If Dawn and Jim were really all that comfortable with each other, Jim would be all like, "Hey, check out McBeardy over there... He shaves off his sideburns. It must be a lot of work just to shave your sideburns and still grow such an awesome beard." Because that's what real friends do. They make fun of people who are different from them. It builds unity and group identity.
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Jim said that Dawn seems familiar to him. I bet Dawn resembles his sister Merry.
Wouldn't it be great if Jim had some weird fixation on his dead sister - and he tries to turn Dawn into another version of her, just like in Vertigo?
Alas, I knew Hitchcock. Moy is no Hitchcock.
Wow, Uncle Joe is branching out. Instead of just miscellaneous background characters, we have a miscellaneous foreground character. McBeardy is much more interesting than Dawn and Jim. I think he's in disguise. Those shaved sideburns are the clue. The beard is a phony, as are the strange reflecting glasses designed so you can't see his eyes. He's probably the Ferry Captain, looking to take Jim out before he can testify against him.
Wow, Dawn is eaing a ghost sandwich. I wonder if its from the makers of ghost pie...
Am I missing something, or is Moy hoping that readers will fill in the gaps and just assume that Dawn is actually doing something at Hospital?
We know she's certainly not juggling that school thing with her endless luncheons and walk talks.
But it is heartening to see that Uncle Joe's meds have kicked in and he's pulling out the big guns in cameo appearances. McBeardy is just chock full o' speculation.
I went in the direction Peggy Olson did initially, but then realized that Dawn wants to know more about the sister so she can assume her identity and escape her own bland life.
It takes a lot of work to have a good looking beard. Sir, you do not have a good looking beard. The whole get up reminds me a bit of Daddy Warbucks with a toupee and costume beard--probably the eyes, or lack thereof.
Hilarious comments from everyone today, starting with Wanders!
Words to make one's blood run cold: "Jim, I want to help you in any way I can." A normal man would run for the hills.
Not only is Jim down to one arm, judging by the way he's holding that spoon, his remaining hand doesn't work very well.
The Beard Guy looks like a visitor from another strip entirely. Very jarring.
The whole strip weirded me out. Jim aged significantly in Panel Two. Dawn sounds like she's pumping him for info. I also feel like we're being set up for some sort of goofy/strange Long Lost Family Connection plot, like Dawn is Jim's daughter because Merry is actually Wilbur's wife, or Dawn is Jim's sister because Wilbur found her someplace and rescued her or...who the heck knows?
And DO we know what actually happened to Mrs. Weston? I am a relatively new MW reader, compared to the commentors here.
Now I know where I've seen McBeardy! He is from another comic strip: http://www.gocomics.com/monty
Yes, it's Monty, in disguise and slumming to seediest parts of Santa Royale.
I think Jim is much too old for Dawn. No way they are going to be dating. I think Dawn is going to think They will be a couple but then, as has been said, it comes out that Jim thinks of her as a sister. I would also like to know how Mr. Beard can stand wearing those extremely crooked glasses!
I know one thing for certain about the whereabouts of Mrs. Weston. She is in a better place.
@Peggy Olson: Moy has Jim saying, "You seem almost...familiar to me."
almost?
What does THAT mean?? "I have a more or less vague recollection that we have met more than once before."--? Is Jim in the middle throes of Alzheimer's? This piece of dialogue is so stilted that I can't find any normal human meaning in it.
BTW, Dave in Parma, thanks for the "lost arm" input from yesterday. Just about anything we can make up seems to make more sense. Good times.
I'm afraid it's even more disturbing than you realize. May I present young Dr. Sigmund Freud...
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@fauxprof, I'm just as pleased as you to see background AND foreground people. I'm reminded of a "Futurama" episode in which Fry is upset that Leela is going on a date with the Mayor's Aide. She's attracted to the Aide because "He's important."
At one point Fry moans, "I'm not important. There are people in the background of Mary Worth comics that are more important than me."
I had such a laugh at that. And I've used that line, self-deprecatingly, in real life.
Yes, Jim, your ability to engage me in such inane chatter makes you seem quite familiar to me. I do believe we have a future together.
If they wanted what I'm guessing is a romantic subplot to develop naturally, they failed. My eyes get tired from rolling them sometimes
@Ben: There's no truth to the rumor that when Mariette Hartley used to promote the 'See Clearly Method' of eye improvement, that the package arrived with past copies of Mary Worth panels for eye rolling exercises to strengthen the eye muscles. No truth whatsoever.
And btw--Mariette Hartley was born in WESTON, CT. Coincidence?
I like the second panel. Dawn's like "er mah gerd! terna serndwirch!"
Jim: "You seem almost dumber than a box of doorknobs, I mean...familiar to me."
"Feel free to talk to me about anything!" says Dawn. "Anything except your missing arm. Cause that, like, gives me the creeps."
Uh oh, Jim is starting to remind Dawn of Dave again. What would be great if Jim's (non-dead) sister turns out to be "that tramp" Paula - Dave's squeeze. That would be fun.
Will these two ever have abnormal conversation? Oh, heck, will anyone in The Worthiverse have a normal conversation? I don't hold out much hope, frankly.
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