Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for April 27, 2015

A classic case of piano remorse.

Pianist envy?

Vat ve haf here is a classic case of Piano Paranoia. Tell me, Miss Bliss, did chour moma forbid you ze upright right to play ven you vas baby-girl, hmm?

May as well be watching the DisneyJunior channel (and I am eposed to it endlessly, alas…)

When I had a children’s class at church, I would tell an offender that anyone could bang on the piano. What showed real cool was playing it gently! Seemed to have some effect.

Life inside a musical.

Somebody needs to report that daycare to the World Court…

Ha-ha!! I had a wacky music teacher kind of like this once!

Not quite The 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T in the first panel, but it’s a start.

If someone says Song Cue. You’re supposed to say, "You’re Welcome. From the Muppet Show with Christopher Reeve. I believe they were singing, "Brush up your Shakespeare. Not bad for a 61 year old man without googleing

Oh! I just remembered! Does anyone remember The Beast with Five Fingers? Wow, that was a really creepy movie, especially for a scaredy twelve-year-old kid! An elderly pianist lost his hand, and it came back to slither around and haunt people! :-O

“its a small small worldlworst (long) moment of my life. what a nightmare.