Sunday, May 13, 2012

Mary Worth 1,298

While Althea Gibson overcame the color barrier to become the first African American woman to compete on the World Tennis Tour and to win a Grand Slam in 1956, Gina accomplished what? She married a jock? I'm serious, what has she accomplished? She was able to give up her education to hide from paparazzi?

However it's possible that the Gibson quote is referring to Mary Worth's meddling in Gina's life.

Judging by the way Bobby is checking out that groupie charging toward him, it appears Gina will be going to Coach Hamfist for advice pretty soon.

Today's Full Strip

25 comments:

heydave said...
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heydave said...

Miss the paparazzi? Did Booby (yes, I'm spelling it that way) give up that world class soccer? Does she think getting married stops that stuff? And like Wanders, I wonder just what this ponytail has accomplished. It certainly wasn't a legacy in waitressing.

Nance said...

Does this strip set any kind of MW record for Most Cliches Ever?

(btw--my word ver is frim lacyHo. And I thought this was a FAMILY FRIENDLY BLOG!)

Punky said...

I'm so excited! See the "To Gina and Bobby!" well-wishers in the last panel: Gina and Bobby invited Captain Kangaroo!

phoebes in santa fe said...

Meh - Karen Moy's been dreaming if she thinks the paparazzi would be interested in those two cardboard figures.

fauxprof said...

Since when does the elderly, short-term friend of the bride get to give "The Toast" at a wedding? And what's in the champagne flutes. Plain water is my guess. Are we going to have a cake-cutting ceremony so that these poor folks will get something to eat? I know that one of the few food items Giella can draw is a decorated cake. (See Lizzzza's surprise party for Dr. Drew.)

Vicki said...

ok, why is the parking lot completely EMPTY while everyone is still inside? Were the guests all blindfolded and brought here by bus? And why are there lines coming from Gina's mouth!? Is that supposed to be a kiss, or does she have really bad breath?

Excuse me now, the papparazi is at my door...

Maude Findlay said...

I'm waiting for the day, exactly nine months from now, when Mary will answer her phone, and a proud Bobby will tell her that Gina has just given birth to a beautiful baby girl, who will be named Mary, in her honor. Then, Mary will smile smugly, while Bobby thanks her yet again, and goes on & on about how they would have never reunited, if not for her meddling.

TeacherPatti said...

Ups and downs? Triumphs and tragedies? For real?
I want to see the story, ten years from now, when Gina with no education or work experience has three kids and Bobby takes off with a groupie. Gina will have to go crawling back to Diner, and get stuck with the overnight shift. She will leave her kids alone b/c she can't afford child care and Coach Hamfist has been ignoring her child support garnishment orders (it would be a great panel of a 10 years older Coach Hamfist, muttering about how the bimbos always want money from his "guys"). Some neighbor in their low income high rise apartment will hear a kid crying and call the police. The police will take the kids away and put them in the child care system. Gina will return home to an empty apartment, empty save for a rat chewing on the corner of a ragged stuffed soccer player doll. Devastated, Gina will grab the soccer player doll and collapse to the group, sobbing. Bonus points if the final scene is the rat, about to chomp on Gina's pony tail.
Moral of my story: ladies, get an education and have work experience, cuz you never know....

meg said...

Would a lady of Mary's generation really use a phrase like "what a ride"?

Glad to see fellow comic stars like Archie, Betty, and Veronica could attend...but what is the late Justice Thurgood Marshall doing there?

KitKat said...

Looks like Karen Moy once again dragged out her "Big Book O' Quotations" (totally unsuitable for any occasion).

Sandi Ego said...

Just how do circumstances conspire? I love how everyone simultaneously shouts "To Gina and Bobby!" in hopes of stopping Mary from rambling on.

meg said...

Now it's time to crank up the music for some wedding dancing.

Just in case you are interested, Mary dances exactly like Elaine Benes.

heydave said...

@TeachPatti: home run!
@meg: home run!

meg said...

Bobbygin: The Headline Years

InStyle:
Bobbygin wed in surprise private ceremony

People:
Lavish occasion featured invisible parking, water, pompous toast by smug elderly stranger

Kickingit:
Hamfist: "Can't keep those old groupies away from my guy"

Sports Illustrated:
Bobby Black wins Indoor Arena Soccer World Demitasse single-handedly; Gina greets her hero with a kiss

National Enquirer:
Bobbygin: We're Pregnant! Baby Bump Watch Begins

Entertainment Tonight:
It's twins! Name Celeb Babies MaryBobbygin and WorthBobbygin

TMZ:
Gina Alone in Park with Twins While Bobby goes clubbing with Kim K.

Extra Extra:
Bobbygin: It's Over

ESPN:
Hamfist: "We've Got a Soccer Game to Play" as he brushes off divorce rumors

E!:
Keeping Up With the Bobbykims surprise hit for Cartoon Network

Wall Street Journal:
Gina uses huge settlement to buy Diner: becomes brilliantly successful restaurateur; Develops Chain of Diners; Diner goes public; IPO Bigger than Facebook

IMDB:
Gina cannot cope with rebellious daughter MaryBobbygin; no wait, that's the plot of Mildred Pierce

Maude Findlay said...

Ooh, Meg that's a great idea! I'd love to see Mary attempt to do The Electric Slide.

meg said...

Maude- Mary thinks the Electric Slide is when she rides her Rascal scooter.

fauxprof said...

Monday

Offered for your consideration...one Mary Worth, an elderly, but not unattractive widow who believes that she can influence the world for good by the application of homey aphorisms and salmon squares. She is in her rose garden, reminiscing about a wedding she engineered, a wedding that took place not in Lloyd's Neck, New York, but only in...The Twilight Zone.

(exit Mr. Serling. cue theme music.)

KitKat said...

Notice that the roses are the same color pink as all the drapes in the Worthiverse.

Fauxprof @ 8:59 AM, that's a terrific scenario. Now, how about Rod Serling exiting, and Roger Sterling entering....

Punky said...

Whiplash - Mary's home already! Not even a trip back to the airport with McHacky. And no sightings of Hamfist. I'm still scratching my head over the reason for this plot line. We already knew that Bobby and Gina had headed out East in bliss - and we saw him propose. What else did we need? What about Jill Black? Liza with a Z? Bonnie? Wilbur and Dawn? I'll even take an Ian and Toby story by now. But that trip to NY was pointless, unless Mary wasn't quite feeling smug enough these days.

Thorpnotized said...

[MONDAY] Just when I thought the wedding storyline had sputtered and stalled at the wedding reception... WHOOSH... Mary has returned home and is back to her "normal routine". Which will include telling Toby and Jeff (separately) about her trip. And surreptitiously cutting blossoms from her apartment building's rose bushes.

Anonymous said...

Look out Posh and Becks. You have competition.

heydave said...

Whoa, I need a sandwich!

Sandi Ego said...

When someone says "I'm not complaining" they are most certainly complaining.

Anonymous said...

I'm not complaining but this strip sucks.