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   Powerboy said, 3 months ago

   Yep, remember she did cry when he left.

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   axe-grinder said, 3 months ago

   Gertie was about to accept his proposal back then, I think, but when she went to the diner he was gone.

   I always love to hear Byrd play.

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   axe-grinder said, 3 months ago

   Dypak said (yesterday), Anyone read Nancy and Sluggo? It’s another oldie. I think they’ve got new artists, there a nice change in it. It still has an old fashioned feel to it, yet manages to keep a new perspective. They make some pretty good music jokes too.

   I’ve met Guy Gilchrist, at a comic shop appearance. Very nice man, good to the kids. I just noticed www.guygilchristmusic.com written on the Nancy strips. This guy’s a good musician, too!

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   Macushlalondra said, 3 months ago

   Wait til you see him again Gertie. He’s coming to Gasoline Alley.

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   Susan001 said, 3 months ago

   And he’ll break her heart again.

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   OldManMountain said, 3 months ago

   “Corky’s Diner, Hope speaking. Oh, hi, Gertie! Corky & the crew are at the diner convention, so Eve and I are filling in while they’re away. Excuse me for a sec…. Eve, get down from there!”

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   HectorPriam said, 3 months ago

   axe-grinder said, about 3 hours ago

   “I always love to hear Byrd play.”

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   There must be something wrong with my speakers. I don’t get any sound at all when I read this strip.

   OldManMountain said, 9 minutes ago

   “Corky’s Diner, Hope speaking. Oh, hi, Gertie! Corky & the crew are at the diner convention, so Eve and I are filling in while they’re away. Excuse me for a sec…. Eve, get down from there!”

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   Since Eve was born in 1960 she is 49 years old this year. What could a 49 year old woman need to “get down from” or off of in a diner? Sounds pretty kinky to me!

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   ORteka said, 3 months ago

   Now this is getting exciting again. I can’t wait for the next day. And THANK YOU Jim S for bringing Byrd back. He has been greatly missed. Even NotNorman as well with his comments. Maybe Byrd will be a regular on GA…..sure hope so.

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   l-empress said, 3 months ago

   I really thing she fell asleep while watching TV and is dreaming…

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    TheGiantBrain said, 3 months ago

    axe-grinder said,
    I always love to hear Byrd play.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    What else do you hear?

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    Hoomi said, 3 months ago

    “I hear singing but there’s no one there,
    I smell blossoms but the trees are bare…”

    (Hey, if we can’t be entertained by our own imagination, what good is it to have one?)

    ((Bonus points for anyone who doesn’t have to Google the obscure song lyrics to recognize them…))

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    jumbobrain said, 3 months ago

    Okay, so I get that Dick Moores added a bunch of characters when he took over the strip and probably there were longtime readers who were upset that “newcomers” like Slim and Joel and Melba took over. And really, I like some of Scancarelli’s characters, like Gertie and Earl. But I would like to see some of that Skeezix and Walt stuff, especially since it can’t last forever.

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    kab2rb said, 3 months ago

    OldManMountain is that from Ray Stevens album? Sure sounds like it only different names.

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    TheGiantBrain said, 3 months ago

    I don’t mind new characters but lately the focus has been solely on new characters (Byrd, Upton, now Byrd again).
    It would be nice to see some stories about the older characters like Walt, Skeezix and Corky.

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    whmIII said, 3 months ago

    I hate reruns…

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    MoParMitch said, 3 months ago

    I am also wondering if this is Gertie’s dream happening as she sleeps in front of the TV. Either way, I am enjoying this story, but, I too, miss the old characters.

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    Joe Allen Doty said, 3 months ago

    Gertie is a nurse and is Walt Wallet’s live-in home health care provider.

    If all of Gasoline Alley strips were put together and written out as a regular story, what seems to be going on for 2 or 3 weeks or more would actually take place in one or two days.

    I am only 66 years old. I don’t miss what my parents read in the Gasoline Alley comic strip before I was born. But, Mom and Dad did like the strip, too.

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    TheGiantBrain said, 3 months ago

    Joe Allen Doty said, about 1 hour ago

    Gertie is a nurse and is Walt Wallet’s live-in home health care provider.
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    Why do you constantly feel the need to explain the most obvious points of this strip?
    It’s extremely annoying.

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    HectorPriam said, 3 months ago

    Earl “Fats Domino” Bird is the ultimate rags to riches story! A few months ago he didn’t even have a car and was playing at some obscure club. Now he’s in the Conan The Barbarian movie and a big star! He must have played a rich frat house gig while Upton and Ramona were doing their thing.

    Play “They’re gonna put me in the mo-o-ovies, gonna make a big star outta me” on your harmonica Bird!

    It’s interesting how much more attractive Fats is to Gertie now that he’s rich and famous. $$$ works in mysterious ways.

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    Just plain Steve said, 3 months ago

    Susan, who broke whose heart? Gertie’s the one that turned Earl down.

    Hoomi, I wonder why?

21. 

    crunkbot said, 3 months ago

    I still maintain she could be dying on the couch and this is her “go into the light and see old friends” moment.

    That. Would. Be. AWESOME.

22. 

    Esfletcher said, 3 months ago

    I think Byrd called Gertie “Angel Eyes” when he was in Gasoline Alley. Can Gertie claim royalties on the song?

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    axe-grinder said, 3 months ago

    Maybe Conan and Earl are both dead, and/or dreaming that Gertie is watching them!

    I think Lee Oskar is the harmonica player who sounds closest in style to Earl Lee Byrd.

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    axe-grinder said, 3 months ago

    TheGiantBrain said, axe-grinder said, I always love to hear Byrd play.What else do you hear?

    I hear Norman breathing, as he lies in the weeds, and pretends not to look.

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    ORteka said, 3 months ago

    Hahahaha…good one axe !!! you might be right about NotNorman