They're frolicking! FROLICKING! They're like a couple of teenagers! I love how Joe Giella has carefully hidden Adam's cane-hand and cane beneath the water to add to his youthfulness.
And Karen Moy has made a Jukebox request, "The Second Time Around." I'm so glad she did because I learned something about the song in finding it. We all know it was a huge hit for Frank Sinatra, but the song was first introduced by Bing Crosby in the film "High Time," which I hadn't realized. You know the song, but probably not the film. This early Blake Edwards film came out in 1960 and also starred Fabian and Tuesday Weld, and featured a few other familiar faces including my kindergarten crush, Yvonne Craig (aka Batgirl). But I am especially fond of it because it was filmed at my mother's college and she shows up in a couple of crowd scenes.
Oh, and edited to add (thanks to an anonymous poster):
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I wonder if this is an officially sanctioned Charterstone Pool Party, or just an impromptu gathering. I don't see any Watermelon Loaf or Smelt Squares.
To prove I'm not a robot, I had to select pictures of pasta or noodle dishes from a group of food photos. I don't know what the pictures were, but a few of them looked like Mary Worth kitchen disasters.
I saw that movie, Wanders. Bing was quite the heart throb to the bobbysoxers. Did I just type that? I think I am a robot.
Wanders, thank you for all the research on "High Time." I think I saw it (or parts of it) in my youth, probably as the late-night movie on TV. After reading the link you provided, I think it's time for another viewing. Gavin MacLeod as "Professor Thayer"! I had no idea that the film introduced "The Second Time Around."
Mary and Toby's dialogue in the first panel makes them sound like two 6th graders gossiping about their teachers. What's with the "Mr. Miller and Ms. Bryson"?? The pool water must have shrunk Terry's hair because her usual pony tail is a lot longer than her hair today. If Adam's cane slips out of his hand and he starts drowning, will Mary dive into the pool and pull him to safety, a la Olive?
"a la Olive" Sounds like something you'd order at Olive Garden.
Terry's totally prepared for Adam to give her the world's most gleeful karate chop to the throat.
Nice gams, Gram.
Tee hee. Oh Adam!
Adam Miller is giving Terry Bryson the impression that Married Life with him will be one Big Adventure forever. Thank goodness all the married characters in the Worthiverse simply disappear, or imagine her disappointment!
One day, Adam Miller WILL come home, plop on the couch, perhaps scratch someplace, and NOT want to zip out the door to go to a carnival, mountaintop picnic, or couples scavenger hunt/laser tag tournament. He might want to eat takeout in front of a rather vapid television program while they Talk About Their Day.
(@Toots McGee--I just skip the robot thingy and hit Publish Your Comment. It works.)
What happened to Adam's chest hair?
Wait, wait, wait! As soon as I could tear my eyes from Adam's hairless and nipple-less chest, I noticed he has not just an abnormally large thumb but a total of six fingers! Is anyone keeping track of all the times Joe draws a six-fingered hand? Yeah? Me neither.
Wanders, thanks for this background info! I feel I get smarter by reading this blog and your comments, as well as our Worthian compatriots. Then I click on "Today's strip" and that old familiar dull look comes over me again....
Those two "oldens" are about to be banished from the pool.
No beating your girl friend permitted. And NO nude bathing
allowed, Adam!
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