Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for March 25, 2021

Yeah, I also think the alliterations are a no-go.

I wonder what Gunther has been up to lately

Sounds like she got the message across!

Wow, a call-back the restaurant idea. I wonder if TJ will be cooking? It’s about time we saw him messing around in Tiffany’s kitchen. (Sounds like a blues song.)

Tiffany- Excellent wording, and Bets is the marketing strategist l

Someone’s an easy sell. ✨

Typically tedious… but effective.

Remember that Tiffany try to convince Desdemona to be a partner in a fresh farm scheme.

There are too many words starting with the same letter, but the concept is excellent. Just play around with some other adjectives and maybe drop a few of them.

Boy Bets better develop some sales resistance or she’s going to have a difficult life.

Tiff great wording and selling points who is your audience.

Uh, could you maybe not invite Gunther?

A little too wordy, Tiff. “Tired of Same-Old Dates? Come to Tiffany’s Table For Two! An Exotic Experience With Farm-Fresh Dishes That Your Date Will Never Forget!” would suffice.

Annoying, avoidable alliterations are absolutely aggravating, a******!

(Up there with “A preposition is a terrible thing to end a sentence with,” and “Be more or less specific” and “Profanity s***ks!”)

There is nothing at all awful about her alliteration. I like it!

Aside from cameo appearances by Jack and Ben, this has been a few weeks exclusively for the girls. Luann and Bernice. Tara and Luann and Bernice. Now it’s Tiffany and Bets. Stella was obscured, and Shannon was unseen, but having a tantrum in the kitchen. This is a good thing.

Hmmmm, considering how much she likes gunther. I wonder if “gunther N me” is an actual get together or a naughty play on words? lol

I wonder of the will do it in “cos”

Tiffany will be a success someday!

Writing is not Tiffany’s strong suit. But Bets seems on board to help.

Awful alliteration or not, she just sold the first table experience. To a business major, at that.

I wonder how much Shark Tank GnK watch?

It’s a concept, not an actual restaurant. She’d have to raise capital, etc, not sure they’re up to that point in class yet :)

“Many miles away,”

“Smile grows on Gunther’s bread-less face as he suddenly imagines Bets’ sweet perfume filling his nostrils.”

“Then suddenly, if by fortunate happenstance, his phone rings and its Bets!”

“Gunther is delighted that Bets is inviting him over for dinner!”

“He’s even more delighted that Bets is inviting him over for dinner at Tiffany’s!”

“But Gunny is crestfallen when Les, (who’s been quietly looking over his shoulder) announces:”

“Dinner at Tiff’s?!!? By God, I’m going WITH ya!” ;)

I thought Tiff wanted to open a nail salon.

Tiffany Invites Ox!

Whether Bets is correct about Tiff’s alliteration depends on the type of clientele that Tiff is trying to attract. Tiffany is being too wordy if she is trying to market the fine dining experience to high-end customers.

I love the concept too, nothing beats fresh and organic food! Tiff might be on to something…

Lets do the revenue on this “business plan”. One couple per night, lets call it $250. Typical margin on it would be 20%, that’s $50 a night. Yes, in comics that would work.

Oh, I don’t know… Sounds kinda clever to me!

OK – big house, his current girlfriend and someone Gunther had bonded with (to what degree he still won’t say, but he acts like a guilty party)… are we at last coming to a moment of realization for Gunther?

Bets, maybe before booking is better see the price. I don’t think that would be cheap. But I agree with her, Tiffany’s idea is good but it needs to be better written. She need to include Dez and TJ in it.

Is Arlo and Janis’ son’s farm fresh foods near by Tiffany?

In a real marketing class, they tell you that stuff like word-play is not where it’s at. Positioning your product to solve a problem for your target consumer is. Clever headlines should be short – you should be able to read it when you aren’t even trying to and are just turning the page – and are there to get people to read the copy. “Farm-fresh foods” is probably the best thing she has.

I know, it’s a comic strip.

I was actually thinking of a concept for a pizza place and arcade.

Gunther’s coming finally, in the context of Gunther and Bets to should not be a surprise

I actually like the alliteration.

At least Tiff is putting in the effort, and it seems to be paying off. Attagirl!

Just “Tiffany’s Table” would be better. Why limit it to two?

Can’t tell if this is good marketing or bad; or if Bets is being sarcastic.

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I actually liked Tiffany’s alliteration. So, now with the mention of “Gun”… does that mean he is potentially entering the scene too? As part of Tiffany’s assignment will they have to have a “mock” example of her marketing concept…. and TJ will host a meal there with Gun & Bets as the customers, and Tiffany as the film crew and narrator?

So Tiff is going to use the Chef who works for her father, to cook a meal for 2? A very exclusive dining experience, how much will she charge each couple? and most important, will the Chef go along with her plans?

All that alliteration is definitely off-putting. Just makes you want to strangle someone, which might be okay in some places, but not when you’re marketing intimate dinner dates.

Is this a coincidence, or did TJ actually bring the produce from Dez’s garden to the mansion to cook? I figured they create some kind of business. Now for the trial run! Will we have TJ cooking for Bets and Gunther or the whole gang. I’m sure the dining room table is big enough to sit 3 ft. apart! Lol! As I said, Bets has the head for business and Tiff can be creative.

Works for me!

I like it. I like it A LOT!

Alliteration is the last refuge of the idea-less marketer.

When is The Ramp Festival in West Virginia?

Gunther…is he the muscle guy?

Unless Tiffany is also running a dating service she cannot say that your date for dinner won’t be dull. The food may be farm fresh and delicious, but the companion may still be boring.

I concur. Alliteration is supposed to promote “memorization for the concentration-impaired”. Ultimately, it is little more than an annoyance, though.

Tiffany can’t run a restaurant out of a private home. There are zoning laws against that.

I like the alliterations. My kind of thinking.

Sounds like a great concept, but, Bets, only a concept.

I had dinner once at a place that could have made that concept work.

The owners had taken an old house with 8 bedrooms and turned it into a restaurant.

Smaller bedrooms had room for One dining table and chairs. Larger rooms have from two to 4 tables in them.

My date & I got the room with only one table. I got the distinct impression the Waitress had, maybe more than once, found the customers doing more “Personal” things than having dinner in that room.

She closed the door when she left the room and always Knocked when she returned. And, she Smiled a lot.

I worked in advertising. That would absolutely be a concept someone would like, especially if the artwork that goes with it was horrible. In 40 years, the one maxim I never saw fail was “The uglier the ad, the more the customer likes it.”

Ho hum.

But, does Tiffany’s Table really exist yet, Bets? You and Gunny may be going to a “nowhere place” tomorrow.

Or, will your interest prod Tiff into creating her concept in reality?

For me, the attraction of a “table for two” restaurant would be that a date and I, or even a sibling or friend and I, could go somewhere that would be quiet, without children and without larger parties of people. I love a couple of diners that have larger parties, lots of kids, etc., but they are not places for quiet talking, let alone getting to know a new person on a date. I’d sign up for Tiff’s restaurant! (Well, depending on cost, lol).

This is no longer Tiff’s college project, it is Bets hijacking an opportunity to get Gunther right where she wants him.

Bets is a clever mentor. Turning an idea into a reality is the best way to learn the realm of Business. Tiffany has spent her life in a Mansion that was paid with the profits of her father’s business endeavors.

could someone mention me later on the new strip?