MKay
August 4, 2013 at 1:22 pm
Mop the floor at Montoni’s! It’s time for another society page gala!merrypookster
August 4, 2013 at 11:55 pm
Better hurry and book Montoni’sbobanero
August 5, 2013 at 8:35 am
Oh Boy!! Another Montoni’s wedding reception coming up…
“Funky’s going to want us to get married at Montoni’s, you know…” Thankfully, though, today Wally surprises us all, finally showing a little backbone and even some admirable restraint. Among the perfectly justifiable responses he could offer: “Who gives a fuck what Funky wants?” “Have our wedding in the pizzeria where we both work? Like I’m not humiliated enough by having to give you an I.O.U. instead of a ring…” Instead, our hero cooly dispenses some geeky t-shirt wisdom.
Son of Stuck Funky 
Yep, it’s where he married Stumpy. And where she married Skunk Head. And where Les Miserable married both Dead Lisa and Cayla chameleon. And Funky married Cindy (who was normal enough to get out of that town) and his current Frau. My isn’t Wally the trendbreaker, wanting to get married somewhere else and having a canine wedding party and all!
They are getting married in the Dinkle honeymoon suite at Niagra Falls.
And I once saw a T shirt that said “How about getting married in a place of worship or city hall or a resort instead of holding yet another idiotic novelty wedding in that ultra-shitty town?”. It was an XXXL shirt, BTW.
I guess Batom felt it was necessary to explain to us why they’re not, you know, getting married at Montoni’s like everyone else does. Which he didn’t really have to do, but that’s just how he thinks.
I originally thought Wally’s line made no sense until I saw above that he has in fact been married at Montoni’s. Glad I missed that arc. Yeesh, these people and that pizza place.
“A lot of people have” gotten married at Montoni’s. Yes, and a town full of homogenized idiots can’t be wrong. Oh, wait… it can. Wally’s finally earning a little respect in this strip, “Star Trek” reference notwithstanding, of course.
Not a bad moment. It’s too bad Batuik swiped a punchline instead of going for something original, but at least he admitted it.
Why does everyone marry at Montoni’s? I’m all for being unconventional, but it’s become a convention in itself. Is the universe still so so heavily anchored to its protagonist that the pizza place suddenly has sentimental value to everybody?
Shouldn’t they all be getting married on Les’ lawn?
I just realized, that’s twice this week I haven’t had a problem with Wally. Is something wrong with me, or is he just preferable to the main cast?
You just failed your first test, Wally. You told Rachel she could plan the wedding however she wanted, so she deliberately cooked up the most cockamamie bit of nonsense she could to test your resolve.
And brother, you shot her down instantly!
Oh, the ways you’re going to pay…
Promises. As a rule and in general, women REALLY don’t like it when men DON’T keep them.
Well, give Batiuk credit for recognizing that particular well has run dry. Granted, he had to get several bucketfuls of dirt before he got the hint, but he did learn eventually.
She must know that Wally was already married there once before…..BECAUSE SHE WAS WORKING THERE at the time…
Sheesh, whatta moroon.
Gotta say today’s wasn’t bad. There wasn’t anything especially heartwarming or so funny that my sides ache, but there also wasn’t anything wrong with it. Points to Batiuk today.
I’m sure it’s an accident, but TB may be turning Wally into someone I can like. Although, by standing up to the Pizza Godfather and NOT having his Westview social function at Funky’s “Chucky Cheese,” Wally may wake up one morning with Buddy’s bloody head in his bed.
I resent Wally’s implication that getting married at Montoni’s is in any way bold. Perhaps Wally and Rachel will get married at Citizen Kahn’s, since Wally and Kahn were pals back in Act II (thanks to TB for providing the 2005 land mine story on his website for evidence).
Les, by the way, appears once in the land mine story, and he acts like a schmuck, naturally.
JFC, every wedding on this stupid strip has been held at Montoni’s?? With the exception of course of Les, whose second wedding was held in the front yard of the house he once shared with his first wife, Saint Lisa. Actually I’m surprised that Bat-ick is going to try something a little different. Probably what will happen is that we won’t even see this wedding, instead we’ll be treated to “Les teaches the classics to bored teenagers,” “Les goes on a book tour and has to deal with adoring fans he hates,” “Les and his friends discuss how awesome and hardworking Les is,” Les etc.ad nauseum.
A couple of other interesting FW links I uncovered over on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine:
– TB’s bio from the old King Features site – notable for a dated recap of the “substantial ideas” that appeared in FW through the 1990’s and for a for a postage stamp-sized photo of the man himself, back when he kinda had hair.
– Much more interesting is the original version of the Funky Winkerbean Act II character guide! A Flash-infused picture, much like the character guide currently on the FW website, featuring TB’s old more-comic-like style Act II artwork.
I count at least 7 smirks, 3 ponytails, 3 John Darling references, 2 ponytails worn by men, 1 pinned-up sleeve, and no Wally. Also of note; Jessica’s twin sister “Jennifer” Darling, Susan-abuser Matt Miller, Chien’s reanimated corpse, Creepy Pete’s sister (who?), and Creepy Pete’s John Darling connection. And look who’s front-and-center, as if she were the star of the strip… Rachel! (O’Connor. Did you know she even had a last name?)
To borrow a more appropriate Star Trek Quote from the classic TOS episode
“City on the Edge of Forever”
“Let’s get the hell out of here!”
There was a relevant movie on TCM this morning called “My Two Husbands.” To be brief: Husband 1 was reported dead in a boating accident, but actually survived and spent a year alone on an island. During this year, after thinking her first husband was dead, Wife marries Husband 2. Husband 1 returns and all kinds of zany mayhem ensues. Ultimately a judge finds Husband 1 is the One True Husband. Too bad Wally didn’t get this judge from a 1940 movie.
OK, then, after a ring IOU, Wally says no thanks to the traditional Montoni’s wedding because he did it before with Becky. Smooooth. I suppose Rache now gets to choose the Star Trek characters for the wedding. Although, logic would dictate it would be Lt. Uhura and possibly Kirk, based on Les’ wedding it will be Kirk and Spock. Scotty, my man, beam me the fuck outta here.
RE: the original version of the Funky Winkerbean Act II character guide- look at those poor chumps; blissfully unaware of the anguish, despair, weight gain/hair loss, unrelenting misfortune and death that awaits them!
An even Star Trek-ier end panel: Wally raises his eyes to the heavens and, “MONTOOOOONIIII’s!”
In panel 1 today, the part of Wally Winkerbean will be played by Petey Otterloop.
…Rachel a college student while working at Montoni’s and 15 years later still trying to pay-off those student loans at a minimum wage job while supporting a son who is mostly kept in the closet…. LOSER & criminal
That Funky Act II character guide is so deceptive. It actually makes them look like characters i might be interested in following!
OK so how did Wally end up being a POW if he was an Afghan war vet in the land mine arc? Also the art was much better in Act II than it is now.