Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for August 18, 2015

hi Gweedo just happen to still be up and aint got no more sleep problems! ………..PTL………….

Honestly?

I’d thought the Munro Brothers would be inside.

In my head, I heard Edward G. Robinson’s voice when BB-Eyes spoke!

mornen all … and night all … there aint nobody dead yet, but I bet someone going to jail w/o passing go

Some of you guys knew it was going to be empty. The BB-Eyes group should have had you advising them. You were right that Tracy and the cops wouldn’t be stupid enough to ride up in the elevator. At least there weren’t cleaning people in there.

And it looks like they’re actually on the third floor, which makes sense, since the museum/gallery is supposed to be on the first two floors.

Some of you guys knew it was going to be empty. The BB-Eyes group should have had you advising them. You were right that Tracy and the cops wouldn’t be stupid enough to ride up in the elevator. At least there weren’t cleaning people in there.____________________

It’s ‘The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight’ all over again!

Is there such a thing as ‘Friendly Fire’ here?

[… given that everyone seems intent on rubbing everyone else out.]

hee hee heee

I predict the casualties will be Mumbles, Apollo, and Fritz Ann (via friendly fire, lol)

Dummies thought the cops would be dumb enough to ride an elevator. Ha!

Look out, Joe. Relook at panel 2 and Double-up’ “sillo”. Doesn’t that look like a certain Marvel hero’s shadow? Stan might get upset if he thinks you are comparing Double-Up to a certain Avenger.

I’m betting that DoubleUp goes down (but not permanently), and Blaze picks up his whip to protect Honeymoon and Annie.Hence the foreshadowing: when DoubleUp and Blaze were talking about whips while in the car looking for Jimmy Choo Shooz. (Hmmm… Chekov’s bullwhip?)

Bullets can pass through elevator’s doors? I think those doors are stronger than that

Gweedo, yesterday you said you wished Bea Arthur and Lucille Ball had worked together.They did, co-starring in the movie musical “Mame,” back in 1974. It had to be one of the worst musicals ever made (I saw it, and still wake up in cold sweats) . By then, Lucy’s speaking voice was raspy and hoarse, and her singing voice was non-existent. I honestly think the producers chose Bea Arthur as her co-star because her deep, flat voice wouldn’t make Lucy’s voice sound too bad in comparison.(With all due respect, when they sang together, it was like dueling bullfrogs.)Amazing to think the producers picked Lucy over Angela Lansbury, who was already a name in movies and had starred in “Mame” on Broadway.

To those who said there would be an empty elevator – well played…well played indeed.

Six shots, but I see only 5 BLAMS. I guess the elevator door “ding” makes up for it though. I was correct about them possibly being higher up than the 2nd floor—appears to have stopped on the 3rd. I am not sure about real life, but in the movies, you always see the bullets penetrating the elevator doors & hitting the people inside.

Backs to the door gentlemen? Not too bright—a very good way to allow the cops to get the proverbial “Drop” on you.

I won’t say I called it…..

Good Morning Vista Bill!

Shades of Jack Nicholson in “Batman” BB-Eyes!

Good morning everyone.-—————-As I stated yesterday: Tracy is too smart to take the elevator. He would use the stairs.-—————-Have a great day my friends.

John Russell: It’s good to have you back and commenting again.-——————Neil Wick: I enjoy your comments as many others do.-——————Be well my friends.

Trapped like rats!! Now the door closes and delivers them to Tracy and gang.

Some of you were discussing the (outdated) elevator lights above the door indicating the floor the elevator was on. So BB-Eyes’ group is on the 3rd floor – and this particular elevator only goes to the floor 6. (The building is somewhat taller, right?)

I wonder if Venus, Apollo, and Melies (sorry if I spelled his name wrong) are still after Doubleup, Mumbles, and BB Eyes or if they’re all just trying to get out of the building. Hopefully the cops will get to Annie and Honeymoon first.

Third panel: The bullet riddled doors behind the guys would indicate that they actually stepped into the elevator once the doors were opened. If so, that is one huge elevator cage!Even if they did use armor piercing bullets, I would imagine that the thick elevator doors would slow the bullets down enough to minimize damage on the other side – but I don’t know that much about shooting.

Hah! Tracy and the cops outsmarted the gang guns that time!And they have lured them into the elevator car (hence the odd, somewhat forced perspective in panel 3), where they are being surveilled by the elevator security camera, the point of view of which we see in panel 3, and as the MCU tech team can see on the security monitors, thus knowing who and what they are up against….

I’m thinking that someone or more of our group has access to future panels in the strip. It’s not been a “spoiler” for me, but several times they have hit it dead on with their Ouigi Board.

Good morning guys!.Good morning Chris. That’s one big elevator. I’m glad the guys went in to assure that there was nobody inside.

Good morning Gweedo. I told Abner that you made mention of him yesterday and he was pleased. He wants you to drop in for a visit. He’s all aglow these days! The asbestos lining in his coffin has really lit him up!

Its All Italian to me..we been Faked Out!!!

@GweedoGlad I wasn’t exposed and will keep an ice pick handy for ears and eyes if I ever get compromised.-————————————————————-No need to go take desperate measures, G!A simple garland of garlic around your modem or cable box should keep it away.After I posted the earlier comment, I looked the movie up. It seems Lucy had veto power over the casting. Madeline Kahn, who was so great in Mel Brooks’ movies, was signed for a major role, but Lucy nixed it. (I bet she was afraid of being upstaged.)

It would have to be a large elevator to bring up all of that gold. It does not look very luxurious inside. Perhaps it is a freight elevator.

Now the elevator doors will close behind them and the elevator will return to the ground floor where the cops are waiting.

I vote for the doors closing and some kind of knock-out gas being released. A neat way of rendering the crooks harmless without gun play.

@GweedoYou could be right. Maybe the elevator is so big so that they can transport things like gold bricks up the building.

This will probably be a repeat of the Mr. Crime take down with BB & company……the real fun will be with Bribery in the air……I have a feeling he may have been put there for a purpose……and end up the way he was supposed to have before; but for real this time…..splat!

I doubt if such an entertaining villain as Bribery would be brought back only to be killed a few weeks later. The boys in the elevator would be wise to ditch their weapons and call their lawyer. “I never saw that gold before in my life, Detective!”

“. . .The boys in the elevator would be wise to ditch their weapons and call their lawyer. “I never saw that gold before in my life, Detective!””-—————————————————————-

A whole lot of ‘;sense’ in that sentence !

I think Doubleup hacked into the system today!

@Neil WIckMaybe the elevator is so big so that they can transport things like gold bricks up the building.-—————————————————I’m reminded of some elevators in hospitals which are oversized and have doors on either side. They’d be the size of what BB-Eyes and friends are standing in.

@GweedoThe ‘reply’ hasn’t worked for me since this morning. I thought it was just my computer wanting a day off.

I’m still suspicious about Mr. Bribery never being shown standing or doing his ’I’m a crazy bad guy’ dance.There’s something to it, but I’ve no idea what.

How tall is that Tower?I looked at the three days we saw the Ace Tower (June 14, July 10 and July 12), and none of them showed the building completely, but they all showed it to be about 10 stories.The 10th showed the top seven floors, with an oversized donut around the building at the lowest visible floor. The next panel had the donut at the top, then another floor beneath, and then the 52 gallery.-I would expect them to use the top six floors, and have private elevators to reach then. (You don’t want someone accidentally ending up in one of Mr. Bribery’s board meetings.)The rest would be rented out, just like in the real world.

Add me to the list of people experiencing issues with the “Reply” button.

Dang it.

@ colmeresq and others. You’re all right. I happen to have the cartoon series of Dick Tracy. They do sound like the people you said.

Ray’s right that a large elevator car would be useful for hauling gold, if it were rated for enough weight.

In one of the “Detective Conan” movies, the characters have plot-necessitated access to a convertible located in a penthouse, so that building at least would seem to have large, hospital or warehouse-style elevators.

[Though it’s possible the convertible had been disassembled and moved piece-by-piece.]

And bravo to everyone who correctly predicted The Empty Elevator Scenario!

Speaking of elevators …

File this one under “Oops!”

There are elevators big enough to handle automobiles …

As well as more standard freight elevators …

@Pequod77The boys in the elevator would be wise to ditch their weapons and call their lawyer.

I don’t think they’re that smart, though that might be the wise thing to do.

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Much appreciated (even though not true)..I will need to get my Lead lined jacket back from the foundry. I’m having the lining Doubled up Doubled up..Good idea, Gweedo!

Jim in CT said, about 2 hours agoI’m still suspicious about Mr. Bribery never being shown standing or doing his ’I’m a crazy bad guy’ dance.

I think it’s just a coincidence that he hasn’t been shown standing. Since we know he didn’t really fall through that roof, there’s no reason we know of why he should be particularly injured or disabled. I think it’s just that he has needed to “rule” the gang from his “throne” in the tower. The only time I think it would have been appropriate for him to dance was before we were permitted to see anything more than his hand.

Maybe dancing was more a Joie Packet thing …?

Jim in CT said,I would expect them to use the top six floors …The rest would be rented out, just like in the real world.

It’s my impression that they own the whole building and we’ve been told that apartments for members of the gang are in there too. (It didn’t say that’s who the apartments were for, but it was implied.) I would imagine there are more gang members than the twelve characters that we know.

It reminds me of an old song, “Shut the door, they’re coming through the window” (listen on YouTube). (Roy Fox, 1934).