22 thoughts on “Go Funk Yourself”

  2. “I realized that it was Frankie’s story, too!”

    Actually it’s only Les’s story. There’s only room for one smug grin in this town. (b/c the other will die of cancer)

  3. [i]Cancer Survivor[/i]? [i]So You Think You Can Smirk[/i]? [i]Pizza Kitchen Nightmares[/i]?

    The disappointments are many in this arc, but Batiuk using it as an excuse for more weak “lol, stupid Hollywood types” satire attempts is probably the most disappointing aspect thus far.

  5. Wow, you got it through! Last time, I had a good alternative panel drawn up and it was suspended all day due to that, and by the time it got back up, it wasn’t seen by many people.

  6. If this is their real idea and not just a part of a much bigger con, it’s the stupidest excuse to crowbar “Lisa’s Story” into an arc ever. The fact that these characters, none of whom have much if anything to do with the cancer book at all, are standing around talking about it tells you plenty about why people hate this comic strip so much. If this really is their grand scheme, it’ll go down as one of the laziest, hacky-est Batom plots ever.

    Here’s a few reality show ideas for Frankie & Len, in case their moronic idea doesn’t work out…

    “Keeping Up With The Lard-Assians”: An intimate look at the Winkerbean household.

    “Comic Book Dipshits”: DSH John and Crazy Harry sell comic books to one another all day.

    “Pizza Nightmares”: Self-explanatory.

    “Lake Erie Shore”: Summer, Kiesha, Mallory, Jinx, Owen, Cody, Wedgeman and Cory share a summer beach rental along the famed Lake Erie shoreline. Hilarity ensues.

    “America’s Next Top One-Armed Band Director”: A blue-ribbon panel (Becky, Dinkle and Mrs. Dinkle) choose the next one-armed director of WHS’ famed Scapegoats marching band.

    “Lisa’s Ghost Adventures”: Follow Les Moore as he attempts to communicate (again) with his long-dead wife Lisa. Adult situations.

  7. I think it would make a good reality show–place half a dozen normal women (sans Cayla) in the Taj-Moore-Hall, and give a cash prize to the woman who moves out last.

    Or place Les in a large arena, and have numerous people hunt him down, Hunger Games style.

  8. Wait…this arc was started by Frankie evilly being evil because of evilness, and now it’s suddenly all a get-rich-quick scheme by Lenny, who never even EXISTED before now?!?

    Oh, and thanks for confirming Tom, that Les revealed every secret Lisa and anyone who ever knew her EVER had in his sorry, invasive, now inexcusably destructive and dangerous book!

  9. Honey Boo Boo and Funky Winkerbean.
    You never see them together do you?
    Maybe there’s a reason…they are the same show.

  10. The truly sad thing here is that I probably would watch a reality show about a sexual predator going back home to reconnect with bastard of a woman he raped back in high school.

  11. Honey Boo Boo and Funky Winkerbean.
    You never see them together do you?
    Maybe there’s a reason…they are the same show.

    *person.

  12. Reality TV Show. Sure, because that’s the FIRST thing I’d think of when I was looking at a news report about a script for a cable movie based on a biography about a woman dying of cancer. Clearly there would be such a big audience of people watching a show about people vaguely connected to a woman who died from cancer.

    Yeah, I’m pretty sure that this would be the thing that killed Reality TV…. wait a minute, what am I saying? Green light it! Green light it now!

    You know, I’m pretty sure that if this is their actual plan then Batiuk intends to use it to attack reality TV and how low it is. Pretty funny that he completely misses the irony of a news reporter (or anchor, her job isn’t clear) abusing her position to shill for an acquaintance’s movie deal and how low reporting standards have gotten in this country.

  13. Lenny is white again in the strip over at the nj.com CK site. It’s just too glaringly obvious to not be deliberate. Wonder what the real deal is with that? Is The Syndicate afraid that FW’s core readership isn’t quite yet ready for a dark-skinned villain in Westview? Are they in fact censoring the strip? Or is there some other more benign explanation?

    What exactly is Boy Lisa so angry about? Lenny’s clumsy pitch? Frankie’s sordid past? His sudden appearance? The way they’re callously disrespecting the Cancer Book? Lenny’s uncertain ethnicity? We just don’t know. What we need here is someone to come along and clarify things for us. Someone full of goodness, honesty, bravery…basically a paragon of virtue who’d show us all the way. Preferably female, blonde would be nice, and I’m seeing a perky haircut and the only button nose in the strip. She wouldn’t even necessarily have to be alive, either, provided that she prepared for her death by writing down and/or recording her thoughts and wisdom before she croaked. God, how FW is just aching for a character like that. Too bad BatLisa won’t be able to find some preposterous and contrived way to make something like that happen, you know? The way he always keeps Act III steadfastly anchored in reality 100% of the time can be so artistically limiting at times. It’s the price you pay for such flawless logic and continuity, I suppose.

  15. This may be picking the world’s tiniest nit, but didn’t we just see Frankie in his underwear finding out about Lisa’s Story via Cindy’s broadcast? Is Lennie’s statement that he told Frankie about it part of their nefarious scheme or part of Batiuk’s chronic inability to keep his continuity straight?

  16. “How dare you, sir? How dare you? Only Les Moore is allowed to make a quick buck off the memory of Dead Lisa.”

  17. For once, I’m in agreement with Darin. I was gonna ask “weren’t you black?” too.

  18. Sorry Lenny, but Lisa’s story is not Frankie’s story. Now Darin’s story is made up of Frankie’s story, but Darin is clearly not interested in reading THAT book. And frankly, I’m not either, but I don’t think I’ll get a chance to object.

  20. BoyLisa’s 3 word retort candidates:
    Need an app?
    Want more pizza?
    Gimme health insurance?

  21. Unless there’s some revelation a-comin’ that Lisa and Frankie had a much longer, more involved relationship than was previously known–in other words, making Lisa a liar–Frankie’s story isn’t anywhere near Lisa’s story.

    I suspect most of you have seen Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. If not, early on there is a traffic cop whose persistence, ultimately, makes Janet Leigh choose an off-road and pull into the Bates Motel.

    Frankie’s story is the story of that traffic cop. Someone who did something a while ago, maybe helped to get things started, but who otherwise makes no other contribution.

    I’m thinking that Darin’s Rage Face (c) will be used to drive Frankie out of Westview (maybe to open up a hotel on the outskirts of town). Otherwise we’re in for several painful weeks of Frankie slapping Les on the back, joshing Bull about how many times Walnut trounced Westview, etc, etc, ecch.

  22. The really depressing thing is that Girl With Daddy Issues seems to actually want to partake of Frankie’s horseshit casserole. Great. She’s as stupid as her father.

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