Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for February 02, 2014

I would comment, but now I’m in the kitchen… – Greg must’ve been fiending for a snack when this spilled from his pen (or perhaps a temporary, sel-imposed diet)…. – This also reminds me of when Wile E. Coyote pictures the Roadrunner as a shank of meat or something….– Food and attractiveness is subjective, much like Luann’s descriptions….it is in the eye of the beholder… – Or was that supposed to be “Sting repellent gets in the eye of the bee-holder?”…

It just seems apropos:“Best friends are the people that know all about and still put up with you!”

Where’s Oz. Doesn’t he go to this school too?

I think I’m like a lasagna layered and likable

Like Chinese food; sweet and sour.

“Gunther is a fruit cake.” We’ve been saying that for years…

“Thought For Food”“An Apple Is Only Skin Deep”“The Food Pyramid Scheme” or “♪…..Take Another Piece Of My Artichoke, Now, Baby!…♪”

Aww, Delta thinks she’s simple and good!

Hmmmm.

“Red Velvet Cake”: Tasty but ultimately not Very Good for You?

Or

“Hot Buttered Popcorn”: Delicious but Fattening and the kernels sometime get stuck in your teeth?

Maybe

“Eskimo Pie”: A Cool Tasty Treat that goes Right to Your Hips?

Sad trombone for Knute.

“Blame these people” for making you hungry:– Fancy Pants cat food…. “If it’s too good for your cat, you know it’s gonna be too good for you !”… – Ron Swansong’s Hongrymensch frozen dinners….“Fine! Now it comes with a bonus pack of vegetables! Dumb FDA… I mean…’Eat Up! It’s Good!”… – 7 Down Soda… “The second best taste…. Whoo……hoo……”

– Spite…’The un sweet cola’… “Just Drink it!.. Or not… Fine! See if we care!…”–Cinnabutt… “It’s the honesty that makes ‘em taste so good!…Okay… okay…it’s really the sugar and butter!”– Spittles candies…. From Emerald City/Seattle Foods… “Taste the- uh… never mind…” – Orange Mush soda… made by Mile High-Rocky Mtn. Industries… – and by…Beau T’s Sting Repellent….

Tiffany is indestructable!!

gunther’s a fruitcake alright, but not because he’s dorky and complex.

Our heroine, Luann: simple, good, and/or a complete mess.Food analogies can only tell so much, but they do point in a direction.Did Knute just trip himself, or (as is perhaps possible, though not clear, in panel 2) did Gunther accidentally give him a fatal nudge?

What kind of food is “twinkie”?

Poor Knute, he’s really having a bad week.

Luann is a hot mess. Follow Bernie’s eyes.

Interesting that Luann would include Tiffany among her friends.

Is there a food that’s selfish and demanding? :P

Ox is all of the above, plus at least three items from the dessert board at Weenie World.

no grits?

Gunther is definitely a fruit cake…….

“…have Gunther come out”?What purpose would that serve? To further the stereotype that men who work with clothing are gay?Gunther’s intelligence, his physical and social awkwardness (attributable to being a teenager, if nothing else), and obsession with something that others might find “weird” makes him more likely to have high-functioning Asperger’s than to be gay.Zane was the last, and so far, only, Luann character to have a real-world issue (where IS Crystal’s wheelchair-bound brother, Josh, anyway?)Until Evans has Les “come out” as a typically misunderstood, depressed teenager, don’t look for something just to goose an award.

What would you say Quinn is?

You mean Quill?

Crystal must have a different choker for every outfit.

Even if Gunther turns out to be gay he still will not be comfortable with his body and nudity. He is probably asexual, too many hang-up to ever have sex.

Quill is completely bland, so he’s a bowl of cream of wheat. TJ is a block of cheese that has spoiled and is now thoroughly rancid. Luann is as clingy as the bubble gum stuck to the sole of your shoe. Or maybe she’s just a bottle of whine.

Dang! It’s cold and rainy outside and all this talk of snack cakes is making me as crazy as Woody Harrelson in “Zombieland”.

No, because then it wouldn’t be depressing((7 Down)….it’d be all " full of life " and " bubbly " “and makes you all burpy (”urp") and all that " fun " junk… " whoo…hoo… fun…. yay. " "so happy to have come in second place. yippee. " – Lol!!

“Long Tall Glasses” by Leo Sayer… – I mean, the guy had to dance for his dinner, and sing for his supper… literally!!!!…

Bread (The band)…

Tiff should rejoice if she’s a twinkie, since that means in 100 years she’ll look exactly the same.

Songs with Food in the Title

30,000 Pounds Of Bananas – Harry Chapin

A Taste of Honey – Herb Alpert

Adam’s Apple – Aerosmith

American Pie – Don McLean

Apple Scruffs – George Harrison

Apples And Oranges – Pink Floyd

Big Cheese – Nirvana

Blackberry Way – The Move

Blueberry Hill – Fats Domino

Bread and Butter – The Newbeats (“I like bread and butter…I like toast and jam….”)

Flying Burrito Bros. band

Buttered Popcorn – The Supremes

Candy – Cameo

Candy Store Rock – Led Zeppelin

Caramel – Suzanne Vega

Cereal Killer – Green Jelly

Cheeseburger in Paradise – Jimmy Buffett

Flying Burrito Bros. band

Custard Pie – Led Zeppelin

Flaming Pie – Paul McCartney

Georgia Peaches – Lauren Alaina

Glass Onion – The Beatles

Green Onions – Booker T. & the MG’s

Honey Pie – The Beatles

Honey, Honey – ABBA

Hot Dog – Led Zeppelin

I Am A Tangerine – Tommy James & the Shondells

If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked A Cake – Eileen Barton

Jambalaya (On The Bayou) – Hank Williams/Carpenters

Junk Food Junkie – Larry Groce

Life Is A Minestrone – 10cc

Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries – Rudy Vallée

Lollipop – The Chordettes

Loving You Has Made Me Bananas – Guy Marks

Marshmallow World – Bing Crosby

Mashed Potatoes – Nat Kendricks

Mean Mr. Mustard – The Beatles

Mother Popcorn – James Brown

My Boy Lollipop – Millie Small

On The Good Ship Lollipop – Shirley Temple

One Bad Apple – The Osmonds

Peaches – The Presidents of the United States of America

Pork and Beans – Weezer

Poundcake – Van Halen

Pulling Mussels (From the Shell) – Squeeze

Savoy Truffle – The Beatles

Strange Fruit – Billie Holiday

Sugar Mountain – Neil Young

Sugar, Sugar – The Archies

T-Bone – Neil Young

Tangerine – Led Zeppelin

Tapioca Tundra – The Monkees

The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) – Harry Belafonte

The Candy Man – Sammy Davis, Jr.

The Onion Song – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

The Spam Song – Monty Python

TV Dinners – ZZ Top

Then, there’s some of my favorites, by Weird Al:=FatLasagnaAddictied To SpudsMy BolognaI lLove Rocky RoadSpam (parody of Stand, by REMEat ItThe White Stuff (parody of “the Right Stuff” by NKOTB…“….Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh…O-R-E-O….”)Taco GrandeThe Rye Or The Kaiser (parody of Eye of the Tiger)Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch “Trapped In The Drive Thru”“Waffle King”“Livin’ In The Fridge” (Parody of Livin’ on the Edge by Aerosmith) – “Lime In The Coconut” by Nillson….

Bands:=CranberriesBreadFlying Burrito Bros.Smashing PumpkinsThe Apples In StereoSalt-N-PepaCakeCreamMeatloafThe RaspberriesStrawberry Alarm ClockPhishBowling For SoupHumble PieBlind MelonKid Creole and the CoconutsBananarama Chuck BerryTaco (“Puttin’ On The Ritz”Tangerine DreamAoril WineHall and Oates (played upon with an early album title and cover)Canned Bread – Albums/songs: “Canned Wheat” (the Guess Who)“Sailing The Seas Of Cheese” (Primus)“Cereal Killer” (")“Pork Soda” (")

Your a sick person

Forgot that in addition to “Skittles” (Marshawn Lynch/Beast Mode" of the Seahawks) and the former Broncos’ “Orange Crush” teams of the 70s/80s, there’s Terrence Knighton (nicknamed “Pot Roast” ), DT of the Broncos….

Poor Knute….tries so hard. What about Rosa? Hot Tamale! :)

Yeah, true!… - With a guest appearance by “ButterBean” (the boxer) for half-time, dancing to Bruno Mars/RHCP…..

See Crystal in the second frame? Obviously, her secret power is at work! And if she can do this to someone she actually likes, Leslie— beware!!!

“Is there a food that’s selfish and demanding?”*Brdshtt, I’d go with crabs— shellfish with a … crabby… personality

60 down, 20 left? That must be like 5 minutes to go in the third, yet a loooong 15 (last quarter) to wind down….

“Has Gunther ever been shown to have a high IQ by the way?”He’s only going for a Ph.D in engineering at Moony U, once he graduates H.S.

Last I remember of TJ, he disappeared, leavingQuill in the lurch with ‘his’ food wagon. I wouldn’tcall that any sort of reformation.

“Has Gunther ever been shown to have a high IQ by the way.?”.He has, but the diagnosis of Asperberger’s Syndrome or High Functioning Autism Disorder does not require high IQ..His clumsiness is consistent with the disorder..Let us consider the concept of a spectrum to understand not all are exactly the same. The main thing is that Gunther is Gunther. He is whatever he is..In conversation with Luann, he discussed his difficulties with having normal relationships with women. Luann asked him if he might be gay. He responded he had considered if that might be his problem but that his body told him otherwise. (Strongly implied was that the thought, presence or sight of Rosa aroused a physical response showing sexual interest in a member of the opposite sex.)-Again, the main thing is that Gunther is Gunther. He is whatever he is. Nobody should ever be ashamed or made to feel shame because of being himself or herself unless that self hurts other people.

“Snoopy could be dog food!)”.CAT food, actually if he isn’t careful

“TJ is now considered a good character, so why not Tiffany? ".Always possible, but need some reason to say so. Actually, have some already with her advising small children the best she knows how. Ere you know it, she’ll be Saint Tiffany..“while T.J. was scamming fast food customers just last year for months.”.Stuck on calling suggesting buying more or something more expensive a “scam” aren’t you. Scam: a scheme for making money by dishonest means Suggesting people spend money is not dishonest or illegal.If you are using some other definition, that is fine for your own world, but not the one shared with others who might not accept twisted versions.

“pomegranate. It demands all of your attention to open it and sometimes can be selfish in giving up those tasty seeds. A lot of work for so little…”-But tasty and pretty

“Wish Christians would get back into that closet as their Bibles say they should be.”.You wish others would act the way you think they should act, just like Christians (and Muslims and Buddhists and Athiests) do..Same boat, different float?

and let us not forgetf. The blow to his stomach and subsequent fall somehow did brain damage to his sense of balance.Despite this injury, he bravely soldiers on.WHATAGUY

I hope you have more lunch money, Knute! ;)

You thought correctly…. = And also “Java” by Al Hirt…

“Lady Marmalade,” by LaBelle^If you add that song, you might as well add “Eminem”…..

“Lucy from ‘Peanuts’ could be ‘crabmeat’” That’s a good comparison! How about Brad being considered a “hot dog” (And where is Brad with Toni BTW?!). ;)

Quill= White sauce: pasty, dull and thick

Bernie needs to expand her diet .. seems like she’s often shown eating a wrap of some sort^^Perhaps she only eats Kosher

Re. your pruning some more rosebushes! I finally got all of mine pruned =-O BTW I found my French Lace floribunda rose from the website you gave me!!!!! Thanks!

Does anyone suppose Frank ever gave Nancy some roses? They’re such beautiful flowers… ;)

“…it’ll be another two weeks before I am done and have them sprayed.” That part of rose growing is a pain, but if I don’t do it most of my roses will develop some form of black spot =-P

What’s wrong with him?….I don’t know what ails him…. but I do know that I miss old style performances…. – Though he is a songwriter and instrumentalist, and you don’t find his name in the news for the wrong reason, it’s the fact that I’d not go out of my way to watch him perform… I’d watch Kraftwerk perform, since they provide a great electronic show to make up for anything else… I enjoy some Kelly Clarkson, but if she’s performing, I am not going to go out of my way to see her… it’s just the state of current “pop music”, I guess…. the NFL knows what it’s doing, as they are drawing big money from the “more recent” type of crowds, so to speak…. last year, as I enjoyed a victory by the Ravens, the Beyoncé/Destiny’s child….“reunion”… if you will… that they hyped up, was just that-. a hype plan to get younger crowds to watch… – Also of note, the half-time shows of the present involve music…. there used to be a time when you had either cheerleaders, marching bands or something else… the focus was on the game, and we all just waited for half-time to be over… then, the commercials became a part of it.. since they do entertain, it’s alright… but if you notice, it’s now “branded” by a corporate sponsor, and it’s all “contemporary music”… all for the purpose of drawing the wallets of the current “consumer syphoning victim” “consumer demographic” today…. the younger crowd…

Yes, but DHG was also making a clever play on the fact that cheese is, by nature, “spoiled”, “hardened” milk….

here is “Toast And Marmalade” by Tin Tin….

If I wanted to, I could add at least 25 food songs… all by Shonen Knife , who have at least one (as many as 3) on every album

Except for “Love Potion 9”…

Half the reason I watch the Super Bowl is the commercials…this year especially: the puppy and the Budweiser horses! And the food, it’s Always a good reason to watch and munch away without too much guilt! Lastly, I really like to watch the game if it is exciting and not boring (when one team vastly out-dos the other) It helps if am sort of familiar with at least one team… ;)

“Yes, it can. If you keep it in the fridge too long, it gets moldy, and I’m not talking about blue cheese!”-BLATTTT.“moldy cheeses like Brie, Camembert and Stilton,”and they tell us with hard cheeses, the mold doesn’t get all that deep, even if it isn’t penicilliumNow you’ve got my mouth watering and I’m not even french

“Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead, possibly from a drug overdose.”-Just so it wasn’t bad cheese.Heroin suspected?How do you protect people from themselves, other than to free up sales so the product won’t be hit or miss?

Yes! I’m one of those people who doesn’t like nuts in any kind of coffeecake (or in brownies, either). I have a lot of coffeecake recipes (I’m good at baking all sorts of cakes)!

Writing of baking cakes, has Nancy or Luann ever baked a cake? Perhaps for some get-together…? Luann learning how to bake and cook…now that would be a funny arc… ;)

Thanks for the directions, Meh-thodology! As you can see, I successfully downloaded my avatar… ;)

Well, I’m off to watch the game…may your favorite team win! ;)

MacArthur Park (someone left a cake out in the rain!)

@ReallyBad

“Has Gunther ever been shown to have a high IQ by the way?”^^Well, they have been calling him “The smartest kid in school” since the strip began, on the tests he invariably gets the best score, just ahead of Bernice and Crystal

One COULD say of her, ‘beauty is only skkin deep but ugly is to the bone.’^^Well said….interesting spelling of skin…typing with gloves on again? ;)

Apparently Bernice hates Luann.

Even though we have an NFL team in my area, when we didn’t, I have to say, I have been waiting for them to show up in the “big one” since ’83 (when I was forced to find a new team)… so excuse me, when I say: –

Whooo!!!….

“Some posters” (Ahem! Me!) Believe that although he himself is an entertainer, the difference between he and James Brown and the Supremes and the Temptations and various other groups is: They didn’t need billions of dollars of smoke, lights and filters and moving parts to keep the crowd entertained… Bruno Mars is a good enough performer without all that stuff, and yet that was the main feature of it all… and he can’t do it all by himself…he has people that make him look good… that’s the beef that I have… perform with your own natural talent.. not with pyrotechnics, etc…. and that’s the difference between he and the others I mentioned.. he can perform as they can, but they didn’t rely on all that “smoke and mirrors” to entertain..

Did anyone else see the shots of Paul McCartney having a slice of pizza, and Robert De Niro having a hot dog in their respective box seats?

Re. putting some pics of your roses here…that would be a Great idea as I am so a fan of them… ;)

Awwwww…sniff! :) Hope you feel better, though, because the Broncos just got slammed by the Seahawks! ;)

“…the team I picked to win is getting shellacked!” Were they ever…I was really surprised as they were supposed to have the best offense in the league… ;)

Counting down to Monday’s post…Will we see an example of Crystal’s “special powers”, or that Quill has pimped-out Gunther in the meantime since we last saw them?

Bring back Up With People!

Enough with the Musak already!

“It is called ’up-selling”. Like when you buy a car and they talk you into adding a trim package…".It is good YOU can understand the difference.It is sad some others can’t (or pretend not to).

Just for the name, Eaton Mess. :)