"It's my incantation for Substitutiary Locomotion. Treguna Mekoides Tracorum Satis Dee. With this, I'll be able to turn all the zoo animals into soccer players and they'll beat the living blazes out of the New York Blazes. Gina is going to regret skipping town without so much as a thank you note."Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Anyone? No? Okay... When I post late at night, I get a little obscure, I guess.
Speaking or witchcraft, for your viewing enjoyment, here's a link to the pilot episode of "Once Upon a Time." I've been watching this new series on ABC with my kids and we've been loving it. A lot.
Today's Full Strip
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"It's my Lifelock subscription card." Moy plugs yet another company...
Help me out! How does Mary know the Hippie Couple stole her wallet?
Did Joe G. throw her a bone when he changed the perspective of their escape route on Nov. 2?
Inquiring minds want to .... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Wanders, was the "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" reference to Moy & Giella's claim that they were basing Mary Worth's appearance on Angela Lansbury? (I think, though, they said they were going for the Jessica Fletcher look.)
My guess as to what Mary is waving triumphantly is that it's the napkin she managed to take from The Lemon Wedge before all the tablecloths disappeared. (The police probably should have been called about that, as well.)
I gotta hand it to Toby: She's always up for a dull conversation with Mary.(not that there's any other kind)
We're watching Mary's obligatory how-to speech for elders, part XXVI: write down your credit card numbers and call them, and contact credit agencies.
Part XXV, you may recall, was don't post photos of your saggy body parts on the intertubes using your real name!
Wanders -
I LOVE "Once Upon a Time"! Beautifully shot, interesting characters, and just, plain fun.
Believe me, I don't normally make time to watch any sort of fantasy type plot. (not into Harry Potter and such).
The shot of Mary holding a bag of white powder (as someone yesterday put it - and cracked me up) is one of the best panels yet!... Oh, it's just a boring note with her account information? (Yawn) I guess we'll get the tip of a lifetime to keep this stuff in a safe place... Didn't we all learn this when we got our first credit card though?
I thought Mary was showing off her indulgence "get-out-of-hell-free" card.
"Bedknobs & Broomsticks" reference FTW!
(Hey, you're not the only one who likes obscure old Disney movies!)
"Mary retrieves an item from her bedroom." Hey! This is a family blog!
Mary is so smug with her little envelope full of her credit card numbers.
Thank you Karen for public service annoucement number 342, 341 of which have called our attention to the security risks of identity theft and the internet.
Tomorrow we'll see Mary calling to request her credit report. (She would never order it online!)
I just hope that pendant-wearing thief and his moll return to the strip. They were the most interesting characters since Mr. Blazes Team Manager.
@Meg: If Mary's conversations are more interesting than those with the professor, what does that say?!
Mary also keeps lists of what she retains in her end tables, her tv stand, and her kitchen drawers. No if only she can find the map that will lead her to where she keeps her lists.
"Bobbing along, singing a song, at the bottom of the beautiful bri-i-i-i-i-iny sea...!"
Shoot, now I want to see "Bedknobs and Broomsticks"! It's been years and years and years and years. Ya think they'd make a movie today where the romantic leads are Angela Landsbury and the guy who played Mr. Banks in "Mary Poppins"?
Now we will be treated to several weeks of strips in which Mary dials each credit card company to report her cards stolen and taken through the time warp back to the '70s.
Then it will be time for Christmas In Santa Royale, where the inhabitants will dress as if for the Lawrence Welk show and sing carols.
Sorry, Petunia, you're way too optimistic. No way we get that much action.
Anonymous and Petunia-you're both way too optimistic. Next shocking revelation in MaryWorld will be that all of the card numbers are outdated, and that all options have changed on the cc help line. Then Toby will have to lecture Mary on the importance of updating your card numbers each.....ZZZZZZZZ.
I love Toby shaking her fist and declaiming, "Those rotten thieves!" Dastardly vandals!
I love Once Upon a Time! My boyfriend and I watch it every weekend. I really hope that this series will get a really long run because I have found it to be really exciting and the visuals, sets, and costumes are so amazing.
The Bedknobs & Broomsticks reference instantly whisked me back to a rainy summer day, when I was a kid in summer camp. Being that it was so horribly rainy, the camp counselors set up a film projector (Yes, I AM really THAT old) and played the movie for us. Later that day, I painted a ceramic ashtray for my mother (Yes, an ashtray was a perfectly acceptable craft for a child to make and give as a gift, in the 1970's)
I think Mary Worth, ashtray aside, would have approved of my rainy day activities, oh so long ago. Toby, being the artist that she is, definitely would have approved!
It is a sad day, heavy with forlorn, when finger pointing and fist waving replaces face touching.
I loved the ashtray comment Maude. They were acceptable in the '80s as well, and I never thought twice about it at the time.
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