Gasoline Alley's relaxed attitude (14 December)
Joseph Nebus
Hospital not that urgently concerned about ``bad sick'' animals taken
to her in the middle of the night, as the ``O'Rufus? Is that Irish?''
bit of odd small talk-like product suggests, or has she just been here
for Rufus's last fourteen emergency crises the past two months and
isn't getting worked up about him?
http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComic.mpl?date=2009/12/14&name=Gasoline_Alley
Also I noticed yesterday they tried lampshading the advanced age
of Walt Wallet, made the curious assertion that a person lives forever in
whatever century he was born in, and appears to be going with the ``let's
just move on'' approach.
http://www.gocomics.com/gasolinealley/2009/12/13/
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> So, is the person at the front desk of Gasoline Alley's Animal
> Hospital not that urgently concerned about ``bad sick'' animals taken
> to her in the middle of the night, as the ``O'Rufus? Is that
> Irish?'' bit of odd small talk-like product suggests, or has she just
> been here for Rufus's last fourteen emergency crises the past two
> months and isn't getting worked up about him?
That looks like Haphazard Elder-Care Lady's sister.
> Also I noticed yesterday they tried lampshading the advanced age
> of Walt Wallet, made the curious assertion that a person lives
> forever in whatever century he was born in, and appears to be going
> with the ``let's just move on'' approach.
>
> http://www.gocomics.com/gasolinealley/2009/12/13/
Watch the hands Santa. "Miss Blue" is a harassment suit waiting to
happen.
Brian
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Joseph Nebus
>Joseph Nebus wrote:
>> So, is the person at the front desk of Gasoline Alley's Animal
>> Hospital not that urgently concerned about ``bad sick'' animals taken
>> to her in the middle of the night, as the ``O'Rufus? Is that
>> Irish?'' bit of odd small talk-like product suggests, or has she just
>> been here for Rufus's last fourteen emergency crises the past two
>> months and isn't getting worked up about him?
>That looks like Haphazard Elder-Care Lady's sister.
It does, yeah. I wonder if there's a real person being used as
model for them both. Or whether it's something like in _Cathy_ where
every sales clerk has the same model regardless of whether they're the
same person.
Also on Tuesday's installment, perhaps Rufus is so easy to get
the handle on that she knows there's no sense rushing him.
>> Also I noticed yesterday they tried lampshading the advanced age
>> of Walt Wallet, made the curious assertion that a person lives
>> forever in whatever century he was born in, and appears to be going
>> with the ``let's just move on'' approach.
>>
>> http://www.gocomics.com/gasolinealley/2009/12/13/
>Watch the hands Santa. "Miss Blue" is a harassment suit waiting to
>happen.
One of the commenters there noted that Miss Blue was also the
name of the secretary on _Amos and Andy_. No idea if that was a
deliberate shout-out. It's a weird one if it is, really, but I suppose
it's imaginable.
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D.D.Degg
> http://www.gocomics.com/gasolinealley/2009/12/13/
> One of the commenters there noted that Miss Blue was also the
> name of the secretary on _Amos and Andy_. No idea if that was a
> deliberate shout-out. It's a weird one if it is, really, but I suppose
> it's imaginable.
From a 1997 interview with Jim Scancarelli:
Lindenblatt: You’re a fan of old-time radio. In fact, you’ve had a
number of references to Jack Benny in your strip.
Scancarelli: In my book Jack Benny and Amos and Andy had the best
humor. Even 50 or 60 years later, it’s just as current now as it was
then.
The entire interview at
http://cagle.msnbc.com/hogan/interviews/scancarelli/home.asp
D.D.Degg
Joseph Nebus
>Joseph Nebus wrote:
>> http://www.gocomics.com/gasolinealley/2009/12/13/
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 One of the commenters there noted that Miss Blue was also=
> the
>> name of the secretary on _Amos and Andy_. =A0No idea if that was a
>> deliberate shout-out. =A0It's a weird one if it is, really, but I suppose
>> it's imaginable. =A0
>From a 1997 interview with Jim Scancarelli:
>Lindenblatt: You=92re a fan of old-time radio. In fact, you=92ve had a
>number of references to Jack Benny in your strip.
>Scancarelli: In my book Jack Benny and Amos and Andy had the best
>humor. Even 50 or 60 years later, it=92s just as current now as it was
>then.
Oh, wow. Grand catch, that. I'll go log it as an _Amos and Andy_
reference, then. (Although I'd rate the _Amos and Andy_ after Amos mostly
dropped out and it became the Kingfisher-and-Andy half-hour sitcom to be
pretty near tooth-aching rather than all that funny. That probably is a
reflection of the dopey-guys-sitcom having really worn out its welcome
since then, not to mention that stage itself coming after about twenty
years of shows with these characters, many of *those* years at fifteen
minutes a day, six days a week.)
>The entire interview at
>http://cagle.msnbc.com/hogan/interviews/scancarelli/home.asp
I'm surprised his syndicate didn't think a `family tree' would
be a good seller. I mean, these days, yeah, there's probably a Gasoline
Alley Wiki to get people up to date on who all these people are [1], but
that long ago?
[1] Is there a Doonesbury Wiki for mere mortals to track all the
minor characters and the many ways they've paired up?
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