Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for July 11, 2024

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    wherescrankshaft  4 months ago

    Ed is blushing? Oh, come on, he doesn’t do that!

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    Bill Thompson  4 months ago

    Well, they’re as dated as the movie.

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    Doctor Toon  4 months ago

    There might be snow on the roof, but there’s still fire in the furnace

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    Gent  4 months ago

    They is at the tickets counter, at the snacks stall, the ushers, the ones who runs the projectors, the ones who cleans up after a show like janitors, and also the ones who cleans the toilets. Because they is the only two peoples running the whole theatre. How does only two peoples runs a whole theatre? It’s called running eh.

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    sueb1863  4 months ago

    “Well, enjoy the private screening, because as usual you’ll be the only people in the theater.”

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    mn4nu  4 months ago

    Maybe Mason Jarre and his 70 yr old prego wife will make a surprise appearance at the theater.

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    grozar  4 months ago

    The fools will end up losing money by powering up the projection apparatus for two admissions.

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    French Persons Premium Member 4 months ago

    Just how the heck do two people run the snack bar, sell the tickets, run the projectors, be the ushers, AND the cleanup crew/janitors all at the same time??

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    Out of the Past  4 months ago

    After demonstrating some possible movement, Crankshaft edges ever closer to a speaking role.

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    macgyver915  4 months ago

    billy, this post is even dumber than the your usual stuff (i.e., what’s in your “blue bag found at the dog park”). LOL…

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    Irish53  4 months ago

    More like ‘date afternoon’ for these two geezers

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    GFox49  4 months ago

    Oh Ed, you old rascal you…

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    rockyridge1977  4 months ago

    …..how bout the back row??

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    lemonbaskt  4 months ago

    cat got your tongue crankshaft ?

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    puddleglum1066  4 months ago

    Consider the settings of this week’s strips… Monday and Tuesday, we have Chinstubble and Generic Blonde Woman cleaning out the theater. Yesterday we have them standing by (but not at) the ticket window chatting with Ed and Mary about something the latter apparently overheard. Today they’re all at the concession stand.

    This makes no sense at all. Are Ed and Mary here to watch a movie? Are they just wandering in because of their familial relationship? Is Batty just pulling stuff out of his behind?

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    Daltongang Premium Member 4 months ago

    Ah yes, a vintage movie theater, an old movie playing on the screen, while Ed and Mary are in the balcony kissing and fondling one another.

    NOW try to sleep tonight with picture in your mind. Bwaa ha ha ha ha.

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member 4 months ago

    Cranky is blushing…how sweet!

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    Mopman  4 months ago

    Yes, because you can’t have a date night with a movie made in the past 60 years.

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    Aladar30 Premium Member 4 months ago

    Kinda sweet.

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    J.J. O'Malley  4 months ago

    Yes, what twentysomething/thirtysomething woman doesn’t love hearing from her grandfather’s girlfriend that Orson Welles gets them in the mood for romance? Also, how wonderful for business that Hannah and Max’s time is spent catering to a pair of nonpaying customers.

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    J.J. O'Malley  4 months ago

    By the way, who’s watching Max and Hannah’s son, Mitch?

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    Steve Dallas  4 months ago

    Pre-COVID (not sure about now), movies were a fairly popular pastime for seniors. But instead of going to “revival” theaters they were inclined to see new movies that were reminiscent of the classics (for example, modern westerns, the “Knives Out” style movies, historical epics). In other words, Batuik gets yet another thing wrong.

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    oakie817  4 months ago

    is Crankshaft blushing?

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    David Rickard Premium Member 4 months ago

    You can do better, lady.

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    WilliamVollmer  4 months ago

    The way Ed is blushing, if he was younger, you might think he was about to get “lucky.” Probably just a fond memory.

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    Strawberry King  4 months ago

    Ed, you’re gettin’ red as a tomato XD

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    [Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce]  4 months ago

    I have trouble thinking of Crankshaft as the soul of romance

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