Yup, things were tough back then. “All right, girls, we’ll create a basketball program for you…but you can’t use the gym for practice. You can practice in the cafeteria…but don’t expect us to move the tables or clean the floor!” Hey, do you suppose that when that player slipped on the fishstick, the whole cafeteria heard her knee pop?
Tag: Summer
Fairgood Ol' Days
Great opening, Ann. Nothing grabs the attention of a bunch of kids like beginning a sentence with “When I was in school“. “Coach Fairgood” recalls her days as a Popeye-legged teen, when Westview’s girls’ sports program consisted solely of archery, croquet and lawn bowling.
You da' Ann
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!
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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