited when I found out I shared a birthday with Gary Larson. This was a lovely homage.
What in God's name are those creatures with poor C3PO? Chewie was brown, not black....not to mention the upside down ones with the gargoyle looking teeth! Hide C3PO! Hide!
OMG Far Side inspired captions! those were great! Encore! maybe that should be a regular feature.
meanwhile, what IS Pooh doing with a pink fish?
the one with the hunter just cracks me up. even the dog is pointing the wrong way. The deer herd looks like it's sneaking off (in plain sight!)
too funny. cracked icing is a bonus.
Your commentaries are sooo right-on! I love the far side and have a couple of books as well as daily calendars collected over the years.
I don't know which I like better, the Pooh or the Dear Hunter.. both are great.
Thank you so much. This is perfect for my Fri am break...
wait, how do we know that's not a clueless fisherman? with a very unconventional way of fishing (and the wrong equipment). And he's still screwing it up by being so far from the lake but still! maybe he's hunting some underwater creature that may jump out at any moment! maybe this is a horror film inspired wreck, er, cake.
spot on with your captions. I have many fond memories of the far side. :)
This post is amazing - you nailed it!
That birthday cake for Stacey looks like it was scrawled either by a really ticked off employee or a registered sex offender stalker who got a job at the bakery knowing that Stacey would get her 27th birthday cake from them and then killed off the other employees on duty that day so that he could write in the creepiest script with the most gruesome color he could find and scare the pants off of Stacey on what should've been the happiest day of her year.
There's a cakey thriller in here somewhere.
C3PO gave a sigh of relief after he read on the label that there were no picks or rings. He knew then that Chewbacca would not make this moment even more awkward with a proposal.
It figures, something else we have in common: love of Gary Larson. This post killed me. Hey, back in the early 80s I worked at a law firm and recruited a couple dozen people to draw cows, so we could have a gallery display of them and then mail them all to Gary Larson. The firm was rife with Far Side fans. Those were the days!
C3PO is not alone, there are two, however 2 Chewies (or gorillas) are upside down! Did you notice the label states "12 chocolate cupcakes WITHOUT picks or rings $5". Well, these obviously HAVE picks/rings in them, so what is the REAL price?
LOVE the deer hunting cake with comment!
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I don't know what those "dark events" are, but I really hope they don't have to do with why it's the "moistest cake ever tasted."
@ Bearess...interesting theory. Maybe he was aiming to deliver the cake to her as well, as well as a big sharp knife to cut it....
Best captions in a long time. This is why I love cake wrecks!
So perfect!!
Loving the Far Side posts. Could have done without the thought of me being old enough to be clustered with "parents who used to read the Far Side books". :/
*snort* OH, you'd think I'd learn never to have a cuppa in hand when opening Cakewrecks. *hate that back up the nose thing*
But I do love Larsen's Far Side, even if I did spend countless times trying to 'splain' to dh.
Wonderful, wonderful tie in and spot on observations.
~~Di
WV - tsingei -- I got all tsingei as I read your captions, and remembererd years of Far Side happiness.
Brilliant!
I have never commented before, but I also grew up reading Far Side and I think this is one of the funniest posts you have ever written.
The hunter cake brought back memories of my bestest ever wreck.
I ordered a hunter cake for my husband at the local grocery store bakery, but asked that one of the deer be lying down dead in the frosting. The wreckerator was befuddled, but agreed to my request.
One hour later, I picked up the fantastic cake, replete with a garish air-brushed mountainscape. At one end of the cake was momma deer, at the other end, daddy buck. In the middle, lying in a smear of red frosting was Bambi! OMG, I laughed so hard I cried.
Instead of "Happy Birthday" I put on the Sex Pistol's "Who Shot Bambi." A good time was had by all.
I hope that hunter cake has a good inside story to it!
Nice job. I love the Far Side.
"The moistest cake you've ever tasted!"
I guess that's why it's leaking?
I love how the tag on the C3P0 cupcakes label them as "12 Ct. Choc Cupcakes Buttercream Icing WITHOUT picks or rings" and then they all have one! DUH!
LOVE it.
Oh my crap! Really, if you pursue this vein my Far Side fix will be forever satiated. I may have shed a tear when I needed to sell my complete collection of Larson...I may now shed a tear because I love this so much.
You need a third blog.
I think it is funny that some of the things (not quite sure what they are) are upside down in that first pic!!! lol
On that last cake they are hunting the most deadliest prey of all...
Lakes...
I also love Gary Larson--I laughed SO MUCH while reading this one!!
Thanks for always brightening my day!
This may be my all-time favorite post ever. Awesome job channeling Gary Larson!
Ah, got it! Those are "officially" King Kong Rings available from babykakes.com
http://www.babykakes.com/licensed%20charaters.htm
no "rings" indeed. :)
I also loved The Far Side!! I agree, it's affected my sense of humor probably more than it should...
The closest I've been able to find to that sort of humor, these days, is the website http://unhappyhipsters.com/ .
Looks like the "hunter" might have hit the tree, maybe he's a tree hugger-hunter!
Perfect Far Side parody. LOVED IT!!