I have to say, Entertainer Esme, with her line of chorus boys in taped-on stovepipe hats, is one of the best things to hit this strip in a long time. But, Derek, let me warn you about falling for a stage performer. On stage, sure, she's sexy and smiling and oh so into you. But three weeks into the relationship you're going to start to learn some things. Either 1) she's so ambitious for public affection that she has no idea how to sustain an intimate relationship, or 2) her craft is merely compensation for massive insecurity, and she may even begin to doubt that you love her more than your wife.
Derek, if you want to upset Katie, stick with cigarettes. Much less complicated.
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Are you serious, Derek Hoosier? You are really going to fall for Entertainer Esme? You need to get out more.
Entertainer Esme is Broadway Quality though, so it won't be long before she gets called up to the touring production of Wicked.
All I could think of when I saw this panel was the beginning of Family Guy when the characters are in top hats and dancing the exact same dance.
Toots, I disagree that Entertainer Esme is Broadway quality, I think she is more summer stock material.
Uh-oh, trouble in paradise!
But I gotta say, Esme and her cheesy act are smokin' hot, amiright, Derek?
-- S. McW.
I wonder if Esme has a last name, and if it is a State Nickname, like Buckeye or Yellowhammer or Peach or Showme.<----Best One.
Today's Boldface Haiku is titled "Easily Impressed, But Then, He's A Hoosier".
What a
Goddess.
It's no Pork Chops and Acrobats, but the Bargain Cruise Lines Salute to Abraham Lincoln has a certain bizarre charm, particularly Entertainer Esme as Mary Todd Lincoln in fishnet hose.
Ah, Entertainer Esme. Is that her stage name, or just how she's billed, sort of like Cedric the Entertainer? Another fresh-faced young college student earning experience and equity points on her way to a dream...of course, she looks a little mature, so maybe a non-traditional student. As far as Derek's reaction, this may be the first time he's seen a live performance. Up to now, he's been fantasizing over Jennifer Anniston commercials.
Waving her arms and grabbing for the chorus boy's ear aren't going to stop Esme's SPLAT - she's way past a balance point.
I have lost any respect I had for the hapless Derek Hoosier, who with his bedazzled eyes and orchid and orange shaded face, is reminiscent of another famous Indianan, Dan Quayle. Wonder if Derek can spell "potato" or if he is just too overcome with infatuation of Esme...
Toots, you are right, Derek needs to get out more, indeed. Doesn't he realize that Entertainer Esme is a recent graduate of the Pia Ziadora School of performing Arts and is knee deep in student loans?
Bargain Cruise Lines presents: A Chorus Line starring our shipboard "goddess" Entertainer Esme.
@LouiseF--You bring up a good point re: Derek Hoosier's face. He is tailor-made for this troupe's mini-production of "The Phantom of the Opera."
Regina: Gotta love a gal who's into Nesmith AND Family Guy, but it looks like you've already got a beau - with whom you're perhaps dining on a cruise ship? Anyway, that Esme sure is a quick-change artist, or were we spared the conversation in between her first and second numbers?
@yahoonski thanks! My husband wouldn't be caught dead giving Entertainer Esme goo goo eyes. Definitely not his type. Like me we'd find the dining area (which doesn't sound very appealing unless you like lamb chops, lobster and your food tossed on a tray); unlike me I would go shopping (and if Bargain Cruise is anything like what we've seen so far, the stores are probably akin to Family Dollar.)
Sage advice for Derek, Wanders. Hopefully he'll listen to you. But, it does beg the question: Do your words come from simply great wisdom or.. ahem.. experience?
You are so right, Downpuppy. Looks like she just slipped on a banana peel.
Yesterday, Wanders asked us to complete the sentence, "Life is...
I think we should complete the sentence in today's first panel, "What a...
I think we have two contenders for panel of the year.
If Derek dares to tell Mary that Esme is a Goddess then Mary's wrath will be severe. He will be meddled into the ground until he admits that Mary is the one and only true Goddess of Everything Good (and Nice).
Oh, Derek, you Hoser, Entertainer Asthma is NOT for YOU! Who are you kiddin'?
Mary's Helpful Hint #26: If you're falling in love with someone who's TOTALLY out of your league ... hold hands with your wife and whisper sweet nothings in her ear. Then PRETEND that she's ESME! ... The secret to happiness is DENIAL.
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