Today’s strip was not available for preview. Odds on potential happenings in the strip are posted below:
3-1 Cindy’s exclusive interview with Mason begins
1-1 Les, hanging around despite having no role in said interview, smirks
7-1 Appearance by the green pitcher
27-1 Appearance by the Montoni’s pie case
6-1 Starbuck Jones is mentioned
12-1 “Lust for Lisa” is mentioned
250-1 A cameraman will be present to record the interview
0.5-1 Nothing
1,000,000,000,000,000-1 Humor
Hey SoSFers, billytheskink here for my second tour of duty. Please bear with my pointless observations and references that usually only I find amusing and continue your excellent snark and discussion in the comments.
So much, and yet, ultimately, so little is going on in today’s strip.
Let us start with the so little, for those whose memories were fried by the back-to-batiuk Dick Tracy and Crankshaft crossovers, this is the auspicious beginning of the interview with Mason that Les arranged for Cindy. Today they are introduced… and that’s it. Mason is remarkable cheerful bout meeting Cindy, considering that this interview basically is happening because of the silent threat that Cindy might reveal Mason’s presence in Westview on the Cleveland evening (Clevening?) news. Funky’s comment is perhaps supposed to give us the idea that Mason’s cheer has to do with Cindy’s looks, but considering that she does not move an inch between the panels I think it is just as likely that TB accidentally put a space between “in” and “action”.
On to the so much…
– This is probably the first time in 30 years that a man kissing a woman’s hand wearing a Members Only jacket has been called “charming”.
– I just now noticed that the Montoni’s man on Funky’s apron is really just a dismembered head and hands.
– Cindy is pulling off the difficult one-handed awkward turtle in panel 2.
– She is also remarkably calm having her hand so close to Mason’s face. Look at thing, you could cut a roast on it.
– The green pitcher is always a welcome sight amidst the general schmuckery that occurs at Montoni’s.
In today’s strip, Funky terrifies his old man at the knee-slappingly named rest home, Bedside Manor.
Heigh-ho. We know how you feel, Mort. We know how you feel. Still, it could have been worse.
Meh. Not a bad joke, but we must needs find fault, so I’ll just say I wish my local “DOLLAR ” store sold 50 lb. bags of rock salt for just a buck!
What a year 2014 has been in the Funkiverse. Les’ dream of bringing Lisa’s Story to filmic life culminated with him walking away from the project (while keeping the money). Jessica abandoned her aspirations of being a documentary filmmaker before even releasing her first film. Bull was teased with the prospect of a college coaching job which, by the time he decided to accept the offer, was yanked away. At least Holly achieved her goal (in the most preposterous fashion) of completing her son’s collection of Starbuck Jones comics.
Meanwhile our titular character has struggled in vain to improve his health, seen his ex-network anchor ex-wife move back to town, presided over the last remaining location of a once-successful pizza chain, and sought to connect with his distant soldier son and declining elderly father. Little wonder that he and his wife opt once again for a quiet, boring New Year’s Eve at home.
Hoping that your plans, dear reader, include a safe and happy celebration, and the best of everything in the coming new year!
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Son of Stuck Funky 