tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post6192423259948505943..comments2024-03-29T09:38:25.351-04:00Comments on Mary Worth and Me: Mary Worth 636Wandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411177284399969610noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-64166877298204845962009-12-12T10:57:23.014-05:002009-12-12T10:57:23.014-05:00anonymous@10.48a - how can you compare the wit and...anonymous@10.48a - how can you compare the wit and verve of Doonesbury with the "phone-it-in" style of Mary Worth?<br /><br />For the record, "Duke" is my favorite character at Doonesbury. I particularly loved the stories with "Honey". Now, THERE was a couple to make your heart race!phoebes in santa fehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995847231345123515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-62665330618862180962009-12-12T10:48:10.766-05:002009-12-12T10:48:10.766-05:00Stories of unknown love children surfacing to midd...Stories of unknown love children surfacing to middle-aged combover victims have been done before, and better, in Doonesbury.<br /><br />Uncle Duke was found by his equally amoral son Earl some years ago. <br /><br />I recommend Doonesbury if you like long histories of complex interwoven relationships among the characters, but with much better pacing and without the perspective issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-45601998593058698382009-12-12T00:59:40.917-05:002009-12-12T00:59:40.917-05:00Chester sort of beat me to it---I was thinking tha...Chester sort of beat me to it---I was thinking that what Wilbur Weirdhair was typing, first up so close to the keyboard that his very heart was smushed against it, then standing over it, hands poised, like a pianist about to pound out the last dramatic notes of a concerto, was:<br />"Dear Mr. Evans, I am so terribly sorry to hear of the passing of your beloved mother. I hope that you and Imogenenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-24502903845100050472009-12-11T22:15:56.169-05:002009-12-11T22:15:56.169-05:00Hmmm, a tactful reply:
"Dear Kurt Evans, you...Hmmm, a tactful reply:<br /><br />"Dear Kurt Evans, your mother died? How terrible. I happen to know she left $10,000,000 in a savings account in Nigeria, where she was an ambassador to the world..."<br /><br />"Kurt, I hope you like salmon squares..."<br /><br />"Kurt, so I knows it is really you, what is your social security number?"Chester (the dog) Evansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-50211780491473811292009-12-11T05:17:24.591-05:002009-12-11T05:17:24.591-05:00Okay, the great and powerful Giella is just messin...Okay, <b><i>the great and powerful Giella is</i></b> just <i>messing</i> with us now. HOW many face touches has he drawn? Pokes. Prods. Strokes. Pinches n' clutches. Grasps. Self-slaps. Unsatisfying scratches. Grips. Picks. Rubb-b-b-b-b-bsssssss....<br /><br />He's <b><i>trying</i></b> to get us drunk! Good Ol' Uncle Joe, who woulda thunk?<br /><br />To which I reply, "Good day, Anonymouseenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-70298307467665488072009-12-10T18:42:23.603-05:002009-12-10T18:42:23.603-05:00Ooooo, some really bad karma is coming your way, W...Ooooo, some really bad karma is coming your way, Wilbur! Better lock your doors tight and close those curtain b/c he's coming to get you! I hear his mama didn't die of "natural causes".Vickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-68823359317785597762009-12-10T06:26:31.303-05:002009-12-10T06:26:31.303-05:00Oh no, Wilbur! You might have had the sex! Can you...Oh no, Wilbur! You might have had the sex! Can you even remember? Can you separate your ancient nocturnal fantasies from what <i>really</i> happened then? Or will you be paying child support for some Mongolian baby with perfect eyesight?<br /><br />Oh, you fool!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-52898482378308411482009-12-09T20:57:06.825-05:002009-12-09T20:57:06.825-05:00I agree that the comb-over is disturbing to view. ...I agree that the comb-over is disturbing to view. It's almost as though hairs that had been collecting on Dawn's bathroom floor were carefully placed on Wilbur's bald head.Brickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178708236534104437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-45073198184550801812009-12-09T19:39:57.571-05:002009-12-09T19:39:57.571-05:00I'm with you, Birdie. I find the combover rea...I'm with you, Birdie. I find the combover really repulsive. Like spiderwebs or something.Diving Off A Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434041545632119449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-51841055162459072062009-12-09T14:31:19.728-05:002009-12-09T14:31:19.728-05:00If there are any hackers among us, PLEASE hack int...If there are any hackers among us, PLEASE hack into the system and erase that combover. If we're going to have to keep looking at close-ups of Wilbur, I'm not sure I can go on reading the strip.birdienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-4901068858592385332009-12-09T13:50:39.010-05:002009-12-09T13:50:39.010-05:00Abby Evans, that tramp, why, even back then in the...Abby Evans, that tramp, why, even back then in the Seventies she was wandering the streets of Santa Royale (dirt roads back then), buzzed on Rheingold beer and looking for what a woman needs!Chester (the dog) Evansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-36296690667088683212009-12-09T13:49:57.363-05:002009-12-09T13:49:57.363-05:00...And the face touching has started again. Is thi......<b>And</b> the face touching has started again. Is this some sort of strange disease that has swept through SR where everybody seems compelled to be eternally face touching? [Not a good combo really]<br /><br />Interestingly my verification code is 'berat' which of course refers to Wilbur - if Facebook is to be believed - he decided to be a rat in his somewhat murky past. And look whatNumbatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-73573022623358955762009-12-09T13:32:39.702-05:002009-12-09T13:32:39.702-05:00I'm doing my best to imagine this... It was UC...I'm doing my best to imagine this... It was UC Berkeley, maybe, in 1968, during a time of "free love". I try to imagine Wilbur there, but I can't.duckdgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-90938166637834318982009-12-09T12:51:49.170-05:002009-12-09T12:51:49.170-05:00@Jay-- maybe Dawn got sucked through that pitch bl...@Jay-- maybe Dawn got sucked through that pitch black tunnel as she was tweeting! No great loss, really. <br /><br />@phoebes-- I KNOW! I had such high hopes that maybe we'd finally get to meet Queenie Gomez, but no such luck.Vickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-30046326416200175952009-12-09T12:46:41.099-05:002009-12-09T12:46:41.099-05:00Oh, PLEASE let there be a flashback strip- at the ...Oh, PLEASE let there be a flashback strip- at the very least, a panel, showing a young, long-haired, wild frat boy Wilbur, chugging beer and shouting ''To-ga! To-ga!''Maude Findlaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-34860742092296695152009-12-09T11:40:29.659-05:002009-12-09T11:40:29.659-05:00I love that Dawn has apparently just wandered off....I love that Dawn has apparently just wandered off. "Whatever, Dad, nobody cares if some guy thinks he's my long-lost brother, or about all your 'girlfriends.' I've got important Tweeting to do. Later."Jaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-20320083190004322132009-12-09T09:36:09.585-05:002009-12-09T09:36:09.585-05:00"Abby Evans"? Why don't these charac..."Abby Evans"? Why don't these characters ever have names like "Maria Macarado" or "Shayna Goldstein" or "Fifi LaRue" or, I don't know, anything even slightly ETHNIC?<br /><br />I would have hoped when Karen MOY took over the writer's job a few years ago that someone with a slight ethnic flavor might pop up in the comic. Guess not...phoebes in santa fehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995847231345123515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-92005949787110777222009-12-09T08:35:37.448-05:002009-12-09T08:35:37.448-05:00I think it's a story warning us to lock our da...I think it's a story warning us to lock our daughters up when Wilbur's in town. He loves 'em then he leaves 'em.Samuel Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17774063221478700733noreply@blogger.com