Two more Arlo & Janis comic strips from 1985. The job-evaluation strip actually is from the first month of A&J. Arlo looked very different in the early strips, but he evolved rapidly, and, other than getting a haircut after about 10 years, he definitely has changed the least among the cast.
Spare Change
By Jimmy Johnson
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I had a quick trip planned to My Little Town in the Deep South to take care of some business this week. In fact, I had had planned to depart yesterday morning. However, I decided that heavy rain, high winds, and possibly heavy evacuation traffic would make for suboptimal travel conditions; and I scrubbed the mission.
Excellent thinking, Ghost!
No rain or wind at the moment . The storm is expected to stop movement this morning. This usually means a major change change coming in direction of movement. I’m hoping that’s not the case now because the eye is roughly south of me now.
I spoke to Godson II in Orange Beach AL (located just on the AL side of the AL-FL state line) yesterday afternoon. They are preparing to ride it out, checking their supplies, testing the generator, etc. Since the center of circulation is not supposed to come too near them, and their lot elevation is 4 feet ASL (with the house on 14-foot pilings), their main concern now is the possible 10+ inches of rain predicted.
Baking peach cobbler with frozen fresh peaches we froze. I am eating some when it comes out of oven.
Arlo broke the fourth wall in acknowledging they are in a comic strip.
G&S song “Never mind the why and wherefore,” HMS Pinafore, Act 1 features ingenue breaking the 4th wall w/ asides to the audience in every verse. Should do a search.
Peace,
I did; have visited this site often.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Never+mind+why+wherefore%2c%22+Pinafore&docid=608019854290453063&mid=40FDE9785A407DBB3C6040FDE9785A407DBB3C60&view=detail&FORM=VIRE
Gilbert did little by way of stage direction; think the whiskey is this production’s innovation. Not sure. The bewigged big wig is the social climber Sir Joseph Porter, ruler of the Queen’s navy, who has no naval knowledge at all. See his introductory song, “When I was a lad … .” [As we’ve noted here before, “hms pinafore” is an anagram.] “Pinafore” was the first G&S smash hit, and for my money is far superior to their next, the now more popular “Pirates of Penzance.” “Patience,” their next is better yet, and no, it is not a satire on Oscar Wilde, but on some of his predecessors, of one sort or another.
Digression: Think it is now generally agreed that female attractiveness, or glamour, does not predict a lasting, deeply loving marriage. Inner beauty may. Elaine was pretty enough, but not glamourous. Inside, however, she was unexcelled. I know scores of men & women, many themselves happily married [or once so], who would agree. But every play, opera, or musical that comes to mind stresses physical allure. Ct. Almaviva sees her on a balcony, the Planter sees her “across a crowded room,” Nanki-Poo sees her when he is travelling as second trombone in a Japanese minstrel group, etc. Our traditional entertainment misleads our kids.
Peace,
This song overstates it, but there is some truth in it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EqFVWzOfN8
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