For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for December 18, 2019

Good thing it’s a dress rehearsal.

Nervousness does that, even thinking about it does that to me.

I’m afraid your “fairy queen” is having issues!

My younger daughter was in a production of “The Lion King”, as Shenzi, the hyena. The first performance was being recorded. The scene where the hyenas chase Simba out of the Pridelands comes up, and there’s supposed to be a dialog between Shenzi and Banzai (Ed doesn’t talk). The kid playing Banzai missed his cue, so there were only 2 hyenas chasing Simba. When the “dialog” came up, my daughter ad-libbed, “Ed, I guess Banzai was distracted by some wilderbeasts,” then proceded to not awkwardly turn the dialog into a monologue. The director told me after the show that my girl saved the show.

Lynn’s Comments:

Both Aaron and Katie took part in the annual Lynn Lake ice show. It was a huge amount of work. The whole town took part. We made do with whatever we could find in this isolated place; old boards, leftover paint, second hand clothes, mismatched fabrics, and the result was spectacular. With next to nothing for a budget and everything done by hand, the annual ice show was a sold-out affair—a wonderful display of northern talent and ingenuity.

I’m curious how old is she?

How did he get caught up in play ??

It’s nice to see John helping out backstage even though that kid is an Ice fairy and not the tooth fairy.

All dressed up, but now I have to go.

Ask any performer, and they’ll tell you … a bad dress rehearsal means a good show!

All along I thought it was a dance rehearsal, and now find out it’s done on ice skates! Canadians have more fun!

either the fairy queen drank so much because of stage freight or was getting dehydrated

Playing hockey,the same.I sweat so much,I needed to stay hydrated.Orange slices between periods.Don’t remember having to leave the ice for a break.Goalies had to tough it out ;)

As was pointed out about a week ago, this does seem to be one of Lynn’s favorite topics for her comic strip. If she were to ask me to rate her attempt on this particular strip I would have to say to her, “Lynn, on a scale of 1 to 10, urinate.”

When I was a dancer and performer, we were told the same thing. Sips were okay tho.

Bill Watterson already did it

Mrs. Wormwood: “Where is Calvin?”

Susie: “He said he had to use the bathroom.”

Mrs. Wormwood: “He is on in two minutes! Fine time to go to the boys’ room!”

Bathroom. Calvin is dressed like an onion

Calvin{talking to himself}: “Fine time to get stuck in my costume! Stupid zipper!”

Hurry!!