Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for August 04, 2017

oh, this will be super

They just have to get Frank and Nancy on board.

After some slow segments, this is suddenly getting very interesting and hilarious!

“Party panties” time!

“Lingerie Show” at the Fuse, eh?

Okay, Question: What Room are They gonna Lock Les Knox In, to Keep Him from Groping and Pawing the Participants??

Surprisingly legit.

This doesn’t sound like a lotta money to me. Does a lingerie party last more than one day or evening? Could it even be $500 rent one time? Of course the cafe could sell stuff.

Well – Even for a little money – the lingerie party could be good subject matter for Greg & Karen’s drawing. Plus – with Les’s mother on the scene – we find out more about his situation. If there’s a heartwarming reconciliation – I hope Pru is the one who helps it happen.

arrggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh somehow I imagine we talking setting up 2 or 3 poles and dancing to loud music and TJ having to get a hard liquor license and Shannon and the new girl from the acting camp not able to come and see it.

Lingerie parties. You can’t go wrong. There’s something for everyone except the typically very conservative readers of the comics page. Prudence seems to be more enthusiastic than I expected, but I guess she has her own personal motivations for wanting that lingerie party.

From yesterday – @Jpuzzlewhiz:

@Queenwolfen: Hmm… What if he’s considering returning the money he stole?

@Jpuzzlewhiz: Could it be an indication the End Times are drawing nigh? ;o)

Ha Ha Ha! Great one!

✦ End Times

✦ Icebergs in hell

✦ The End of Days

✦ The Inbreathing of Vishnu

How much y’all wanna bet Tiffany wants to be one of the models?

Hey – there might be a job for Tiff afterall!

Companies that are part of the ‘home lingerie show’ business have a local rep (like Les’s mother) who arranges a party, usually at the home of a hostess, but it can be at a business. These are PRIVATE parties; invitations are provided by the hostess and sent out to those invited. If you don’t show your invitation, or have the password, you dont’ get in to the party. The hostess is given a percentage of whatever is earned from each sale. Often the ‘models’ are the friends of the hostess, or employees of the company to keep costs down. If friends of the hostess, they may be ‘paid’ by being given the outfit they modelled. Sorry, no pole dancing. These shows are given for women, not men. (One of my coworkers does this stuff…)

And Pru,Nancy and Luann can be lingerie models.

Since Les said that he knew how to make a load of money, am I the only one thinking that Les’s mom is actually a Madam, and that there is a lot more going on at her “parties” than modeling lingerie?

What could go wrong?

Ugh. Pass. A lot of misses for me lately, I think I’ll bug out for a few months then check back in.

Making a few bucks beats making 0

1. The tenor… the tilt… the drift… of today’s comments reminds me of a moment when one of my college freshman dorm mates put down a copy of “Action Comics,” sighed, and expressed his frustration at lack of female companionship this way: “Man, I must be worse off than I realized. I’m getting worked up by Supergirl.”

2. Is there an implied double entendre here? Are we about to rethink the implications of the term “comic strip”?

3. Should we take at face value Les’s description of what he has in mind?

Shouldn’t he be asking Frank and Nancy about this? Pru just works there, she doesn’t make any of the booking decisions.

I have gone to parties like this, but they were always hosted in someone’s HOME. The hostess made a little commission on the sales. If you have to pay for a place to have it, where is the profit? Doesn’t make sense. How about renting out the place to businesses for company meetings/training/inspirational seminars? I remember local hotels doing that here, where our whole sales force was forced to spend the day in “training”. I also remember that “training” included learning to juggle. Yes, really. What a waste of corporate time and money.

Bravo Les! Make peace with his own mother to help a friend. Really selfless.And the idea look pretty good.

Les’ mom , huh? Does the apple fall far from the tree, or, is she rather more so, a milkweed that gets carried away?

I’m intrigued as to whether his mom could be “the polar opposite” of him- ….or…is she so much like him, that they could potentially be “at odds” with one another?

And even If they actually get going on carrying out this project, what are the chances that we could even, perhaps meet Les’ mom?

Probably a good idea to replace that thong that was on Puddles head.

Something tells me that Nancy won’t feel comfortable with that idea, Frank will probably like it because it involves money

“Indecent Proposal”

“Like A Ton Of Fabrics”

“A Bustier, Of Self Confidence”

“Looks Like Somebody Wants The Pink Slip”

“A Florence Nightie Gala, To The Rescue”

“It’s Under Where?…Over There!”

“Assume The Proposition”

“An Offer Of In-Fuse That She Can’t Re-Fuse”

“The Possibility Of An Eventful Horizon”

“It’s So Crazy…It Just Might Not Work!”

“A Plan-Proof Fool?”

“Seams: Simple Enough…”

“Is It A Garter Snake?”

“Gown, With The Windfall”

or

“He Shared A Victorious Secret”

♪♪ “Wild, Wild, Life, at the Fuse!” ♪♪ – Talking Heads

♪♪ “Tiffany IS a Centerfold and a Pole Dancer!” ♪♪ – J. Geils Band

♪♪ “WHIP Les!” ♪♪ – Devo

♪♪ “Tiffany can Leave Her Hat On!” ♪♪ – Randy Newman

♪♪ “Gunther’s Mom TOLD Him Not to Come!” ♪♪ – Three Dog Night

♪♪ “No, I AM Amazed!” ♪♪ – Paul McCartney

♪♪ “Tiff Never Loved a Man (The Way She SHOULD be Loving Gunther!” ♪♪ – Aretha Franklin

♪♪ “Let’s Stay Far, Far Apart!” ♪♪ – Al Green

♪♪ “SLAP!” ♪♪ – Prince

♪♪ “Bang Les’ Head like a Gong!” ♪♪ – T. Rex

My idea was better.

But wouldn’t that eat into the profits? Usually these parties are held in the host’s home….why pay rent? doesn’t make sense

Pru will no doubt want to watch – avidly.

Wow. I have had so very questions about the Knox/Grey family for so very long. They are coming to the forefront for me.

First I wondered why Al Grey appeared at all. Why did he want to become what amounts to an investor and manager at such a tentative start-up? I think by now anyone who has been here a long time knows that I wonder if the Fuse building itself holds a secret. (I sooooo want it to.)

Then we learned of his relationship with Les (Al Grey is Les’ uncle; brother of Les’ mother.), and that Les HAS to maintain his job and he knows why (Why? WE do not know for sure.), and later that Les is obligated by court to pay his mother money regularly. That hints at a possible “why” but does not make it definite.

Also, we know from the Luann site which can be linked to from the comic page that Les lives with his uncle (unless what is there in the profiles has changed). So, Les does not get along with his mom (verified now), or his mom does not get along with him, or maybe one or the other had a court order to stay away (?), but he has to pay her money per court order (Why?) on a regular basis.

Did Les injure his mother in some way, including by accident? Did he borrow or steal from her? Is she a victim, perhaps even handicapped by him or handicapped in some way earlier?

How did Les become who he was in high school? Losing his father is certainly a factor, but many people lose a parent or even parents in childhood or youth yet still turn out fine.

Is he instead or also a victim with a conniving mother who could manipulate the court? Some people really are good at scamming, lying, and deceiving. Often those people take most advantage of the people they feel are most devoted to them (so least likely to question them or challenge them) or least able to strike back. That can include a child (or mother, or uncle, or sibling, or…)

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Part 2 of 2

What is his mother doing to warrant the expense of renting the Fuse? How much will that cost? Have they even worked up set fees? We know that Al Grey is Les’ mother’s brother as well as managing the Fuse; will he waive or adjust some fees?

How big does this function have to be to justify the cost? To me it sounds like maybe his mother is trying to get up a starter business in undergarments of some type and hosting something large to sell wholesale to retail – just from the cost thing rather than having little lingerie parties. (If a starter business and if handicapped, is the mother launching a business in undergarments for people with special needs?)

Now I have more questions than ever about that family, but maybe a chance to get some answers. I wonder if any of my questions will be answered this week or next week, or if they will take a longer time.

And thus was The Fuse converted into the finest burlesque house in town…

Or they could just let TJ torch it for the insurance money…

OOOOO! This could be just like those old-time Tupperware parties they used to have. I remember Edith Bunker tried that on All In The Family once, and that turned out JUST great … (not).

Do I see a police raid at The Fuse in the future???

I actually used to do this with a friend long ago. She was the hostess, I would hold up and show off the merch for her, like a magicians assistant. It was fun, and she made quite a haul off them. I got a small cut so that was nice too!

How much does Mrs. Knox usually pay to have one of these events hosted at a private home? I doubt that it’s very much, so I can’t imagine why she would want to pay any more to have it hosted at the Fuse. Pru (or Frank!!!) had better get really busy arranging for a lot more events than this one, if the business is to remain afloat.

Pru(ne) will enjoy the models as much as Les. of course, he may mean go go dancers too. with him you can never tell.

Maybe Pru will meet a new love interest since according to this strip she’s basically a LINO — Lesbian In Name Only.

I remember Robert Altman’s movie “Ready to Wear.” Hopefully the stage could have interesting women and rockin’ music.

Lingerie party eh? Definitely not the grade school level strip that some people pine for, although Luann herself keeps the strip grounded. One of the most interesting side arcs is we, by necessity, will get to know more about Les’s family, and that should be fascinating. The possibilities for all of the characters is daunting when you think about it, and when I have a little time and am not worn out from grading, I am going to do a Suki or Pipe Magnum Opus on them, for my perspective. Won’t that be fun? Amazing strip from this TruLuannFan, Seis. -:)

Don’t listen to him………..

This seems like a very bad idea… Maybe lingerie parties aren’t quite as kinky as they sound, but still… Les is involved.

They can rent the Fuse out for fashion designer shows.

I just hope the middle-aged out-of-touch-with-reality Evans doesn’t end up drawing women in their underwear and using the creepy word “panties”. ’Nuff said.

Every so often the Siimpsons will have a fairly risky episode and after a while I decided that they did that to compete with Family Guy which is routinely vulgar. I wonder if the Evans are doing this series in order to keep up with 9 Chickweed Lane which has been very risque lately.

Oy! The guy-readers are suddenly very interested and attentive. Will Tiffany be hired as a model? Anyone else we know?

Pru’s enthusiasm is unexpected, but, why not?

I don’t know just what a “lingerie party” is, but it doesn’t sound like a family-friendly event. And if Leslie is behind it, run for your life!

Lingerie seems like the very thing that ann eiffel would be into… and her and les resemble each other very closely…