C’mon, you remember that rally in the town square two years ago when the girls basketball team made it to the state finals, right? What? They didn’t make it to the finals two years ago? They lost their last game to Big Walnut Tech? Oh. Well, surely you knew that Funky was president of the Westview Chamber of Commerce? You had no idea? Don’t feel bad; neither did two of his closest friends.
Tag: Bull
MMM, Crepes…
billytheskink
November 15, 2011 at 11:30 am
…I think that Westview sports, girl’s basketball and band at least, will be saved, though. Probably by the sale of the Starbucks Jones 1991 collector’s edition foil-hologram cover issue 175 printed with ink containing the blood of Harrison Schmitt.
Les’ startled reaction in panel 3 must be because he thought Funky said something about “hanging the creep“
I guess there was more than one rare, valuable comic book in that vault. TB has positioned Act III Les as the gifted author, caring parent, wise teacher and sensitive ladies’ man (even though the rest of us see Les as a smug, self-absorbed schmuck). Funky’s function in Act III is the workaholic/philanthropist. Since the last time jump, the Funkster has stepped up to:
- Rescue a stranded Les from NYC following Lisa’s death.
- Make good on the Lisa’s Legacy proceeds that were stolen (by his son).
- Sell a rare comic in order to pay the rent for his own commercial tenant, Dead Skunk Head John.
And now, when all appears lost for Westview’s high school sports programs, Funky once again descends from the rafters, checkbook in hand, to somehow save the day.
We Have Heard the Chimes at Midnight
That Shakespeare Halloween costume must have gone to Les’ head. Did he really expect Bull to pick up on a quotation from Henry IV Part II?
Quota-Bull
Screw football, boy’s basketball, and all other Westview sports: everybody knows that the Lady Scapegoats basketball team reigns above all other sports teams, thanks of course to Summer “Specialest Snowflake” Moore. Whatever will capture the imagination of the Westviewvians now that there’s no more girls’ hoops?
Re: panel 3: “You can stack the deck all you want…but chance gets the last deal.” I thought the whole point of “stacking the deck” was to eliminate chance. Maybe TB is really just tipping the Funky fedora to his fellow cartoonist Chance Browne?
Halftime No-Show
OK, so I understand that “real world” schools have been cutting sports programs for lack of funds — but wouldn’t Westview at least wait until the next school year to make the cut? Instead, everything is “cancelled as of this week“, giving Big Walnut Tech an even easier than usual win over the ‘Goats. Of course Becky, just like her mentor Harry Dinkle, cares only about how this affects the band.
Son of Stuck Funky 
