After a while I started to think of that as an image of something that went a lot deeper than the dead dog, which is you can't bring back anything to life.
“Many of the network television shows have done takeoffs on 'Family Circus,' including 'David Letterman,' 'Friends,' 'Roseanne,' and others, and, in my estimation the use of them is a compliment to the popularity of the feature, which just by mentioning it's name sets up the image of a warm, loving f”