The Far Side Just Plain Stupid! 2003 Calendar

Just to be clear, the theme of this year's Far Side Wall Calendar does not refer to the caliber of the cartoons it contains or to the mental capacity of its creator. Quite the opposite. Apparently, Gary Larson is some kind of genius who, while taking a bath one day, suddenly yelled out, "Eureka! Stupid is the answer!" and as proof of his insight created such classic cartoons as "First pants, THEN your shoes" and "Take me to your stove." Then he dried off and got dressed. Since then, humorologists have debated the root of the phenomenon of finding humor in stupid behavior. Sure, you could say that it touches on some long-repressed sense of inferiority and under-confidence heightened by an intense need to be love unconditionally and without regard to any real or perceived lack of intelligence, but that would make you a little over-analytical (it would also make ou a big dork). Suffice it to say that we prefer a much simpler explanation, one perfectly supported by the cartoons in this calendar: Just Plain Stupid is Just Plain Funny.