And here is the fiftieth strip, with a reference to an obscure comedy troupe called Duck’s Breath Mystery Theater. They had a character called “Dr. Science” in a bit called “Ask Dr. Science!”. The announcer would say “He’s not a real doctor…” whereupon Dr. Science would cheerfully gloat, “I have a Master’s Degree…in SCIENCE!”
Back in the late ’80s, I saw DBMT perform in my hometown and during intermission, they took a bunch of questions for Dr. Science to answer in a later sketch. During this time, there was a flap where UPS discovered someone had shipped a bunch of cadaver heads to the CU Medical School in plain packages that had started, um, leaking. One of the questions Dr. Science read (and obviously he wasn’t aware of the current news) was “Dear Dr. Science; what is the proper method for transporting human body parts?”
I still don’t think he knows why everyone thought that was so funny.
