Is a bird in the hand worth two in the bush? ......Yes?
We dont have a TV with cable but we do watch shows online a lot. In case you aren't sure what commercial we are talking about in the comic here's a [link] After we heard that play a few times questions started to arise....
It means that having a bird already in your hands-- caught, tamed, whatever-- is worth the two that you see in the bush/tree and will have to go through the trouble of capturing.