Ha ha ha ha! Do you get it? The desk clerk said 1049, but Freddie said 1045. Do you remember the creep at Diner who gave Gina his phone number? Guess who just happens to be staying in room 1045! He'll be thrilled to give Gina a call.Generally, for such hilarious comedy high jinks, one must turn to the genius of Jerry Lewis.
Today's Full Strip
I like that in the Worthiverse, professional athletes wear labels. Quite helpful!
ReplyDeleteLots of Worthiverse fashion action going on today, from the bell boy outfit stolen from Arsenio Hall's wardrobe to Bobby's name tag, apparently torn from the bages of 'KickinIt' magazine and pinned to his "blazer." How official looking!
ReplyDeleteThis is an odd twist, even for Moy. Does everyone in the Worthiverse need a hearing aid? Bellhop misheard the room number, Desk Clerk didn't hear him repeat the wrong number.
ReplyDeleteThis might be the most excitement that we've had in a long time. Who IS in room 1045? Wanders, I love the idea that it could be the creeper.
I come back day after day to see if the lameness of today's strip will outdo yesterday's strip.
ReplyDeleteEach day, the answer is "yes".
Oh man, Friday excitement galore!
ReplyDeleteJust after you're lulled into drooling madness as Gina dithers on the phone for days, New Characters! Conflict!
I can only imagine the drama at the creative headquarters for MW: Moy's meds kick in, she snaps out layers of plot line, Giella's hands start shaking and he spills oodles of color on the drafting table, trying to get all the images down.
That's entertainment!
In a lame way...
I'd like to know who the guy is who's drawing stars on a chalkboard behind Lobster-claw Bellhop.
ReplyDeleteThey say that artists like to draw themselves into their art. Is this a portrait of Giella in his younger days?
Or perhaps it is the mob leader, boldly drawing out his plans for the world to see.
The excitement mounts!
Well, no, it doesn't actually. But we have to pretend it does or we'll slip slowly into madness.
Elaine asked, "Does everyone in the Worthiverse need a hearing aid?"
ReplyDeleteThat would certainly explain how Gina, who works at the busy DINER, where people go to have lunch and converse about the weather, and celebrities like Bobby Black, and sports, and that hot new soccer player named Bobby Black, or just sit at the counter drinking coffee while reading that article in KickinIt magazine about Bobby Black, had never once overheard anyone say the name Bobby Black and had to learn about Bobby Black from the internet.
That bellhop outfit is classic.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit my excitement at seeing Bobby Black. He's much better looking in person than he was in that magazine photo, and while the oversized name-tag is off-putting, he would have looked far worse in the team cap.
ReplyDeleteBobby is wearing the label so no one mistakes him for an athlete on a real team.
ReplyDeleteToday's strip provides a cornucopia of nutty stuff. I love Bellboy Freddie's outfit. The cuffs match his hair! He looks like a jockey in panel one, but the rear view in panel two shows off the western-style yoke. Re Bobby, what exactly IS the garment he's wearing? It looks like a geezer-style cardigan. The Blazes logo looks like the one Team Manager Hamfist stuck on his painter's cap. I think each of the Blazes has a frayed logo patch with Velcro backing that can be stuck on various items.
ReplyDeleteWhy is Bobby wearing a cardigan with a piece of paper saying "New York Blazes" stuck on it? The label looks like it was pinned on by his mother.
ReplyDeleteAnd Bobby looks like Fred MacMurray in My Three Sons.
Maybe the ragged edge on top of the label is supposed to be flames?
--Beagle Vet
The oldest trick in the book!!! Ugh, who wants to slap Freddie? (who appears to be as incompetent at his job as Gina!)
ReplyDeleteMaybe someone from the Mafia ia in room 1045? We could only hope. With our luck, it would probably be some out-of-town couple visiting from Omaha. The wife will get the message and think that her husband is having an affair with Gina. Conveniently enough, his name will be Rob Black, and the hijinx will ensue.
Did anyone ever see "Blame It On The Bellboy," with Bronson Pinchot? I believe in this case, Patsy Kensit would be Gina. (Gina only wishes!)
Now, now...maybe the punchline of the story is that the guy in the other room is a handsome, single millionaire, who will be enchanted by our Gina, sweep her off her feet, and whisk her away on a world cruise? Bobby WHO?
ReplyDeleteThen again, it's probably some perv- or the Mary Worth definition of a perv- some guy that makes lecherous faces, while not wearing a loud shirt. Crestfallen, Gina will return to her humdrum life of slinging Kelk hash at DINER, while Bobby ends up marrying some soccer groupie from New York.
I totally missed the number mix-up mayhem this morning. Wow ... outsmarted by Mary Worth.
ReplyDeleteFreddie? It's bad enough that Moy's teen is forced into yellow hair and a goofy red jacket. Unnatural for him to say, "I'm on it!" instead of "sure" or "got it" or "whatever". Did he really have to have the name Freddie?
ReplyDeleteIt would be seriously large fun if the occupant in 1045 was Wilbur. The bellhop catches him in his underwear, eating a sandwich and just getting ready to watch those in-room movies.
ReplyDeleteTalk about your facing touching moments!
The actor who last year played Lonnie Roberts has returned as the desk clerk in Friday's strip. And I think the bell boy is Kurt Evans.
ReplyDeleteLike any hotel is going to put a message in a room before a guest checks in.
ReplyDeleteAnd one more thing (assuming all of the above makes some kind of sense)...What is Freddie doing with Message as he leaves the scene in the last panel? Is he reading it?? He seems to be holding it like an amulet or talisman in some kind of ritualistic procession. If he's reading it, didn't Desk Clerk even write the room number on it???
ReplyDeleteC'mon...
I don't often contribute to this blog, but I read it every day. And the comments from the "regulars" are priceless. I get to start my day with a belly laugh.
I missed the number mix-up too, Mary.
ReplyDeleteThe mix-up, of course, is the cruel hand of fate reaching, yet again, for Gina's cheek.
Shouldn't the New York Blazes all arrive at the Santa Royale Chinese Hilton at the same time? Where is the rest of the team? Did they already check in while Bobby Black was delayed, signing autographs for soccer groupies?
ReplyDeleteHey, Mike in Cleveland - become a regular! Maybe you can carpool with Dave in Parma.
ReplyDeleteI'm flummoxed by the blue-suited gent who has his back to us in the first panel. He's either about to teach a class at a chalkboard or is blind and is wildly flailing out in front of himself. Or perhaps he's pointing the police toward the thief who just absconded with Desk Clerk's phone.
Freddie is played by Tim Conway.
ReplyDeleteBobby: I'd like a room with voice mail.
ReplyDeleteClerk: Sorry sir, our voice mail is DOWN!
Bobby: Ok, I'll check in at the Sheraton across the street instead.
Freddie: Uh, elevator is over here, or over there? Or is that the broom closet?
@Mike in Cleveland: Looks to me like he's making a paper airplane out of it.
ReplyDeletePS: I'm in Parma also.
@Elaine: It would also explain how Bobby can be standing right there and not hear "Message for 1049".
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