Tag: Montoni's

Pizza Crap

David O
May 4, 2010 at 12:30 am
Yep, I can see Cory waving a sign around dressed as a slice of pizza or something.

Or nothing! I don’t think anyone here disagrees that the CW is due for his comeuppance. And what could be worse than dressing the cocky, “F the world” little twerp in a pizza costume and putting his punk ass on the street?

I wish to point out that Les looks rather distinguished in panel one. Maybe it’s only when he opens his mouth to speak that he looks like a douche?

McToni’s: I’m Hatin’ It®

You know the only way Cory ever sets foot in Montoni’s is if his dad has summoned him, and it’s never good. Funky is charged up about something. So far, his plan to “beat the economy” (bad, bad economy!) has entailed closing all other branches and curtailing hours at the last remaining one. This on top of already using cheap, poor-quality ingredients and probably paying his employees squat. No wonder Cory is predisposed to hate whatever’s coming next.

Misery Index Monday


Did everybody have a nice weekend? Good. Welcome back to the dreary hell that is Westview, Ohio. Ed Crankshaft Funky Winkerbean sits in his office at the counter working on his latest “can’t miss” marketing strategy: assigning each day of the week its own failed economy theme…”Wealth Tax Wednesday…Tax Burden Thursday…Federal Reserve Fridays…yeah, that’ll get ’em in here to eat our lousy pizza!

Harry’s perplexed look in panel 2 is not a response to Holly’s punchline; rather, he’s trying to figure out how she makes her arms do that.

Sunday, gravely

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You never know when you’ll get the urge for a slice of Montoni’s Gazpacho Pizza…good thing they’re open til 2 AM (4 AM on the weekends)…

Open til two AM? Four AM? Must be an Ohio thing. The bars where I live close at 3 AM, and that’s  on the weekends. Ye gods, who runs Montoni’s at night? Who patronizes Montoni’s after midnight? Doesn’t Westview roll up the sidewalks after 10? At least it explains the poor “lighting” in this strip: Funky and Crazy are having this conversation at 2:30 am (Crazy Harry, because he’s crazy, wears his postal uniform all the time).

I find Funky’s comment in panel 3 to be telling: “Hopefully, I’ve done what I can to help Montoni’s weather the downturn.” Sounds like he’s not convinced he’s done everything he can. “We’ll cut back hours and hopefully that’ll be enough…hopefully I won’t have to do anything else.” Hope is not a strategy, pizza man.