I for one am sad to see that Ted has dropped his head muffin as unceremoniously as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette dropped Mary Worth from its print pages over the weekend. What a tragic loss. Ten year's ago, this site helped to save Mary Worth in Pittsburgh, but now, without consulting us, The PPG has decided that no one needs a good laugh anymore in Steel City.
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Today's strip would make a fun contest if the dialogue was omitted and people could write their own. Panel 2: "Ted, you're not leaving until every muffin crumb is vacuumed up! Whatever possessed you to start flinging muffins?!" And panel one's muffin balancing has all kinds of prospects for hilarity.
Notice that Mary uses both thumb and index finger to point. I suppose the thumb adds Super Extra Meddle Power. She's still calling him "Mr. Miller," though.
What a terrible deed in Pittsburgh, and of all days to do it!
The muffin tumbling off Ted’s enormous head proves that June is a Great Artist. I’m not sure that Uncle Joe would have done that—at least not on purpose.
Shame on the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Another blow for actual print newspapers. Oh, well, maybe it will save some trees.
Check out the link to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette newspaper reference in Wanders' notes. It's from 10 years ago, and the picture in the news paper then with Mary and the Mayor shows them toasting each other -- with muffins!
1. The fact that delusional Ted has so badly misjudged their supposed mutual attraction is not a good omen for his judgment that the public will be similarly attracted to Mary Muffins.
2. The muffin hat reprise is so, so awesome. I guess that's for the folks who don't get MW on Sundays. That was very considerate of Brigman to include them in this shoo-in for Panel of the Year. Of course, they might be a little confused since they missed the SLAP!, OOF!, and UGH! panels, but at least they're seeing the spectacular result.
-- Scottie McW.
Today's Boldface Haiku is titled
"Mary's Muffin (S)Top".
Overstepped! Out!
But Mary! Mutual attraction!
Mutual? Imaginary!
I really don't see how a muffin landed on top of Ted's head, but anything can happen, I guess. It's disconcerting to see that the muffins are losing their dignity along with their centrality.
Most unhappy as a long-time reader of the PPG to see them drop Mary Worth, along with Rex Morgan and Sally Forth
it's a good thing that my wife's coupon-clipping covers the cost of the subscription or a personal boycott might be in order
just gives me more reason to visit this site on a daily basis...thanks
She slapped him so hard, it appears that she ruptured a blood vessel in his eye. Ouch.
Poor Pittsburg. First Andrew McCutchen, and now Mary's muffins.
For a change the text that has been bolded truly makes sense that it's boldface, partcularly the words "overstepped" and "out"... Often I am puzzled at what seem like odd word choices for bolding. The most recent example of boldface faux pas to me was "Thanks for doing the taste test, Ted. I'll give our muffin venture further thought. Goodbye!" All that bold text made me wonder if Mary suspected Ted was hard of hearing or something. And Thanks, Nance, for the Lesley Gore reference from Sunday!
I’m deeply disappointed in Pittsburgh. I mean in a general sense. Too bad about Mary Worth dropped from their comics section, too
Mary is only feeding Ted’s fetish for pain and humiliation. I suspect he’s wearing a dog collar under that turtle neck. LICK IT UP, TED.
@LouiseF--The goofy choice of words for boldface was what gave me the idea for Boldface Haiku.
You're welcome for the Lesley Gore reference. Hard to resist that one.
I feel your pain Pittsburgh. They use to have comics in the NY Post. They had one page that consisted of Mallard Filmore, Garfield and Mary Worth. They eliminated the comic section all together. I guess they figured that the next to last page should have another page of sports.
I guess June figured we needed another day of laughter so she drew Ted again with his muffin crown. I’m waiting for Ted to say “So does this mean our muffin deal is off?”
If this week’s progression amounts to a chat between Ted and Mary which becomes increasingly friendly, ending in a Ted/Mary goodbye hug, I’ll spit bricks. Worse, it could happen...
Mary's last words to Ted will be "I will know, and I will find you, & I will kill you"
NOBODY messes with Mary.
My favorite Leslie Gore song of all time is "Judy's Turn To Cry" because of the utter vapidity and selfishness of it all.
"One night I saw them kissing at a party, so I kissed some other guy. Johnny got up and he hit him, 'cuz he still loves me, that's why." Hooooo-kay. She might as well have added, "Johnny broke his nose and a couple teeth, but that's okay 'cuz, like, he wasn't on the football team or anything."
Sheesh. I wonder if Leslie cringes whenever she thinks of that song.
-- S. McW.
Oops, it's Lesley.
-- S. McW.
You'll all be happy to know that I fired off a complaint letter to the PPG in outrage! No muffins for them!
I don't even recall seeing the comics survey...
S. McW,
I like all of Gore's songs, even today. She was a strong advocate for LBGT rights. But you should know she died in 2015.
What kind of "character" is Dr. Jeff going to introduce to Mary next?
A couple years back many of you helped me save Mary Worth in the San Diego newspaper by voting in an online poll over which comics to eliminate. Newspapers really should ask their readers first.
Too bad Mary doesn't have 3 little dogs, that muffin mess would be cleaned up lickety split.
PPG's comics survey is from 2016. And losing MW and other strips was strictly a decision based on saving money.
Maybe I Know is my front-runner for Leslie Gore songs that aged badly. It's all about how her cheating boyfriend loves her and will be nice and marry her after he's sown all the wild oats in town
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