Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for July 11, 2016
Transcript:
jonah: hi, i'm here to be in the show mom: hi! oh, you're toni's brother- honah, right? i'm brad's mom jonah: yeah, right. nice to see you shannon: dad! you left this in the car! shannon: i'm a dancer and he's a guitar-er! we're a duel! jonah: duo mom: oh! well, this should be interesting...
Templo S.U.D. over 8 years ago
Seems like Brad’s not going to like this (Jonah being here).
Argythree over 8 years ago
Sorry, but can’t understand how you reached that conclusion at all. We’ve seen absolutely no sign of Piro stealing tips meant for others, or inventing a charity to scam money away from people.
What little we know of Piro is that he is frequently in need of a place to crash. That doesn’t mean he’s a thief. I find Piro to be a much more interesting and sympathetic character than Les, and hope we see more Piro and a lot ‘less Les’….
Kymberleigh over 8 years ago
I remember Jonah with light brown hair, though.
SactoSylvia over 8 years ago
Nice to see Shannon again!
Shadow Pheonix over 8 years ago
i said it earlier too- i’d like brad performing
sallymargaret over 8 years ago
Seismic-2, I left a message for you yesterday, in response to your comment.
Celarius Premium Member over 8 years ago
Interesting to see where this goes
ironman01 over 8 years ago
This could be an interesting train wreck.
kenhense over 8 years ago
When this show is over and somebody wants it explained, I’ll say you hadta been there…
JayBluE over 8 years ago
“Skip To My Luthier”“My Father, The Guitar….er…”“Frosted Jonah”“It’s Snow Use”“A Single Flake On My Floor”“Actor, Your Age”“Tawn(y) Asunder”“Tow Headed Jam”“He Had To Pull Some Strings”“Getting Hammered, On And Off”“Don’t You Fret None!”or“Pay Attention, And You’ll Duel”
JayBluE over 8 years ago
Jonah is an aspiring actor. -Even as he visits the men’s room, he hopes to be a thespian.
dlkrueger33 over 8 years ago
When I began looking at today’s strip and the first panel, my initial thought was Luann was in drag.
Chuck374 over 8 years ago
I was hoping we would see Uncle Al force Leslie to fork over the cash.
OneTime59 over 8 years ago
Jonah is less than thrilled to meet Brad’s mom. Things all seem to be about Jonah. Gives me the impression of being egocentric.
Mordock999 Premium Member over 8 years ago
Ah. The ‘Father of the Year’ has arrived.
What ’cha do, Jonah? FORGET and Leave BOTH Your Guitar AND Your Daughter in the Car?
Willywise52 Premium Member over 8 years ago
Quill-lite?
reedkomicks Premium Member over 8 years ago
Maybe Les will see Jonah as a vulnerable mark and rob him blind. Then we’ll have his character develop.
At first it appeared that Nancy was extending her hand and Jonah ignored it.
31768 over 8 years ago
i think we are looking at the winners of the follies.
sallymargaret over 8 years ago
Agree. Maybe Jonah is more talented as a guitarist than as an actor.
Outsideplaying over 8 years ago
Hey, maybe Shannon sings better than Jonah and he needs her for the duel, er duo.
Schrodinger's Dog over 8 years ago
now, you don’t think he’d be THAT big a flake, do you?Why, what about all those who say we’re misjudging him? ;-)
Caldonia over 8 years ago
Yeah, it should be interesting, because most people think you’re a villain (although there’s no evidence) & they want you to give your child away to Brad and Toni.
chrisjozo over 8 years ago
Calling someone Kindred spirits is the same as saying they think the same, or behave the same. Piro neither behaves nor thinks anything like Les. Les behaves like a con artist, bully and thief and there is no evidence Piro is anything like that.
JayBluE over 8 years ago
Since Mr. Reacher suggested Les and Piro could be ‘kindered’, Argy was making the (dis)connection that since Les has bullyish tendencies, along with “seedy, shady” appearances, and Piro, though ‘mysterious (and also let’s add prone to crashing)‘, wouldn’t seem to have such ways, then they may not seem so ‘kindered’, after all.
JayBluE over 8 years ago
“Let’s Duet Again” (♪♫)"^Now, we just need a blonde Poitier and Cosby counterpart or two…-Just thought of another one, via Neil Young, and very much apropos for Mr. Daytona:“Blonde, May You Run” (♬)
ACTIVIST1234 over 8 years ago
Let’s hope Jonah’s playing is better than his acting. At least, Shannon’s dancing should merit applause!
luann1212 over 8 years ago
Wish I could wax poetic like IamJayBluE. This is a new development we did not expect, and I for one like the idea that Shannon is appearing, while Jonah strikes me as a handsome, somewhat diffident, dismissive young man. He was not that polite with Nancy for example,but that is a minor point probably. But in Luannverse a stone in the pond has all kinds of ripples, that can go in all directions, so all I can contribute is to lets see what these ripples affect.
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago
Hmmmmm, jackreacher as in reaching for jack? I recall that old expression. Have not heard it in years though. There has been nothing on those two being kindred spirits, so that is reaching for jack.
cubswin2016 over 8 years ago
I was wondering what he looked like.
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago
Last night i had trouble w the site going on and off, but happened to be listening to “There is a rose in Spanish Harlem” and it struck me that an audience woukd “ahhhhh” if they did that song reapplied as a father-daughter song. I am wondering what father-daughter songs are out there.
Pipe Tobacco over 8 years ago
7I am thinking this will be interesting if further pursued as the story arc. Here are some thoughts I have however:1. Is Mrs. DeGroot being sincere or sarcastic in her last statement of “Well, this should be interesting.”? I could see it reading both ways, and her facial expression to me does not give us a clue either. I am not sure how much background she may know or have about Jonah. With that said, we cannot even be sure what sort of impression Toni and/or Brad may have given Mrs. DeGroot about Jonah as well. 2. The fact that Jonah left his guitar in the car and that Shannon had to carry it in and remind him about it…. to me that reads as an ominous sign. My first thought was that this may be another example of a “drop and run” sort of arc for Jonah (sort of like the Halloween arc previously). For the sake of Shannon, I really HOPE this is not how the arc will play out.3. The fact that Shannon mistakenly used the word “duel” instead of “duo” also has me fearful that Greg may have used that word spoken by Shannon to foreshadow how the arc will proceed. Not that I thing Greg would not do a great arc in this fashion if that is how he wants the story to proceed…. I am just hoping for the character of Shannon, that the story arcs become happier, and less about her troubles or difficulties.
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago
Ohhh, you made me think of the song with the chorus “Dance, little Jean, this day is for you. Two people you love stood up to say,‘I do’.” I do wonder if more on her mother is going to be revealed.
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago
Interesting, because i could not help thinking of the old expression, “Reaching for jack” and it’s older version, “Reaching for jacks$&@” both of which mean trying to grab hold (mentally or physically) of something worthless or simply not there/not what it was thought to be.
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago
BTW, the expression might refer to rabbit “pellets”. I shoukd probably see if i can find its origin.
ohwhatever over 8 years ago
Oh great, another love interest for Luann.
ACTIVIST1234 over 8 years ago
Did they pre-register? My guess is he didn’t.
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago
Okay, i tried looking up the origin of the expression, but it must have been regional because the only thing i found was a British reference to 1971. I recall old people from my childhood who were probably born around a hundred years before then who used the expression, and certainly were not even around in 1971. Anyway, i realize now that not only is the name used probably from a novel, but the old expression was likely a regionalism. Despite that, i like how it intersects w there being no kindred spirit aspect to Piro and Les.
lrideou over 8 years ago
new boyfriend for Luann alert!
Terminal Frost Premium Member over 8 years ago
@ argy.bargy2, I see I too suffer from CRS . I will leave it to the pundits to decide what that stands for specifically. ;-)
Terminal Frost Premium Member over 8 years ago
reply function seems to not be working.
Sisyphos over 8 years ago
How fortuitous that Jonah should show up at the Fuse, with irrepressible Shannon in tow. I suppose he wants to be in the show to prove a point (since there is no pay involved, that we know of). I think this won’t go well….
locake over 8 years ago
I thought Jonah was very busy with his career. He certainly would not have time to donate to a show that does not have any prize.
TexanAtHeart over 8 years ago
At first I thought Luann ‘s new disastrous love interest, too. Then I thought about Tiffany and how she fawns all over anyone in show business. Tiffany would probably use her ’work experience with Luann’ and Shannon to try to get his attention. Along with her other attributes.
And now that Gunther has become more observant about relationships and character flaws, it could involve him, too.
It is disturbing that he left Shannon in the car. And that she felt the need to bring him his guitar-sort of caretaker-ish instead of taken care of.
Sun and chlorine bleach hair, too. Lounging around the pool instead of working. Maybe he is so desparate that even a local talent show is a chance to get discovered. Maybe he has heard something that we don’t know. Maybe that is where Uncle BigBucks gets his money and contacts instead of the mob.
Don Rodriquez over 8 years ago
Toni & Jonah – Twins? Same hair style and facial features, besides the goatee.
ACTIVIST1234 over 8 years ago
Remember the first guy in line with a guitar? Well, his name is “Mr. Teacher” and he discovers Jonah, begging to allow himself to teach and promote Jonah. Either that, or a “Dueling Guitars” episode.
ACTIVIST1234 over 8 years ago
This makes what— 35 entries? At 15 min. each, with 5 min between acts, this is turning into an all-day event!
RSH over 8 years ago
@Argythree
jackreacher said, about 8 hours agoI’d like to see more of Piro and Lesle as kindred spirits.
Sorry, but can’t understand how you reached that conclusion at all. We’ve seen absolutely no sign of Piro stealing tips meant for others, or inventing a charity to scam money away from people.
I don’t see where, in his post, jackreacher said that Piro was a thief.-——————————————————————————
The key here is that these two are NOT kindred spirits. There is absolutely nothing to suggest that Piro and Les have anything in common. Hopefully this case is now closed.
dblbaraje over 8 years ago
Wild guess. Jonah wins talent show, Mr Gray connects him with his Vegas buddies, and when he leaves for Vegas, Jonah will leave Shannon with Brad & Toni.
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago
Word play for Jayhttp://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-do-you-call-the-corner-store?
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago
Oh, i think we are going to learn more about Shannon’s distant past, and suspect we have already met the person who can reveal it. That said, and having loooooooooooong ago stated what i suspect i will not repeat specifics. Why? Because if i am wrong (as all of us, including me) have been at time then it does not matter, but if i am right then i am not going to reduce the pleasure of the story unfolding. I will just say that if that guess is right then it coukd get complicated, and it coukd be complicated in either direction – good or bad.
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago
Sorry about extra rough typing. There are times the letters do not appear, times they mysteriously duplicate – not in my lengthening of “long” – and enough crashes that it becomes diifficult. I even once gave up and did the whole post inmail then pasted after several losses. Bad GC day…
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago
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samandstan2006 over 8 years ago
Is Jonah going to be Luann’s new love interest?
ACTIVIST1234 over 8 years ago
My 2 cents worth (does your keyboard of a cents sign— mine doesn’t):*Piro and Les have much in commong1) They’re both men2) They’re both young3) They both seem to have a troubled background4) They both have dark hair4) They both are single5) They both live in Pitts.*In fact, the only thing that separates them is that Les appears to be a lying, stealing, scheming troublemaker whereas Piro may be an honorable young man doing something with his life. No other difference.
Schrodinger's Dog over 8 years ago
the old program “charmap” allows that too.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 8 years ago
Interesting development.
Schrodinger's Dog over 8 years ago
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SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago
Thanks, NG. I might go “pro” for THAT! Combining my eye problems w ads shifting things around is terribly frustrating.
RSH over 8 years ago
the FUSE will be like a Karaoke bar where everyone can stand up and do something.
Schrodinger's Dog over 8 years ago
But I don’t think singing is in their act, as Shannon says that she will dance..like I said!!! “Baby Got Back” !!!!
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago
Luannfan, the “kindred spirits” post was NOT mine!
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago
Puzz, by father- daughter song i meant the song subject matter rather than singing together, though w Shannon’s word remoldings the latter coukd be very funny!
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago
Puzz, i really do think that proximity caused by the show might reveal more about Shannon’s mom…
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago
Luannfan, it just hit me. When i wrote “expression” did you think i meant “kindred spirits”? The expression I was discussing was an old regionalism where i grew up which reflected the avatar name the poster was using, as per earlier posts, not “kindred spirits”.
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago
The two characters’ faces differ greatly, Ron.
Kymberleigh over 8 years ago
Wasn’t me who asked about the ¢ symbol. It was That was activist1234, in the post below mine.
I’ve been using the Alt-code method of inserting non-keyboard symbols since somewhere around 1992. Here are some of the ones I use reasonably often:♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ ♫ ♪ § ¢ ™ © ® † ‡◄ ► ▲ ▼ ½ ¼ ¾ ° ² ³ Á á É é Í í Ñ ñ Ó ó Ú ú ¿ ¡Maybe everyone else can cut and paste from the above as needed.And you’re welcome about the MAD discs. :)sallymargaret over 8 years ago
“I’ve Written a Letter to Daddy”—-Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 8 years ago
Not-exactly-a-spoiler-alert:Still wondering in another revealing way which is the adult, and seeing what priorities exist
Argythree over 8 years ago
SPOILER FOR REAL
Some people can’t be counted on, even just to remember the date of an event…