Are we to assume from Miss Ponytail’s panel 1 wisecrack that the She-Goats are now 0-3? Time for Bull to unveil his secret weapon: the ever-youthening Ann Fairgood!
Tag: basketball
Coach Bushka Comes a-Crawlin'
“I know who you are, dummy. You and I and our spouses were at Les’ New Year’s Eve party a year ago. I may be old but I can remember that far back. What the hell is going on with your hair color?”
Titletown
TB is not content to trash the character of Bull by making him seem stupid and ineffectual. Today he has Bull actually sashaying down the corridor to verify Summer’s claim that Ann Fairgood’s Nannys did indeed bring home the District Title trophy to old Westview. I don’t see Ann’s name on that hardware, and the golden figure on top appears to be ice skating rather than shooting baskets, but the sight of it is enough to elicit slackjawed awe from the coach.
They Even Won the District Title
Still can’t comprehend that Bull, who has walked the halls of Westview High lo these last few decades, is completely unaware that Ann Fairgood was the girls’ hoops coach back in the day. Also failing to grasp why this matters… or why Westview High School even needs a trophy case.
Half Step
Why must Summer refer to Darin as “my half-brother” to her soon-to-be stepsister? Wouldn’t Keisha know who Summer was talking about? I was sure TB was engaging in more retconning regarding Darin’s “adoptive mom”, but according to the Unofficial Funky Winkerbean Fan Page, in addition to being one of Les’s teachers, Ann Fairgood in fact also coached the girls’ basketball team.
Longtime snarker and Ohio resident Redbird was kind enough to scan and send the Tom Batiuk article from this month’s Ohio Magazine. If you’ve read any of the TB interviews I’ve referenced before, well, it’s pretty standard stuff, but it also contains a Tom Batiuk self-portrait, and, from March of 1972, the very first Funky Winkerbean strip (pardon the quality; I lifted it from a PDF):
Wonder whatever happened to “Roland” and “Livinia”…You can download the complete article here:
http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/3406272/ohiomag-batiuk-interview-pdf-january-3-2012-8-53-pm-1-2-meg
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