Always looking for new ways to show his total disdain for his students, Jim Kablichnick takes a different approach in today’s strip. The resulting pun is not totally terrible, but, given the students’ reactions, appears to have had the desired effect.
So does this mean that students watch Cosmos in every class at Westview High except for Kablichnick’s science class? And how does Cody have the context to compare Kablichnick to an Australian magician and entertainer?
Son of Stuck Funky 
And Jim Vonnegutchnick didn’t bring up man-made climate change with that crappy pun?
I’m actually very disappointed in that white-haired weirdo… of course I’m talking about Kablichnick, not Batom®.
Man, Mark Twain has really lost his edge….
@Epicus Doomus:
You should’ve learned by now that that’s what Batiuk really loves. The smirking. The condescension. I’m sure there’s nothing that to him couldn’t be improved upon by some snide remarks. He (incorrectly) criticized King Kong, after all. I’m sure there’s a strip coming up where Pete offers up ways Shakespeare could’ve improved Hamlet.
SpacemanSpiff85: Sigh. I know, I know. He always somehow bungles, flubs or fumbles it, even when it’s just so blatantly obvious. Punch lines, story arcs, character names…all of it.
Like the SJ arc. How did he manage to avoid the climactic emotional payoff scene (Cory receiving the comics) of a year long story? How did he manage to do (and get publicity for) a same-sex prom couple arc that was mostly about Becky’s mom and the WHS student handbook? It really is uncanny and it’s all the time, with everything from little light-hearted gags to giant lengthy arcs.
What’s really telling is that not only is Les clearly him because he’s a condescending knob who whines about things he either doesn’t understand or willfully misinterprets while consistently whiffing the ball, he’s also hopelessly stuck in the past. My guess is that if Jim Kablinglclop DID consent to show Cosmos in class, it’d be the really old one with Carl Sagan hosting it.
In that second panel, Cody looks to be in his mid-40’s.
Which I guess is actually the case.
Paul Jones: Jim probably thinks Neil deGrasse Tyson is a professional boxer. Or that gay actor who hosts all the awards shows.
Jim: “You, the elderly gentlemen sitting at the back of the room. Yes, -you-. The dude in the “Batman” t-shirt, wearing the sour scowl. Hey now! Don’t you furrow your brows at ME, Mister. Did you turn in your quiz?”
Tom: “WHAT?!? Listen, buddy, I’m just here as an observer! It’s all research for my comic strip, well known for its sensitive treatment of important social and educational issu-”
Jim: “NO BACK-TALK. Just tell me, did you hand in the gawddamn QUIZ, fer cripes sake!”
Tom: “No, like I sai-”
Jim: “You get a zero, then. I’ll see you after class.”
Tom: “I’m not a student at this school!”
Jim: “….*….what are you then? A pervert? Get out of here before I call the authorities, weirdo!”
Tom: “AAAAARGH!”
Methinks that Jim Kawhatevernick would like to show the original Cosmos series, but Westview High School no longer has any functional 3/4″ Sony UMatic tape players…