Son of Stuck Funky

SoSfDavidO here, and wow, do I ever hate Funky & Co in Today’s strip! The band box got sent off for repairs a few weeks ago and now it’s back. Funky, Crazy Harry, Holly and more turn out for the box’s triumphant return like the thing is Westview’s biggest celebrity. Cheer, clap, dance, take photos, play music, roll credits.

So why does this bother me so much?

Contrast this homecoming with the “Here’s your damn trombone.” homecoming Wally Winkerbean received when returning from being an Iraqi POW for, and I can’t repeat this enough, ten years. Where is Wally now? Can’t they even bother to ask him to come up front from the dishwashing area to say hi to everyone?

Grr. Maybe it’s intentional, and this is all some long, drawn out way of showing how our country disrespects out veterans somehow but I doubt it.

SoSfDavidO here! Aw, look who rolled into Today’s strip! It’s Wade! And to think to us die-hard wade fans it’s only been 418 days since his last appearance. Wade is kind enough to regale us with a tale of something that happened off-strip that sounds 2.7 kajillion times more interesting than the humor black hole we’ve been sucked into this week.

SosfDavidO here, watching in bleary-eyed boredom as you probably are at the excitement over the band box returning. I’m guessing, if Keith did his job, it’s going to play exactly like it did before it broke. Today’s strip also makes me wince at the thought of having to listen to that damn thing all day long with its mechanized whirrlings. It’s like the singing Billy Bass trout. A great idea for the first few days, until you’re so sick of the thing you rip the batteries out and throw the thing into the closet. Unless Keith added levitation or lasers to the band box there’s no reason for this kind of excitement.