Many topics to cover today. And not enough brain cells to do it with!
First of all, Happy Easter to all who celebrate! May your plastic eggs be as full of sweet goodness as the tomb was empty of Messiah corpses.
Second of all, many thanks to commenter unabashedlyscrumptiousb3ecbcf7cb who has the breaking Akron News!
Hey CBH…hope you can read this article about Luigi’s band box I’ve attached from today’s Akron Beacon Journal. I tried to find a way to get it to you directly, but kept coming up empty. Maybe you might be able to get a blog post from it.
Check out this article from Akron Beacon Journal:
What happened to Luigi’s bandbox?
Not to worry folks, the band box is just out for repairs again. But I wish Mark J. Price had come to me to research his article, as there are numerous factual errors.
Error one. That’s obviously Crazy Harry talking to Funky Winkerbean, not Tony Montoni.
Error two. Ayers penciled that art, though at the time Batiuk was still taking full credit for the strip he inked, because…
Error three. That cartoon wasn’t drawn in March 2026. That was part of a Sunday strip that ran on July 28, 2013.
And now, third topic of the day.
On Monday my dad suffered a heart attack and needed emergency triple bypass surgery. I have been farming solo all week long, barring some assistance by the neighbors, which has been exhausting. While my dad is recovering well, he’s still in for more hospital time, followed by a recovery at home that will probably involve him puppeting me as his mindless millennial muscle while he sits with his feet up. Which, given the alternative, I’ll gladly accept.
While I fully intend to continue shitposting and snarking here, don’t expect anything super structured, coherent, or well researched from me for a few months. Banana Jr 6000 will have to handle the high effort posts for the foreseeable future. My posts are probably going to be more spontaneous and silly.
Love to all!!!
Son of Stuck Funky 
At least he recovered. Mine died on the operating table. Also:
4/5: More scary stuff today as Batiuk doesn’t serve up an actual joke.
I dunno, his attempts at showing romance always looks like a joke to me.
You got me there. The deluded man child thinks Gardner Fox wrote the book on romance and it shows. No blasted wonder Becky did what no actual woman would when Wally returned.
Sorry to hear about that CBH. Over the last few years my mom’s had a lot of health issues and scares including multiple heart attacks, kidney issues, COVID and a staph infection and for at least one of those she’s very lucky to have pulled through because she almost didn’t. So I certainly feel for and relate to what you’re going through but I’m glad that it seems like he’s on the mend and hopefully his recovery continues going well.
I don’t see any way to get in contact with either you or BJ6K but since I’m still a little Funkybrained, if it would be cool I might be willing to try fill the void a little bit and try my hand at a deep dive.
ComicBookHarriet,
Nothing but love and affection for you and your Mom and Dad. Sending lots of comfort to your entire family. Besides the cattle, I imagine there are crops to plant.
🧿💠”My posts are probably going to be more spontaneous and silly.”💠🧿
We will take spontaneous and silly from you any day!
💝🐄💖❤️🩹❣️🫂🌺💐🌹
Prayers for your father and all your family.
Prayers for your father and all your family.
Prayers for your father and all your family.
Looks like Batty was in Columbus Ohio last year! Probably after the Ohioana Book Fair, or the OMEA convention.
CBH: so sorry to hear about your Dad, sending kind thoughts and wishes for a speedy recovery.
Best of luck to you and especially your dad. (Next Saturday marks 13 years since my dad passed away.)
As for the band box article… it’s been said plenty of times here that Batiuk’s only lasting pop culture legacy is a throwaway joke on The Simpsons that he doesn’t even understand, and this probably adds proof to that. Even a local paper doesn’t know the characters, and couldn’t be bothered to check. It’s almost sad, really.
To understand the joke means understanding that Marge is past her sell by date.