Oh please let this turn out good for Mona. Mona wasn’t TRYING to be someone else while on vacay, her luggage got lost and she was “stuck” with Donna’s clothing.
Let’s hope Ryan is a good guy and loves her for who she is. And maybe that Mona realizes that who she was in Hawaii might be another part of her that isn’t fair to completely deny.
If Charlie Brown had kicked the football, then Schulz would have had to retire the gag.
It was a given that Charlie Brown wouldn’t kick the football; the comedy came in how Lucy would put it over on him in some new way. (Actually, the last football gag, on 10/24/00, was ambiguous, but Schulz knew at that point that it was the last one.)
If sometimes Wile E. Coyote caught the Roadrunner and sometimes he didn’t, then the cartoons would have played on the “Will he/won’t he” suspense, but it was funnier to have W.C. (awkward initials) blow it every time.
Mona being happy in Hawaii was an aberration, brought about by being out of her element; it was a vacation, it was a tropical paradise, it wasn’t “real life.” In her natural environment of Los Angeles, a happy and contented Mona wouldn’t be unnatural; she wouldn’t be Mona. If Mona’s angst is relieved for anything other than the short term, she’d lose her appeal (at least for me); C’est la Vie would become a different strip entirely, and I don’t see that it would be a better one.
I hope Ms. Babcock continues to follow the Seinfeld model - “No hugs, no learning.”
Yes, people knew Charlie Brown wasn’t going to kick the football, but there was that thought in the back of their mind that maybe he would. As long as Schulz created that doubt in your mind, the joke was still viable. Once that seed of doubt is gone and you know Lucy will always pull that football away, then what’s the point? The joke didn’t work because Lucy pulled the football away, it worked because of the doubt in your mind that maybe this is the one time that Charlie Brown actually kicks the ball.
W.E.C did catch the Roadrunner one time.
Maybe I was wrong about comic strips as a whole. Maybe deep characters with complex personalities, beautiful artwork, a storyline that can manipulate your emotions and leave you wanting more, smart writing, and jokes that make you laugh and/or think are just filler and all you really need for a comic strip that people will flock to is a no-luck loser living in a crapsack world that gives him/her nothing but suffering as he/she impotently tries to better their station in life. Or maybe I’m just too awesome to depend on a comic strip to make me feel better about my life.
margueritem over 14 years ago
Oh no, I hope he doesn’t decide to go for Donna…..
ladywolf17 over 14 years ago
Yikes! Not off to a good start are you Mona?
ejcapulet over 14 years ago
For once can she please, please have things turn out good for her???
Sisyphos over 14 years ago
Poor Mona! There’s a lesson here, about honesty and being yourself, and so on. But ejcapulet is right: Mona deserves a break!
AliKzam over 14 years ago
Ouch.
green_engineer over 14 years ago
Mona’s a natural colour too! I agree with EJ, though, It’s not fair.
The missing M. Smokey over 14 years ago
This is what happens when you try to navigate life without your bunny.
Ray_C over 14 years ago
My heart goes out to that face in the last panel. If the situation is looking bad now, wait until she lights up!
arsmall over 14 years ago
Oh wow, poor Mona!
I’m anxious to see where Jennifer is going with this story!
Will she pretend she’s Mona’s sister? What will happen next?
TheDOCTOR over 14 years ago
Mona’s SISTER? Nah been done to death. Just tell him you’ve been sick . He’ll take care of you.
Jaedabee Premium Member over 14 years ago
Wow, he is a pretty boy isn’t he.
You can do this Mona!
Tantor over 14 years ago
maybe his right-side eye does not work???
MamaTaney over 14 years ago
Oh please let this turn out good for Mona. Mona wasn’t TRYING to be someone else while on vacay, her luggage got lost and she was “stuck” with Donna’s clothing. Let’s hope Ryan is a good guy and loves her for who she is. And maybe that Mona realizes that who she was in Hawaii might be another part of her that isn’t fair to completely deny.
Plods with ...™ over 14 years ago
maybe she should replace the bunny with a SQUIRREL?
HARVIN over 14 years ago
Poor Mona needs to lose her neurotic need for a man and get an oz of Grandaddy Purple.
lisa4romMpls over 14 years ago
Poor Mona - I agree with rac0308, Mona needs a Squirrel: an attack squirrel if need be.
pschearer Premium Member over 14 years ago
I’m encouraged to see how many people here want happiness for Mona. Mona may not do much to earn it, but she should have it anyway. Just because.
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
Aw c’mon… Did anybody ever REALLY want Charlie Brown to kick the football?
razorback2824 over 14 years ago
Yes, people wanted Charlie Brown to kick the football. If it’s obvious he will never do it, then what’s the point?
As for Mona finding happiness, is Smokey still around? Yes? Then I don’t think it’s going to happen at this time.
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
If Charlie Brown had kicked the football, then Schulz would have had to retire the gag.
It was a given that Charlie Brown wouldn’t kick the football; the comedy came in how Lucy would put it over on him in some new way. (Actually, the last football gag, on 10/24/00, was ambiguous, but Schulz knew at that point that it was the last one.)
If sometimes Wile E. Coyote caught the Roadrunner and sometimes he didn’t, then the cartoons would have played on the “Will he/won’t he” suspense, but it was funnier to have W.C. (awkward initials) blow it every time.
Mona being happy in Hawaii was an aberration, brought about by being out of her element; it was a vacation, it was a tropical paradise, it wasn’t “real life.” In her natural environment of Los Angeles, a happy and contented Mona wouldn’t be unnatural; she wouldn’t be Mona. If Mona’s angst is relieved for anything other than the short term, she’d lose her appeal (at least for me); C’est la Vie would become a different strip entirely, and I don’t see that it would be a better one.
I hope Ms. Babcock continues to follow the Seinfeld model - “No hugs, no learning.”
razorback2824 over 14 years ago
Yes, people knew Charlie Brown wasn’t going to kick the football, but there was that thought in the back of their mind that maybe he would. As long as Schulz created that doubt in your mind, the joke was still viable. Once that seed of doubt is gone and you know Lucy will always pull that football away, then what’s the point? The joke didn’t work because Lucy pulled the football away, it worked because of the doubt in your mind that maybe this is the one time that Charlie Brown actually kicks the ball.
W.E.C did catch the Roadrunner one time.
Maybe I was wrong about comic strips as a whole. Maybe deep characters with complex personalities, beautiful artwork, a storyline that can manipulate your emotions and leave you wanting more, smart writing, and jokes that make you laugh and/or think are just filler and all you really need for a comic strip that people will flock to is a no-luck loser living in a crapsack world that gives him/her nothing but suffering as he/she impotently tries to better their station in life. Or maybe I’m just too awesome to depend on a comic strip to make me feel better about my life.