The reference today is to the “script Ohio” signature formation of the Ohio State University Marching Band.
I suppose that “with only nine kids in the band”, they’d have had one marcher for each letter in W-E-S-T-V-I-E-W. Plus one to dot the “i”.
Tag: Westview HS Band
When Harry Drilled Harriet
I’ll say this for Harry Dinkle: he’s the one character in this strip who looks like his old self in flashbacks. A few weeks ago, college-age Les was depicted without his helmet hair and picture-window specs, looking almost manly. TB has had less success updating Cindy Summers’ narwhal-inspired 80s coif. And during Funky’s flashback last summer, teenage Holly was transformed from a Picasso-eyed ditz into Britney Spears. But classic Dinkle retains his character, with his low-slung Gestapo hat and airline pilot uniform. Nowadays, however, he’s just another of TB’s doughy, indistinguishable, cranky old white men.
Dinklelicious
“My…Commodore 64? What? No, no, charcoal sticks…on deer hide…you see? Like primitive man, cavemen…Commodore, Commodore 64, that’s…that’s a computer, right? I’m talking about primitive techniques…before ink and paper, even; before printers and computers…your joke, it, it makes no sense; it wasn’t funny at all…why are you grinning that hideous grin?”
Owen, Blowin'
Super Band Mom, wearing her pink Ann Apple jacket, shows up in the nick of time with Owen’s horn, and the kid, without even tuning or warming up, nails his solo. Yay.
Whew
Not for nothing: they’re going to be performing with a number of other school bands. Do you not suppose that someone would maybe be willing to lend the kid a trumpet? Anyway, that panicked expression on Becky in panel 1 is classic. Her phantom left hand right now would be strumming her lips, making that crazy “flubberdedub” sound.
Son of Stuck Funky 
