Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for April 16, 2020

William was gay, dear

Odds bodkins! And all the even ones I can find!

Make a scene? Nah. Write one? As the bard himself used to say, “You betch’a!”

Oh, I won’t make just ONE scene!

Shakespeare was often quite funny and bawdy. He wrote for everyone, and even the “nobility” could be quite crude. Most people today just don’t understand the references.

In today’s strip, Anne Hathaway will be played by Anne Hathaway.

“Okay, I won’t…right now.”

Check out the BBC comedy Upstart Crow.

There should be a little light bulb over his head.

Hmmm… what denoted ideas before light bulbs?

Ye Olde Mitre? Ye Olde Joint, or Ye Olde Hat

As you like it.

That’s like asking the birds not to fly away as you approach them!

rim shot…

Shall I compare thee to a mid-winter’s day? Nay, thou art not fair enough.

The whole thing was just an act.

“Who woo’d in haste and means to wed at leisure.” -Willie S.

Poor ANN! If she only knew how many scenes he’s created…..

But that’s his job….

He thought he was the master of the medium, but she’s been playing him the whole time.

“But we can still be friends”. Meaning: If the furnace doesn’t work or the sink backs up at 7 A.M. on a Sunday, I’ll call you instead of paying big bucks for a pro.

it’s not to be…that answered the question

Someone’s getting the second-best bed in the will.

Our love’s gonna be destroyed by a tragedy

Just like Romeo and Juliet

Well, there goes that midsummer night’s dream.

Methinks the lady doth protest too much.

I can’t help thinking her standards may be just a bit too high.

But…but it’ll work so well as the ending to Act IV! I tell you Hamlet just won’t be the same.

That must be the shrew.

He will and it will be a tragedy and you will be the villain.

This one made me snort this morning. Thanks!