Epicus Doomus
January 19, 2012 at 1:35 am
…[W]hy did Ann stop attending WHS girls’ basketball games in the first place?…[W]hat was she doing for all those years, hiding in her house reading comic books? It makes no sense I tells ya!
Looking for sense in a Funky Winkerbean story arc? That way lies madness! Silly Epicus: Ann’s been lurking in the wings this whole time, just waiting for the She-Goats to falter so that she could dust off the ol’ “weave-screen” play!
Before Ann can succeed in boring the girls to tears, Bull mercifully cuts her short to get us to the point of this little history lesson. But the former coach will not be dismissed, and we find out what she’s got in that shoulder bag she’s been fiercely clutching.
Epicus Doomus
January 18, 2012 at 2:35 am
He couldn’t just make her a forgotten former successful coach willing to impart her wisdom upon the She-Goats, oh no. She’s gotta have a back story involving some sort of struggle she had to overcome and succeed in spite of, just like every other FW character. Or else she wouldn’t really fit in, right?
Epicus’ comment nails it. At the time, she tried to keep a brave face behind those Catwoman glasses…but the lack of R-E-S-P-E-C-T afforded to the first-generation She-Goats still sticks in Ann’s craw thirty forty fifty who the hell knows how many years later.
Yup, things were tough back then. “All right, girls, we’ll create a basketball program for you…but you can’t use the gym for practice. You can practice in the cafeteria…but don’t expect us to move the tables or clean the floor!” Hey, do you suppose that when that player slipped on the fishstick, the whole cafeteria heard her knee pop?
Great opening, Ann. Nothing grabs the attention of a bunch of kids like beginning a sentence with “When I was in school“. “Coach Fairgood” recalls her days as a Popeye-legged teen, when Westview’s girls’ sports program consisted solely of archery, croquet and lawn bowling.
Son of Stuck Funky 