tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post820381339308714918..comments2024-03-28T14:41:29.014-04:00Comments on Mary Worth and Me: Mary Worth 284Wandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11411177284399969610noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-85243720103623188162008-08-15T21:33:00.000-04:002008-08-15T21:33:00.000-04:00I love the old strips. Apparently they were drawn ...I love the old strips. Apparently they were drawn in the era before Charterstone interiors began leaping about willy-nilly and nonsensically shape-shifting from panel to panel. <BR/><BR/>I mean, just <I>look</I> at that bookcase -- it stayed in almost the same place for four whole strips! Nowadays we're lucky if Mary's front door doesn't leap between opposite walls between two panels in the same Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-20181977075105714162008-08-15T19:10:00.000-04:002008-08-15T19:10:00.000-04:00Och aye, Wanders, and aren't ye the braw laddie! ...Och aye, Wanders, and aren't ye the braw laddie! Thousands of thanks to you for generating such interest and daily delight on behalf of what has always been one of my favorite comics, one that heretofore seemed to get no respect! And I do wonder about Moy and Giella's take on the strip and the likes of us. Are they snarking and sputtering into their shandygaffs, or are they True Believers? JLHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11301718049489280374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-30820678586248420182008-08-15T17:53:00.000-04:002008-08-15T17:53:00.000-04:00At this point I've got to believe Ms Moy knows who...At this point I've got to believe Ms Moy knows who her audience is (us!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-12523878309000172212008-08-15T17:03:00.000-04:002008-08-15T17:03:00.000-04:00Thanks Pandagrandma for "getting" the G I Joe refe...Thanks Pandagrandma for "getting" the G I Joe reference yesterday!<BR/>I think it looks like Ian has maybe gone through some anger management therapy as well as a weight lose program since the first computer encounters. Man! What anger... looks like he might punch a hole through the cathode ray tube! He seems so much more calm, but then, maybe the storm is about to blow in when the other shoe Otismaximushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07414254292410585758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-28505935457863083072008-08-15T16:28:00.000-04:002008-08-15T16:28:00.000-04:00I love this strip, and I LOVE this blog. It's add...I love this strip, and I LOVE this blog. It's added an extra dimension of enjoyment to my daily reading. Last weekend I even went back and read the whole thing from the beginning (yes, really). And to think you didn't used to post every day! Thanks for your hard work in keeping this up ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-32072085278740328282008-08-15T13:40:00.000-04:002008-08-15T13:40:00.000-04:00oh man, how do you come across such gems?! If only...oh man, how do you come across such gems?! If only Mary Worth was like Peanuts or Garfield and every strip ever was available in book format. I would add every volume to my home library in a HEARTBEAT! <BR/>I love how much Ian's belly spreads in the office chair he's crammed himself into. And of course the vigorous pointing. He has to get his exercise somewhere.<BR/><BR/>You'll all be pleased to Miss Emishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13647775308431537882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-58193237420521645562008-08-15T13:38:00.000-04:002008-08-15T13:38:00.000-04:00shandyowl: I accept your statements about the Scot...shandyowl: I accept your statements about the Scots diet, as I'm sure you have first-hand observation experience. (My experiences in Britain have been limited to passing through Heathrow on my way to or from the Continent.) I must diplomatically respond that Ian moved from one society that subsists on fried foods [as you would have it] to another where fried foods are consumed even more so, nay, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-70042186954049922008-08-15T12:23:00.000-04:002008-08-15T12:23:00.000-04:00mollie: I don't know if tellmary@aol.com is still ...mollie: I don't know if tellmary@aol.com is still active but it was John Saunder's email address while he was alive. He was actually interested in hearing from fans and had it printed on every strip back in the day.Wandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11411177284399969610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-17089352009682344892008-08-15T10:56:00.000-04:002008-08-15T10:56:00.000-04:00spike Please allow me to respectfully and gently c...<B>spike</B> Please allow me to respectfully and gently correct you: taking the Scotland out of the boy is precisely how Ian has lost so much weight. I am sure that his brisk dog-walking has contributed but the pounds would have started melting away once he left Scotland and the national diet of deep fried pizza, deep fried pies, deep fried mars bars etc. all served with heaps of chips.<BR/><BR/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-82246366266377442132008-08-15T10:52:00.000-04:002008-08-15T10:52:00.000-04:00Who told Ian computers were "infallible"? I think ...Who told Ian computers were "infallible"? I think he has mixed up "computers" and "the teaching office of the Roman Catholic Church." A common enough mistake.<BR/><BR/>The best part of those old strips is definitely the email address printed at the bottom of the frame: "TELLMARY@aol.com." Yes, the Camerons have trouble with their electronic mail, but Mary Worth has it figured out, and she wants Molliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12350892542573842455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-13531954574921359562008-08-15T10:05:00.000-04:002008-08-15T10:05:00.000-04:00shandyowl: Ms. Moy is not toying with us. She's pe...shandyowl: Ms. Moy is not toying with us. She's performing a great service for the demographic for which this dramatic <I>graphic novel</I> is written--the 60+ crowd. Snarkers like us are ancillary to her purpose. ethel mertz said it best yesterday--we can expect 4-6 weeks of exposition before the whole "identity theft" angle is revealed. (Thanks, ethel.) At worst, Ms. Moy will continue to drill Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-18903042004843614662008-08-15T09:02:00.000-04:002008-08-15T09:02:00.000-04:00Oh Karen Moy, how you continue to toy with us!This...Oh Karen Moy, how you continue to toy with us!<BR/><BR/>This story has been careering along at breakneck speed when suddenly it slams on the brakes just as we are becoming ever more anxious to find out what the results of Toby's ill-fated e-commerce will be.<BR/><BR/>Ms Moy manipulates us with all the skill that Mary brings to bear on her fellow Charterstone residents.<BR/><BR/>There is not one Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-11591031335230662532008-08-15T08:18:00.000-04:002008-08-15T08:18:00.000-04:00Oh man, I am loving Ian's extreme finger-pointing ...Oh man, I am <B><I>loving</I></B> Ian's extreme finger-pointing in that last strip. Especially since he seems to think his accusations alone are going to get the computer to admit it's error.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370484496614447605.post-88860349658697553752008-08-15T08:00:00.000-04:002008-08-15T08:00:00.000-04:00Isn't it nice that Ian has been working out since ...Isn't it nice that Ian has been working out since that first computer encounter?Otismaximushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07414254292410585758noreply@blogger.com