Les Do Lunch

SoSFDavidO here for the next two weeks, takin’ the reins! It looks like we’re back in Hollywood for more insights into the makings of a TV movie about cancer in Today’s strip.

“Grab a bite to eat”?! People in California “Do lunch”. Trust me, I know, I live there and it annoys the heck out of my Midwestern family to the point of me consciously trying not to say it but it’s impossible.

I can’t imagine what Mason could possibly have to talk to Les about other than: “I just thought I should spend time with a world-class putz as yourself before I attempted to play one.”

14 thoughts on “Les Do Lunch”

  1. It’s Les. And the script. Really there are just three good things you can say about it. At the moment he isn’t bewailing how his precious vision has been ruined, no one’s lecturing on how Hollywood doesn’t make art and there’s no Hallucinatory Cat.

  2. I was sort of expecting this, as the Dick With Ears has to go back to his day job pretty soon. I didn’t expect him to suddenly become Mason Jarr’s (kill me now please) acting coach, though. That seems pretty plausible, doesn’t it? Anyway, same old Les: miserable look on his stupid face, pissy obnoxious attitude, every reply a wry sarcastic rejoinder…what a f*cking dick. Same old Pulitzer (nominee) Boy too: ponderous meandering story that never goes anywhere, endlessly rehashing the premise, the “Lisa’s Story” martyr complex…check check and check. The Hollywood scumbags are still at it with the idiotic insensitive questions and the general lack of respect for (genuflect) Lisa’s tragic boring death, too. So strap on those helmets, snarkers and remember to watch out for the righteous indignation, as well as more than a few snidely cocked eyebrows if the past is any indication.

  3. “Huh? Oh, the one we’re shooting, obviously. It’s great. The first script was terrible–it was just people sitting around and complaining non-stop. Uh, I’m sure it was heartfelt, though. No offense, huh?”

  4. Great. A passive-aggressive jab that sails over the Hollywood actor’s head because he isn’t a boring, self-obsessed drone living in Ohio.

  5. Isn’t it about time for Lisa to make another appearance?

    During filming would be a great time. The cast would love it, I’m sure.

  7. My guess is this actor ends up being a Les sycophant after seeing the original draft. Sure, why not?

  8. Look, Mason, it’s easy. Just assume an expression like everyone else in the world is inconveniencing you with their mere existence, engage in flat, unfunny wordplay, and smile like you’ve just suffered a debilitating stroke.

  9. after the three week Starbuck Jones comic quest mess, I was hoping for band camp – something that’s only a little annoying – to serve as a palate cleanser. Instead we get Les Does Hollywood Some More. SO we’re being served a second full course of crap with no break.

  10. Why is Les so testy after receiving a compliment and genuine interest in his input? Is it because Mason spotted him despite his studio wall stucco camouflage shirt?

  11. I would think acting like a colossal self absorbed douchebag would be pretty easy part for a Hollywood actor.

  12. Large Crowds Spend Little at Comic-Con
    SAN DIEGO — “The great thing about the comics industry is that it’s driven by passion — it isn’t really driven by money,” said Royden Lepp, a graphic novelist, who was speaking on one of the scores of panels at the Comic-Con International convention on Friday.

    The line provoked knowing laughter. Aspiring authors in the crowd apparently knew something about the spotty economics of creative fantasy.

  13. “So should I be playing you as at totally self absorbed jackass or a completely self absorbed jackass? And could you say ‘my wife died of cancer’? I need to the the inflection right.”

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