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.
Tag: basketball
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
Three Times a She-Goat
Hell, for once, Coach Bull is making sense. Should they not work harder after losing their first two games? Why do the girls look surprised?
Inconsola-Bull
It’s just not a Westview New Year’s Eve if there’s not somebody who’s depressed and all alone! Last year, of course, it was Les, ditching the party he was hosting to ring in 2011 with the ghost of Lisa. This year, Bull stares into the depths of his punch cup, looking for answers to the She-Goats’ 0-2 start. Would be nice of his wife to try to console him, except she’s too busy talking to Les, whose own significant other is forced to share a table with Principal Nate and Miss Grundy.
Thank you one and all for a terrific year of snarkin’! It’s an honor and a privilege to serve as your host. Best wishes for 2012, and if you are celebrating the New Year, please, please don’t drink and drive, and don’t ride with someone who’s impaired. Happy New Year to All!
–TFH
Punch, Bull?
The action moves to a post-game New Year’s party, and Bull, still reeling from the She-Goats’ loss to Blue Valley, unwisely decides to unburden himself to Jim the Science Guy. Jim responds by misquoting Edwin Teller (“Sooner or later a fool will prove greater than the proof even in a foolproof system”) before proceeding to mix up “infer” and “imply”.
