Worthiverse friends, the Worthy Awards Panel of the Year competition is over: we have a winner!
Wanders, you are firing in all cylinders this week - bravo, bravo!
That whirling sound we hear is Betty Friedan rolling over in her grave after repeated viewings of the Mystery Date advert. Imagine being in the demographic that game was aimed at, like me! No wonder we got confused.
I'm not surprised about this dream. Estelle is emotionally dependent on having a relationship carry on to an inevitable marriage. If Arthur/er hadn't had a conniption he could have married her, legally taken all her assets and then flown the coop.
I bet her first marriage came about a la' Carackatus Potts and Truly Scrumptious in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" - they HAD to get married because they kissed.
Meanwhile, I'm more concerned about the bad tailoring job Wilbur rented. Look at the inseams! Did the tux shop flip the measurements? 'He must be 6'4" not 4'6"'
"I'll rent your most ill fitting Monopoly suit! I'm getting married in the morning.....!"
OMG Wanders, I thought of the same thing! (Mystery Date...I use to play it with my brother because my sister was too young LOL.) Wilbur is definitely the "dud" in the game.
I also thought of "Let's Make a Deal". The door's going to open and it'll be a zonk Wilbur jumping out of a Jack in the Box.
I've eaten many a spicy meal (no more because of GERD) and have never had a dream this insane. JB and KM are really outdoing themselves. There are so many panels of the year to choose from, just from this story alone.
It's obvious Estelle has to have a man, any man and she doesn't care what personality defects he has. It makes me wonder what was dead Jimmy like. If I had a choice of Wilbur or jumping off lookout point, I'd gladly jump. Wilbur has absolutely no redeeming qualities. I want to know how is this mess of a man writing an advice column.
This once-entertaining story line has taken another disappointing turn into tedium. I feel like Bill Murray as he steps into that icewater-filled pothole again in Groundhog Day.
-- Scottie McW. Lifelong West Sider Welcome to the Nabes, KitKat
Umm... Estelle, I really don't think you need to decide whether or not to marry Wilbur. Well, unless Iris dies sometime soon in which case he might ask you. In the meantime, even your subconscious mind can't have missed the fact that he's still in love with her.
Everybody beat me to any snark I could come up with. Another strong panel of the year candidate (June does not disappoint), Mystery Date, Let’s Make a Deal—those all occurred to me. As for Estelle, she must have a totally screwed up love map if she’d consider marriage with Wilbur the Toad, either consciously or unconsciously. Gloria Steinem is on a book tour right now. Perhaps she can stop in Santa Royale and present Estelle with a copy—and by “present”, I mean hit her upside the head with it.
Is that Mary's door? I see the HUGE door knob is polished. This is very similar to the dream whats her name, who faked the heart attack years ago, had, about her dippy daughter.
@Regina: GERD is no joke, I suffer from it, as well.
Perhaps this is going to be one of those “It was all a dream!” type stories. Estelle will wake up beside her husband Jimmy, to a world in which Zak doesn’t exist (whaaaat? No Zakicks?), Wilbur is a quirky but endearing guy, Libby has two eyes and is livin’ the California cat dream, and Mary, well, I don’t know how to put this, but Mary passed away many years ago at the age of 109.
I used to play Mystery Date as a kid. We would always want to date Poindexter, the Wilbur in the game because we thought the handsome guy, forgot his name, was lame and Poindexter was much more interesting. And can Estelle get any more delusional? Karaoke and a bad date at a Thai restaurant and she is thinking about marriage? I like Chester the Dog's thought that the mystery door is Mary's door, she is eagerly waiting on the other side with her muffins and lots and lots of platitudes. After all, it has been a while since we have seen Mary.
I'm vaguely obsessed with how short Wilbur is. It seems every woman in Worthverse towers over him. At 5'7" I'm short for a man but very few women actually tower over me. There are a few but not many. Shortness is one of Wilbur's defining characteristics. But why so short?
My guess is that this prophetic dream will result in Estelle deciding to leave her "comfortable " fortune to a feral cat shelter rather than continuing to date, let alone marry, the likes of Wilbur. As for "Mystery Date', the only thing that would redeem it in this day and age is if it were marketed to gay men. I'd love to see that commercial.
Love Meg's alternate (Worth-less?) Worthiverse. And thank you Regina and Chester for reminding me that I hadn't taken my daily omeprazole yet. I've been taking it for about two decades longer than you're supposed to, but I don't have much choice, as I'm fine when I do, but if I forget, things get very unpleasant late in the afternoon. I'd be Heartburn Harry in Mystery Date.
As for Estelle's dream, I don't think she has any intention of marrying Wee Wilbur; this is indeed just a spicy salad nightmare from which she will awaken with clarified intent to dump him immediately.
Thanks for the Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem references, KitKat and Fauxprof! I'm betting Betty is getting rug burns from spinning in her grave these days..
This panel reminds me of "The Lady or the Tiger?" Estelle told Wilbur which door to open. Is Iris behind it, or Libby, ready to eat Wilbur's face like a B-grade zombie picture?
Great comments everyone! I hadn't noticed how tiny Wilbur is compared to Estelle. Tim, my husband is the same height and he never had the Wilbur problem, except with one lady, who said she didn't mind the height difference. But then, my husband doesn't look like an ugly troll with a bad combover either.
I was thinking of a song for Estelle and the song "I need A Man" by Grace Jones is going through my head. The lyrics fit Estelle to a tee.
Estelle's reality nightmare will become worse when Wilbur knocks on her door carrying a 4-pack of wine coolers and he then tries to laugh off the disaster double-date. Was SILVERDATERS Estelle's best investment or what?
Don't be shy! I'd love to hear what you have to say about Mary Worth. Just keep it clean, that's all I ask. This is a FAMILY FRIENDLY blog. I don't want to moderate comments, but I will if I have to.
Worthiverse friends, the Worthy Awards Panel of the Year competition is over: we have a winner!
ReplyDeleteWanders, you are firing in all cylinders this week - bravo, bravo!
That whirling sound we hear is Betty Friedan rolling over in her grave after repeated viewings of the Mystery Date advert. Imagine being in the demographic that game was aimed at, like me! No wonder we got confused.
I'm not surprised about this dream. Estelle is emotionally dependent on having a relationship carry on to an inevitable marriage. If Arthur/er hadn't had a conniption he could have married her, legally taken all her assets and then flown the coop.
ReplyDeleteI bet her first marriage came about a la' Carackatus Potts and Truly Scrumptious in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" - they HAD to get married because they kissed.
Meanwhile, I'm more concerned about the bad tailoring job Wilbur rented. Look at the inseams! Did the tux shop flip the measurements? 'He must be 6'4" not 4'6"'
"I'll rent your most ill fitting Monopoly suit! I'm getting married in the morning.....!"
And what are the qualities that make Wilbur attractive enough to marry? Hopefully she will wake up screaming and in a cold sweat after that nightmare.
ReplyDeleteOMG Wanders, I thought of the same thing! (Mystery Date...I use to play it with my brother because my sister was too young LOL.) Wilbur is definitely the "dud" in the game.
ReplyDeleteI also thought of "Let's Make a Deal". The door's going to open and it'll be a zonk Wilbur jumping out of a Jack in the Box.
I've eaten many a spicy meal (no more because of GERD) and have never had a dream this insane. JB and KM are really outdoing themselves. There are so many panels of the year to choose from, just from this story alone.
It's obvious Estelle has to have a man, any man and she doesn't care what personality defects he has. It makes me wonder what was dead Jimmy like. If I had a choice of Wilbur or jumping off lookout point, I'd gladly jump. Wilbur has absolutely no redeeming qualities. I want to know how is this mess of a man writing an advice column.
ReplyDeleteThis once-entertaining story line has taken another disappointing turn into tedium. I feel like Bill Murray as he steps into that icewater-filled pothole again in Groundhog Day.
-- Scottie McW.
Lifelong West Sider
Welcome to the Nabes, KitKat
Umm... Estelle, I really don't think you need to decide whether or not to marry Wilbur. Well, unless Iris dies sometime soon in which case he might ask you. In the meantime, even your subconscious mind can't have missed the fact that he's still in love with her.
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Everybody beat me to any snark I could come up with. Another strong panel of the year candidate (June does not disappoint), Mystery Date, Let’s Make a Deal—those all occurred to me. As for Estelle, she must have a totally screwed up love map if she’d consider marriage with Wilbur the Toad, either consciously or unconsciously. Gloria Steinem is on a book tour right now. Perhaps she can stop in Santa Royale and present Estelle with a copy—and by “present”, I mean hit her upside the head with it.
ReplyDeleteIs that Mary's door? I see the HUGE door knob is polished. This is very similar to the dream whats her name, who faked the heart attack years ago, had, about her dippy daughter.
ReplyDelete@Regina: GERD is no joke, I suffer from it, as well.
@Scottie McW., thanks! I’m delighted to be here!
ReplyDelete@fauxprof, I love the way you think. A Steinem-Estelle encounter would be priceless! Wish we could engineer that.
Perhaps this is going to be one of those “It was all a dream!” type stories. Estelle will wake up beside her husband Jimmy, to a world in which Zak doesn’t exist (whaaaat? No Zakicks?), Wilbur is a quirky but endearing guy, Libby has two eyes and is livin’ the California cat dream, and Mary, well, I don’t know how to put this, but Mary passed away many years ago at the age of 109.
ReplyDeleteI used to play Mystery Date as a kid. We would always want to date Poindexter, the Wilbur in the game because we thought the handsome guy, forgot his name, was lame and Poindexter was much more interesting. And can Estelle get any more delusional? Karaoke and a bad date at a Thai restaurant and she is thinking about marriage? I like Chester the Dog's thought that the mystery door is Mary's door, she is eagerly waiting on the other side with her muffins and lots and lots of platitudes. After all, it has been a while since we have seen Mary.
ReplyDeleteI'm vaguely obsessed with how short Wilbur is. It seems every woman in Worthverse towers over him. At 5'7" I'm short for a man but very few women actually tower over me. There are a few but not many. Shortness is one of Wilbur's defining characteristics. But why so short?
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that this prophetic dream will result in Estelle deciding to leave her "comfortable " fortune to a feral cat shelter rather than continuing to date, let alone marry, the likes of Wilbur. As for "Mystery Date', the only thing that would redeem it in this day and age is if it were marketed to gay men. I'd love to see that commercial.
ReplyDeleteThere can be only one person behind the ? door and that's Mary Worth!
ReplyDeleteLove Meg's alternate (Worth-less?) Worthiverse. And thank you Regina and Chester for reminding me that I hadn't taken my daily omeprazole yet. I've been taking it for about two decades longer than you're supposed to, but I don't have much choice, as I'm fine when I do, but if I forget, things get very unpleasant late in the afternoon. I'd be Heartburn Harry in Mystery Date.
ReplyDeleteAs for Estelle's dream, I don't think she has any intention of marrying Wee Wilbur; this is indeed just a spicy salad nightmare from which she will awaken with clarified intent to dump him immediately.
Thanks for the Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem references, KitKat and Fauxprof! I'm betting Betty is getting rug burns from spinning in her grave these days..
ReplyDeleteThis panel reminds me of "The Lady or the Tiger?" Estelle told Wilbur which door to open. Is Iris behind it, or Libby, ready to eat Wilbur's face like a B-grade zombie picture?
ReplyDeleteOn second thought, maybe E & W do have a future together. Elsewise, what are we to make of the ascending lovebirds in first panel?
ReplyDeleteA white gown with a veil? You are definitely dreaming, Estelle.
ReplyDeleteGreat comments everyone! I hadn't noticed how tiny Wilbur is compared to Estelle. Tim, my husband is the same height and he never had the Wilbur problem, except with one lady, who said she didn't mind the height difference. But then, my husband doesn't look like an ugly troll with a bad combover either.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking of a song for Estelle and the song "I need A Man" by Grace Jones is going through my head. The lyrics fit Estelle to a tee.
Estelle's reality nightmare will become worse when Wilbur knocks on her door carrying a 4-pack of wine coolers and he then tries to laugh off the disaster double-date. Was SILVERDATERS Estelle's best investment or what?
ReplyDeleteThe next double date will be at The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Drunken Wilbur will recite Vogon poetry.
ReplyDeleteNyquil will give you dreams like that. I mean nightmares like that.
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