Heh, Ms. Crabby Pants… I tinkle a little every time I say that… 🙂
Beware those damn BIC lighters… they can set fire to just about anything. Hair burns fast and stinks up the place as well. Robyn is gonna want to move in with Bud and Jeff when this is all said and done.
Monday, Lorraine gets a job and, well, trouble ensues. Toon in for that!
The past three weeks have been super busy for me and luckily I spent July drawing comics so I was able to stay on time here and get a ton of work done as well. The buffer is now shot and I’m caught back up. I actually prefer doing the comics closer to the time of their release (just not like at 2:00am) so I can respond better to read reactions and comments. So, Summer vacation is truly over as my sons all go back to school next week. Yes! I can watch porn during the day now with them out of the house. “Bambi Makes A Buck” looks interesting…
Today starts off a little nod to the one and only Mr. Joe Cocker. Besides having a last name that immature little boys (me) laugh at, he’s one helluva singer. Joe also holds a special place in my rock and roll history as his “Mad Dogs and Englishmen” live album was one of my first “real” rock and roll record purchases. When “Cry Me A River” cranked up off my little Sears all-in-one phonograph (with TONE control!), my parents knew that their little boy had just found crack cocaine. I absorbed that album, listening to all the tracks, all the background instruments, singers, noises, etc. Taking in how it was performed, and also starting a life-long addiction on liner notes. It was then I realized that rock and roll really only had about a dozen or so real players and they all just moved from group to group or tour to tour.  Anyway, here’s Joe’s version of today’s comic title!
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Boy, she’s getting to be a real HOTHEAD!
Hope she doesn’t BLOW HER TOP!
Don’t go to work like that or you’ll get FIRED!
[Those jokes might be funny if you have some weed.]
With reference to Joe Cocker’s name, I have a friend whose name is Stuart Hiscock. One day, he asked me to order a book for him, and I was dreading it, because I’d naturally have to give out his name… This is how the conversation went with the saleswoman:
“What name, please?”
“Stuart Hiscock.”
“How do you spell Hiscock?”
“Yes…”
Ohh-kayyy…Lorraine seems to have acquired some scary accidental powers! Did Liz Hurley Devil Woman rub off on her? Or could this be the beginning of the Devil’s reven-, erm shutting up now in case I’ve accidentally stumbled on to spoilage…
‘With a Little Help…’ is one of those rare songs where I love both the original and the best-known cover almost equally. Career path/cover/inspiration, as mentioned in teh previous strip’s comments!
“Heh, Ms. Crabby Pants… I tinkle a little every time I say that” I tinkle just reading that line.
Remember the Saturday Night Live John Belushi/Joe Cocker duet where John looked more “Cockeresque” than Joe did!
Brilliant stuff!
And I’ve met a few people like Lorraine, can’t turn round without breaking something! It’s a damned expensive way to live!
😉
Oh and seeing Robyn like that reminds of the Top of the Pops live performance by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and Fire! Where he was prancing about the stage with his head on fire! 😀
“Elf and Safe Tea” would have a blue funk fit just thinking about that now! LOL
Oh, yes, I remember that!
The only other band I remember really putting on a show for Top of the Pops was Wizzard, and I’m sure Roy Wood did that just to show how stupid it was to stand up and mime to a recording (as was required) in front of kids who would even scream for Jimmy Osmond. As I recall Wizzard often didn’t even bother to try and play, just wandered around the stage in gorilla suits and stuff.
and that is why they say medicinal marijuana is bad. Occasional hair fire.
In a case like this, how exactly would she get the carpet to match the newly flaming drapes?!? o.O
By the looks of those flames, I get the feeling she’s going to come out of this bald. And of course you have to match, so….
As far as doing comics closer to the time they go up goes, I’ve wondered about that too, but I don’t trust myself to keep less than a 15 comic buffer. I’ve had issues in the past and I don’t want to go in that direction again.
Commenters seem to be doing just fine without me, though…
I had a friend who used to make the flame as big as he could so when he was at a party he could find his lighter. He forgot to mention this to a girl who used more hairspray than an 80’s hair band, needless to say, it took a while to get used to her newer shorter hair. She misssed her mile hi hair.
My buddy with the problematic name was Paul Bates, who all his mates referred to as [snort, chortle,… tee hee] Master Bates.
We won’t mention the ex-girl friend whose las name was Cox, until she got married to a fellow named Swisher. What an improvement. LOL
The star of the Mad Dogs and Englishmen Album in my mind wasn’t the front man, Joe Cocker, but the piano player and master of mysteries Leon Russell. I think the first album I have with LR on it is the original Veronica and the Ronettes from about 1963 (also has Sonny Bono and Larry Knectel palying in the band). LR was one of those guys who worked forever to become an overnight sensation , ala Willie Nelson.
I heard Larry Carlton died too (?), another name that seemed to be everywhere on liner notes. the man must of lived in the studios. although I think he toured with Ricky Nelson (Garden Party era).
AFAIK Carlton is still very much alive – maybe your source is confused because he did nearly get killed in a drive-by shooting about 20 years ago. And yes, he was always a solid – and constantly booked up – session player 🙂