Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for November 25, 2009

What? I don’t understand. Somehow Earl Lee made it alright? But Gertie WAS negligent.

This is a bad way to resolve this.

Happy it all worked out, but it reflects poorly on Corky and Skeezix that they didn’t just listen to Gertie.

Uncle Walt didn’t stay in his seat. Apparently, even if you have a bogus ticket, if you’re 106, some respect is paid and no one messed with him. Also, Bryd is covering for Gertie since she was involuntarily drawn into Byrd’s stage show.

She’s only getting invited so she can wash the dishes.

The only believable plot advancement going on here is the hole Rufus is digging at the cemetery. I wonder who it’s for? Is there a suggestion box?

… and they all lived happily everafter.” Hey, its Thanksgiving!

Have a great “Turkey Day” fellow contributors.

Wonderful! Amazing art! I love that first split panel, very retro.

Yes, it’s a shame that Walt wandered off, and it’s a shame that the Wallet clan didn’t hear Gertie’s side of the story…just like it’s a shame that I almost hit a car in my “blind spot” the other day.

But you know what? No one was hurt, and while things came dangerously close to the limit, people realized the error and corrected their course.

People are so quick to judge when it’s others involved. I’d really like to meet some of these folks, as they have obviously never made a serious mistake and learned from it.

“You are invited to Thanksgiving dinner, but the wig is not.”

I’m glad Earl set them straight about what really happened, but it would’ve been better if they’d listened to her. Too bad Earl didn’t talk to her personally so he could ask her for a date.

Gertie has at least three children, including a daughter named Gwen (GA: 3rd & 15th Sept. 2004). Wouldn’t she want to have Thanksgiving with them? (change my name to ContinuityFreak)

“All’s well that ends well”…Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Good to see a bit of compassion in these difficult days. Gertie would have had a horrible time in the job market if she had been fired. Happy Thanksgiving indeed!

Forget the nay sayers and the trolls, I want to say to all, Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving. You too Jim, you deserve all you do for your hard work and wonderful art. GREAT JOB!

Axe is right, that first panel could be from the Telephone Song from ‘Bye-bye Birdie’.

all the complainers are the real turkeys… Happy Turkey Day :)

This “development” was fairly obvious for a long time. Scancarelli has invested a lot of himself in the Gertie character and there was NO chance that she was going anywhere. While it is nice to see some of the Wallet clan, I hate to see them used as merely plot devices in weak story lines.

Gertie may not be able to visit her children if, like mine, they are all several states away from each other and everyone has to work Friday. Has Skeezix has been checking out the hair color for men section of his pharmacy? :y All’s well that ends well, indeed! Byrd, get on the phone!

And now, back to Rufus…

Happy Thanksgiving, all you commenters!

Buzsaw and ORteka, well said.

Roohey, that is hilarious.

I highly commend Jim not only for the obvious great art work, but for the fantastic story. It went to prove that not only no one person is perfect, but that those who are responsible to themselves and others acknowledge their errors. All the others are obviously miserable within themselves. How very sad.

Will there be more errors in the future of each of us? Most certainly…but hopefully not the same ones. I don’t recall the author of the quote, “He who doesn’t make mistakes, doesn’t do anything”.

Anyway, ONWARD from here. MUCH more life yet to be lived. I am looking very forward to the next episode.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE… and certainly as well to you, Mr. Jim.

Byrd to the resuce. I wish all a Happy Thanksgiving for tomorrow. Also enjoy the parade.

If “Mr. Jim” invested himself in Gertie, he’s either keeping most of his funds in liquid assets or he was close to bankrupt to start with.

Lemme ask you Mr. Jim afficionados something. If these lame shenanigans were going on in a new strip called “Birdie and the Gert,” how many of you would give it a second look?

That’s what I mean by riding on the coat-tails of greatness. If Mr. Jim had an ounce of integrity, he’d spin these new characters off in a new strip and see how they stand up on their own. This isn’t Gasoline Alley any more, it’s Philistine Alley.

Phaw. And hey, roohey: I’d say “enjoy your turkey,” but for you it would be cannibalism.

Sometimes men don’t listen to women. They listen to other men. Jim is more spot on with this story than a lot of people realize.

Walt did NOT wander off ok? The usher disputed the tickets and it was GERTIE who left Walt as she wandered off herself backstage to seek Byrd’s help to settle it. Then all the hoopla resulted of her awful act on stage and loosing Walt. The truth should come out!

ocean17 said, Lemme ask you Mr. Jim afficionados something. If these lame shenanigans were going on in a new strip called “Birdie and the Gert,” how many of you would give it a second look?

Mark me down for that! It was the Gertie and Byrd saga that pulled me back into GA. As glib as you are, however, I wouldn’t be headed to www.ocean17.com everyday just to read your thoughts– so to me you’re riding Jim’s coat-tails of greatness! You should be thankful for the traffic Jim creates at the “corner” where you mount your soapbox. Happy Thanksgiving!

And thanks, Jim!

It may still be that Walt goes into the nursing home…so Gert and Byrd can go out on the road…but perhaps that is a future story…Hope all have a nice Thanksgiving-

the GA holiday strip is always a nice touch in my book