Tag: Westview HS Band

Return of Momzilla

Westviewvians acknowledge the arrival of one another not with a friendly “Hello” but “What is he/she doing here?” Although surely we can forgive Becky for being less than overjoyed at seeing her mom. Dad’s there too, of course, with the camcorder, and silent, having spoken his two word quota for this decade. Roberta portrays the prom as a “fiasco” (we agree) and spins her banishment as having been “invited off” the committee. Now she looks for something else  to destroy besides her “little girl’s” life. In panel 2, Becky struggles in vain to choke Mom with her phantom left hand.

I Don't Dink So

Professional retiree Harry Dinkle brings to three the number of senior citizens hanging around Westview high school for no apparent reason. I’ve got a feeling he wouldn’t be too crazy about the idea of a same-sex couple (a male couple, anyway) going to prom. He’s just better at hiding his prejudice than righteous Roberta. Becky tries to foist off on Dinkle the job of talking her mother “down off her high horse”, based on the fact that he had to deal with Roberta when she was a band mom, some three decades ago.

Up Against the Wall

Beanie Wanker
February 21, 2012 at 3:07 am
What the Hell is the band going to do? March on the court and do a halftime show?

I searched in vain for a YouTube clip of the homecoming parade from Animal House; specifically the part where Stork grabs the drum major’s mace and directs the marching band down a blind alley. There’s a great overhead shot of the trombones bending as they mindlessly march into a brick wall. That was the image that came to mind as I imagined the Marching Scapegoats attempting an indoor “script Westview” (two mentions of “script Westview” within a week?). Wanna bet that Owen was one of those band members that were “shaken up”?

February Foolishness

“[I]t pains me
that TB can’t draw profiles and
won’t stop trying.”

– Bill A

As she did for the Save the Sports event, Becky once again decides to show up with the full Scapegoat band in tow. Regardless of whether or not they’re wanted. At least TB gives her a slightly better punchline this time, even though March is over a week away.

Becky comes in for some rough visual treatment today, with the Picasso smirk and a hair part that threatens to reach over the top of her scalp.