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No. 2744: Garfield's Bedtime Stories

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Garfield's Bedtime Stories

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Strip by: Mr Top Hat

{Garfield excitedly hands Jon a book}
Jon: What's this? You want me to read you a bedtime story?
Jon: Oh, very well.
Jon: {reading} "Chop up a small onion and sauté until tender, then add sliced mushrooms..."

Garfield: It's bedtime
Garfield: {handing Jon a book} And Jon is going to read me a bedtime story.
Jon: {reading} "Preheat the oven to 350 degrees..."

The author writes:

Not exactly a verbatim repeat, but still an example of exactly the same joke being used twice. In this case, it's pretty forgivable, given the differences between the strips, and the fact they're 26 years apart, but still...

[[Original strips: 1990-08-14, 2016-09-03.]]

Original strips: 1990-08-14, 2016-09-03.