The solidarity twixt football team and band is demonstrated again in today’s strip. Rather than actually depict the band, TB keeps them out of the frame, lest they detract attention from the real focal point of panel one, Becky’s painstakingly rendered pinned up party-blower left sleeve.
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But – if it isn’t absolutely clear that Becky has only one arm, someone might forget just how noble she (and by extension, TomBat) is! After all, he hasn’t been recognized by any amputee organizations yet.
Even the band has turned out to Save Summer’s Special Scholarship Season! The entire town was rocked to its core by the levy failure (even though it was the town that actually voted on it but let’s ignore that fact for now, as it doesn’t really fit in along with these other contrivances). Yes indeed, it’s truly a town-wide phenomenon as Westview gathers to ensure that the insanely obnoxious child of the town’s most despised man will get to revel in her basketball glory one more time by emptying their wallets for raffle tickets for prizes no one wants or needs. I personally cannot wait to see which disinterested, cynical, badly-aging asshole wins the valuable comic book, or the dinner for two at the pizza shop. Man, it’s going to be so exciting to see the disappointed look on Les’ face when he wins that “mystery trip”, right?
So, how does the band feel about having to shill crap door-to-door to finance their extra-curricular activities while St. Summer sits on her snotty little butt watching Westview go the “extra mile” for her benefit? But no matter, it’ll all be worth it come March or so when the entire town gathers at the gazebo to honor State Champion Summer Moore and the rest of her no-name supporting cast.
This is, by my count, the third time this plot arc Becky has pulled out the “football game=halftime show opportunity” gag. If we pretend it’s funny and laugh (or at least smirk knowingly, as laughter is foreign to the residents of Westview), will she stop?
Seriously, is Lynn Johnston writing this now?
Bull: “Hello, woman who is named Becky.”
Becky: “….um, hi.”
Bull: “You brought the band, the band of Westview, the school where we both teach?”
Becky: “….yeah. Why are you asking me these pointless questions about things you already know the answer to?”
Bull: “You brought them here to perform at this event, which is, as you know, intended to save the sports program at Westview via a raffle?”
Becky: “…*…that does it. I’m going to punish you!”
Bull: “I’m not threatened by a woman who only has one arm. Watch as I stand intimately close to you.”
Becky: “….ugh. WHY am I helping to save your damn job, again?”
E.D.*, thanks for shining a spotlight on the stinking, rotting, diarrhea-stricken elephant in the room. The very people who voted against giving more money to this crappy school are now cheerfully donating bushels of cash so that Summer “Ken Buddha and his exploding knees”** Moore can win her little basketball trophy.
*Sorry, Epicus Doomus. I just realized that E.D. isn’t the most flattering of abbreviations.
**For you youngsters, that’s a semi-obscure Monty Python reference.
Ah, yes nothing like hearing “We Will Rock You”, “Beat It” & “The Imperial March” played out of tune and at full blare to loosen a few wallets….and ear drums.
Side note: I can;t be the first to bring this up….but why the hell doesn;t Becky just get a damned prosthetic arm???!!!
While Becky strives to save the team that makes half-time possible, is she aware of coach Bull’s priorities, team-wise? And what the heck kind of sense does that make? I’m totally indifferent to sports, but even I know that would never happen. Sorry, looking for reality again, my bad.
TheDiva, I think that might still be trailing her “busy as a one-armed band leader” line, which doesn’t even make a semblance of sense.
Gee, I can’t see any problems with bringing a 95-piece school band into a small, classy restaurant.
@Oncologist: The lack of a prosthetic arm is one of the few realistic features of this entire strip. Her amputation is too high up for a prosthetic to be of any use.
Take it from me: not every amputation can magically be replaced with a prosthetic. You need a certain amount of bone and muscle left, and her stump is just too short.
Whoa, today’s strip is getting kind of steamy. Check out those bedroom eyes Becky is shooting Bull in Panel 3. I don’t know if my stomach can take such an odd pairing. Wait… my stomach just said anything is better than turning over this storyline to a totally unrelated Les-capade.
Becky’s perpetually pinned-up sleve leads me to wonder, why is she wearing her Westview Band windbreaker to what appears to otherwise be a semi-formal function?
She’s wearing earrings, and a necklace, and what could very well be a black dress… Bull put on a jacket and tie… James Carville showed up in panel 1 wearing his best gray plaid blazer…
I guess “sports people wear your team jackets” could be part of the event’s schtick, but it’s still almost as tacky as Becky stealing Dinkle’s jokes.
I hear the train a comin’
It’s rollin’ ’round the bend,
And Les will win the sweepstakes
But denied the Disney prize,
While the rest are stuck in Westview,
And time keeps draggin’ on,
But the Batshit keeps a-rollin’,
And Becky has no left arm.
P2–3: how are we supposed to know who the woman in red is when we can’t count her arms?
Maybe they can have a “Help The Deaf” raffle next month for the poor saps who’ll be hearing-impaired after enduring marching band music played in a small room. Pizza, comic books, marching bands…this town is so predictable.
I can’t wait to see John’s “All Flash Quarterly” comic from 1962 go for a miserable $2 to a vulture that’s going to turn around and flip it on eBay for $400.
—–@Oncologist: The lack of a prosthetic arm is one of the few realistic features of this entire strip. Her amputation is too high up for a prosthetic to be of any use.
Take it from me: not every amputation can magically be replaced with a prosthetic. You need a certain amount of bone and muscle left, and her stump is just too short.——————
I’d be SHOCKED if that was the reason Tom Batiuk choose to keep Becky one-armed.
@billytheskink: why is she wearing her Westview Band windbreaker to what appears to otherwise be a semi-formal function?
I actually kind of like that absurdity.
have to add this to Merry’s verse
“Tom gave Lisa Cancer
just to watch her die”