for those of you who are squeamis about spiders you might want to look away, but they are sooo cute you might just want to see them anyways. Merry Christmas everyone!
No (though oddly, it was still running in the local paper of the place I went to at summer camp)
It's sort of a family thing. My mom and (especially) my uncle were big fans, and passed the love on (I suppose a lot of families of this generation will do the same with Peanuts, The Far Side, etc.)
It just got passed down to me, like Tom Lerher, or Rocky and Bullwinkle.