Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for December 02, 2016

here come the bride and groom (interesting how the planner lady doesn’t know the couple are firefighters)

“Cripes!!! The brakes are out!”

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"WE"RE GOIN’ IN!!!"

“Get Me To The Church On Time.”

Jeez. That’s the way planners usually treat the band, not the paying customer.

Less than 10 days till the wedding dress makes its debut.

Seriously, is there anyone in the real world who would be ticked off at firefighters being delayed by saving people’s lives?

I absolutely adore TJ’s smile in the final panel. It radiates joy. Relief, too, of course, but pure joy.

BTW, does TJ make anyone else think of Dean Martin today?

So are we going to be seeing the marriage this weekend?? Greg can’t wait? I mean TJ is wearing that sharp Best Man tux and all. The wedding planner is freaking out, like they do, and we hear the siren of the truck. By the way ms irksome is drawn kind of sexy actually in a weird way. Hmmmm. Anyway it’s happening fellow Luann fans Tru or not. When? Soon, very soon. YEAAAA!!

That siren, lady, is the wedding coach.

I wonder what TJ has put together so Toni & Brad can get cleaned up and ready for their big day. TJ might have brought them a trailer for a dressing room.

Don’t jinx it. Just wait until the I do’s and then celebrate.

No Bridezilla here…just Plannerzilla!

Oh my! I just had a mental flash of what the baby Brad will look like next year.

Oh I hope Toni shows up in her yellow jump suit and axe to carve the daylights out of the three layer cake !! Did anyone pick a burned fire suit for a wedding dress ? AU -

What?? Has this wedding lady got no experience? I’m sure we can all recount a few late arrivals, especially by brides (mine was late by 35 min.)

The wedding hall owner looks like a middle-aged version of Bernice!

Arrival by fire truck- great idea! Should have done that when the guests were already there.

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Funny story: When my parents had their 65th wedding anniversary, we loaded up their cake with 65 candles. They started to ask- candles on an anniversary cake? Just then, a fire truck sounded in the driveway, several firemen rushed in with extinguishers, saying: “We heard there was a really big fire in here!” All set up by my brother….

Someone tell TJ that mullets have been out of fashion, for 20 yrs!

So, the gang fixed up the house and got the wedding prepared in one day? I have to imagine neither one is perfect!

I wonder if Jonah will finally get that long-time acting gig, so that Shannon can finally have a happy home…With Brad, Toni and TJ(Brad, what were you thinking??)

Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Joey Bishop are all ghosts now.

I think there will be additional guests at that wedding. All stinking to the high heaven of sweat and smoke and all with smiles that will light up the heavens.

I love TJ’s expression in the second panel.

I was in service industry for decades, and made plenty of wedding cakes. The usual custom is you only pay for partial of the catering, the remainder is given after the ceremony. I would love to see TJ waving that check in her face and she would dance a different tune. Right now I just want to smack her.

Save it, lady! (TONS of bad publicity possible here…)

Sundays: 12/4 and 12/11, would provide Greg with an extra large canvas do so some extra special art work for the wedding.

Is this woman not aware they were just out there putting lives at risk. or is she just a [bleep]?

But before she started planning the wedding, didn’t she know that they were firefighters? I mean, that’s like rule one: know the occupation so you can figure out the budget.

On the wedding planner for those being so nasty: she is doing her thing, wedding planners freak out trying to keep the venue, the arrangements, and the whole set they are contracted to control in order, and that is what she is doing, and interacting with a delaying TJ can do that to someone. On the firefigthing that Brad and Toni had just done, how would she know? No one told her from the information in the panels. What she is feeling is understandable in context.

No it isn’t understandable. I don’t understand how she stays in business, not being able to cope with the unexpected, which most weddings have, as an unwanted addition.

This A-type is working my nerves. She should be spreading calmness and not stressing. Just help already….gosh.

As a general rule, when you hear somebody say something like “this is highly unorthodox,” you know it’s fine.

Miss Emily Rules! And sometimes rules need to be bent.

Not for nothing, but shouldn’t that sign read “Daytona-De Groot Wedding”?

Nine days until the wedding— there’s got to be a side arc a-comin’ Like maybe there will be a local fire to put out first— aside from that between BAT.

Sheesh! unclench your buttocks people!!!

that irksome siren is the sound of her whining voice

I am starting to get the time line. Evanses have planned this well.

What is that irksome siren? Probably the fire alarm. (What did Shannon do now?) Fortunately, there’s nine (strip) days to get everybody and everything to The Fuze while Brad and Toni are still on the road somewhere.

Who IS this officious person?

Thank goodness I never had a fancy wedding!

My kid sister is among the people who was able to have testing that let a malignancy be found in a very early stage because of it. The result: small surgery, no need for radiation or chemo, six month follow-ups. So, when people complain without thinking…

Whatever happened to all the OTHER characters in this boring strip? (And I don’t mean Shannon)This painful wedding theme day after day after day after day is like a root canal without anesthesia!

What could go wrong?

The wedding lady gets paid whether they show up or not. Why would she get so upset?

Continuing the theological discussion of yesterday, Miss Emily must be Orthodox, as she is so dismayed at unorthodox behavior.

Wedding Lady, " If they aren’t here by then— You and the guest can do whatever you want for the allotted time and when that is over I will clean up for the next event. "

Thinking about it, Puzz, i think i prefer the informal approach.

When my friend’s son got married, there was a firetruck right outside the church. He is a fireman. There was no on at risk, since there were at least 3 other units available. They fired up the siren at the end of the ceremony and a photo op right after. Then the truck was returned to the other side of town and they ( the friends who brought it ) all came to the reception. They are all volunteer in our part of the state.

planned my own wedding, I cannot imagine paying someone to plan such a special day, but a rude one at that, we’d be arguing over her fee

Even venues often have multiple rooms. Conversely, I have been to ONE ROOM funeral homes.

should have read ‘event’

Oh, momma, you’re so tense. Take off those glasses, shake loose that hair, go back to your office and let TJ show you that waiting doesn’t have to be unproductive.

Guess she wasn’t told what they do for a living.

What business is it of hers if they’re a little late?

Rat Pack:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab68Z4U_cEw

Gregg, don’t let me down. I’ve followed Luann since the beginning. I want to hear/ see all the details when Brad finally gives Toni Daytona the WOOD..

“If they aren’t here in 39 minutes sharp, I’m cancelling the wedding!” That’ll show them!

Such a sweet lady.

The world needs more pushy women.

Men are just too laid back to conquer the world right.

Of course it is unorthodox. If it was Orthodox, it probably would have been held at the synagogue.

Now if y’all been on the INVITED guest list (as was I), you would know Miss Emily is even more excited about this wedding than we are. It has NOTHING to do with money or propriety— she has only their beautiful ceremony in mind. She will be thrilled, thrilled when this all comes off without a hitch— as every other wedding in history has had hitches galore. Poor dear is a bundle of nerves.

All things considered, getting hitched in their gear rocks, specially on the heels of recent events. Dressed as superheroes (e.g. first responders)! Love it!

The planner woman (lady? ha.) has 39 minutes to pull that corncob out before the guests arrive.

So a lazy Greg Evans has set himself up to drag out this wedding plotline for the next 30 days. Guess that gets him through the holidays without having to break a sweat.

TJ appears to have gotten very excited by seeing the back of the lady’s head.

How do u know he lazy what did u do today

Well said jack

I think we have to face the facts: more people look like Bernice than almost anyone in the world. Several weeks ago, I saw her in a small town in southwest montana!

Miss Priss does look rather nice, though she’d look a lot better if she’d relax and smile a bit. But her threat (to do what, exactly?) is way premature. At this point Brad and Toni aren’t even late – especially since she has no idea that they’re going to need to get cleaned up and dressed before they walk down the aisle – they’re just not early enough to suit her.

Anyhow, I for one am looking forward to the ceremony and reception and of course to Brad and Toni finally being married!

If I hadn’t seen TJ’s face on the last panel I would think my predictions were spot on but…tear.

But another thing: that’s so ridiculous! They’re paying you, right? So what should you care? And why is she still there?? It’s not her wedding, right?

That’s the sound of the cavalry arriving to save the day!

tjs face lol

Pinch-hitting again for the absent IamJayBluE:

“WEEOO! WEEOO! HOOP WEEOO!” (♪♫)

“Sirens Is Golden” (♪♫)

“The Sounds Of Sirens” (♪♫) (Hey, might as well do both!)

“The Aha Moment”

“Truckin’ On Down”

“Here They Come Now, CereMony Mony” (♪♫)

“The 39-Minute Warning”

“Aisle Be Seeing You…” (♪♫)

OT, but worthwhile: BBC America is having an excellent episode of the original Star Trek on tonight: the “Patterns of Force” episode.

Who is that “irksome” lady.

Whatever happened to Puddles the dog?

Even TJ is surprised!

I am TJ. TJ is me.

What business is it of hers as long as they arrive for the ceremony???