12 March 2025

This strip is obviously referencing the lyrics to the classic Fats Domino song "Blueberry Hill"
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=YxZ5iVhQ6iI
But the lyrics go:
I found my thrill
On Blueberry Hill
...
- Thanks. Some of these references are a bit beyond my popculture knowledge. That song was published in 1940.
  
  i only know this one because i saw a video like 10 years ago of Putin of all people singing it
- My parents listened to old music, so I naturally got the reference immediately.
- I remember the first time I saw this comic, sometime in the nineties, I think. My dad explained it to me very similarly to how you did here.
  There was a similar comic, which currently I can't find; I don't even remember if it was Far Side, but the art style in my head matches. The comic in question features two dogs hopping around a hillside covered in blueberries with one declaring to the other "you were right! This is thrilling!" I read them far enough apart in time that I think my dad had to explain it to me again.
  In trying to find the latter comic, I discovered that Putin performed a cover of the song in 2010. Odd. Wiki page mentioning this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueberry_Hill
As I like to say when movie makes a modern day celebrity or TV reference, "hahaaaaaa that's a pop culture reference that will definitely stand the test of time."
Still funny, though.
- i mean even if you don't know the reference it's still clear what the joke is, "drill" and "hill" rhyme and "blueberry hill" very much sounds like something you'd sing about (i mean the beatles sang about "strawberry hill")