Les the Good Times Droll

“Very droll“? Very dull is more like it. Day five of Cayla and Summer teasing Les about what a dork he was in high school, pointing and laughing at a yearbook that we’re not allowed to see; not even so much as a photo-album-cornered, sepia-toned “classic” flashback. The “stuck on a rope” gag actually did occur in Act I. Don’t know what’s “very droll” about pointing out Les’ misfortune, nor do I know what it is Cayla thinks she sees.

The Hat Locker

“Your friend Crazy Harry“, I guess so as not to confuse him with any other Crazy Harrys, or with the relatively sane Harry Dinkle. More stiff dialogue from Batiuk, and more needlessly effusive gesticulating from Les. At least he seems to be warming to being interrogated about his school days. Tune in tomorrow to hear Cayla ask “Did you really piss your pants in the janitor’s closet?”

Don't Be a Dickinson

If I were a cartoonist, and if I had gone to great lengths to create an author avatar? I would never allow my author avatar to be Such. A. Douche. There’s a difference between “self-effacing” and “self-immolating”. Les’ pose in panel 1 deserves a kick in the nuts. Summer, who has been looking weird all week, at least has an excuse in today’s panel 3: she’s about to explode in laughter at Emily’s–I mean Les’ utter douchiness.

Milking the Joke

Question for snarkers in the Buckeye State: is “selling milk at lunch in the cafeteria” something that Ohio school students are really called upon to do? Isn’t that the cafeteria ladies’ job? I’m asking because Batiuk brings this up again. Though I can imagine helmet-haired, bespectacled teenage Les in a hairnet, sheepishly proffering milk to his fellow students . I bet Bull even intimidated Les to give him milk for free. And if that activity is worthy of a yearbook mention, what about Les’ gig as machine-gun wielding hall monitor? I’ll bet that would impress his bride-to-be!

Note: today’s post briefly went “live” along with Monday’s post. The first few comments below were posted before I caught the error.