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Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for November 05, 2015
Transcript:
Mom: We could really use the money from renting Brad's room. But we won't rent to Prudence if it'll be awkward. Luann: no, it's ok. Mom: are you sure? this isn't going to be a problem? Luann: Honestly? I don't know. I don't think so. But there's only one way to find out. Mom: Honey, you could talk to Quill first. Ask him about Prudence. Luann: I have. she's "just a pal." apparently. so....I'm good. I'll cope.
JayBluE over 9 years ago
Well, people said the DeGroots were getting everything done with their ânever ending stash of moneyâ⊠but Nancyâs words show that thatâs not the case⊠â At least Luann is âchin upâ about the matter, on the surface âŠor maybe she is now realizing that she had her answer from Quill this whole time.. Maybe it was just taking the rest of her some time to catch up to what her ears heardâŠ
JayBluE over 9 years ago
âThe Cope AestheticââAssurance PolicyââRisk ManagementââOne For The TeamââBeauty Is In The Eye Of The HurricaneââMounds Of Calm And Joyâ âOn Second ThoughtââA Sacrifice That Will FlyââThe Needs Of The Family Outweigh The Needs Of The PruââA Little Prudence Canât HurtThe FamilyââAt The Speed Of FrightââBut You Say Sheâs Just A Friendâ (âȘ)âJust My Imagination?â (â«)âThe More You KnowââFear FactorâorâA Take Home Testâ
Argythree over 9 years ago
No, no, no, Luann. Donât cope and donât mope.
Lifeâs too short to waste time with a dope.
See if your last boss can lower a rope,
And haul you in with a job that gives hopeâŠ
JayBluE over 9 years ago
LOL, and blame it on a.. âmalfunctionâ.Just like Scotty and OâBrien would doâŠ.
JayBluE over 9 years ago
The comics quiz up there is kinda fun!
SF1972 over 9 years ago
This is refreshing.
Argythree over 9 years ago
-And landed on her
Jazz
playing bro, who was heard to say
âThought that was fixed by ole man Gray?â
seismic-2 Premium Member over 9 years ago
So Luan has âaskedâ about Prudence? Did she ask what she looks like, how old she is, is she married, etc.? No, she just asked âWhoâs Prudence?â and Quill replied âJust a pal.â Those are apparently some very informative dialogues that these two lovebirds share, wouldnât you say?
ShagsCA over 9 years ago
450 lbs, 5 foot by 4 foot, perhaps?
Argythree over 9 years ago
Five foot two, eyes of blue,
Kootchy, kootchy, kootchy koo (sp?)
Has anybody seen our Pru?
kenhense over 9 years ago
Luann has a good chance to learn about herself (and Quill) if she holds up and doesnât crack.
greenbird over 9 years ago
Prudence is giving them their first play and directing it for free, but theyâre going to charge her rent to stay with them?
Argythree over 9 years ago
All righty then, see you guys much later. Long evening meeting, and I have to fix all the online docs tomorrow to get them ready for yet another meetingâŠ
seismic-2 Premium Member over 9 years ago
Is it true that Prudence will allow her show to be produced without getting paid for it, she will direct the show for free, she will have to pay to travel to Pitt, and Frank will charge her rent to stay in the DeGroot home? Apparently the holiday show is some variant of âA Christmas Carolâ, and Frank will play Scrooge.
blunebottle over 9 years ago
Or another scenario: Prudence is at least 20 years their senior, has no interest in Quill at all (other than his acting ability) and comes on the scene: âLuann! I am SO happy to finally meet you! Quill talks about you all the time.âLuann & Pru become BFFs.
seismic-2 Premium Member over 9 years ago
Will 1000 more people post guesses herein about what Pru looks like, before Luann simply asks Quill to tell her (or better yet, to show her a photo)? This endless speculation is pointless, give how easily it would be resolved if the title character only acted with a lick of sense.
margaretannehill over 9 years ago
Betcha Pru is a dish.
margaretannehill over 9 years ago
Every plot has three corners
Durandal_1707 over 9 years ago
My guess: Prudence will turn out to be a lesbian.
seismic-2 Premium Member over 9 years ago
The characters in âLuannâ didnât always act this stupid, did they?
seismic-2 Premium Member over 9 years ago
The populace of Pitt has become oblivious, thoughtless, and dumb. Pru may want to reconsider coming here, however much she may want to visit Quill.
Make Mine Marvel over 9 years ago
@seismic-2I donât know that Iâd use the word âstupidâ. The characters have always been able to think and act in ways that work for the gag of the moment, with only a vague acknowledgement of the real world. The situation with TJs insurance comes to mind, where Brad evidently didnât tell his parents of his suspicions about TJs possible arson.
Then thereâs the bit with Quillâs employment in the food truck, almost certainly in violation of whatever sort of visa an Australian national has to come to the States to go to school. Guntherâs trip to Peru is another example of the sort of assumption that the real world will bend and stretch to accommodate whatever the gag needs to be. Mr. Grey doesnât seem to have charged the De Groots for his time, or the services of the construction guys he provided.
seismic-2 Premium Member over 9 years ago
A jealous (or at least worried!) girl who doesnât even ask her boyfriend what his new âpalâ (with whom he is constantly in touch) looks like? Why the heck doesnât she? Has that no occurred to her to do? Or is her relationship with Quill (after 3 years of dating!) so tenuous that she doesnât want to risk making him angry? Itâs hard to explain these peopleâs behavior, unless they are in fact simply dumb as doorknobs.
MathProf2 over 9 years ago
Has the strip ever had a lesbian character? Iâll bet thatâs the punchline with PruâŠ
Barry1941 over 9 years ago
If you are in that much of a financial bind that you have to rent out a room in your home you might have thought twice about this old building you are pouring $$$$ into.
Emmett Wayne over 9 years ago
Sheâs 50.
Mordock999 Premium Member over 9 years ago
âWe could really use the money renting Bradâs Room.â Is ZAT So, Nancy-Bot?
Strapped for Cash, Already? Well GEE, Maybe this âNight-Culb/Bistroâ Thing Wasnât such a HOT Idea after all, Huh?
Maybe, Just Maybe, You Guyâs SHOULDNâT Have Been Such Puritanical TYRANTS and Rented Bradâs Room to Q-Ball Monthâs Ago.
Maybe, Just Maybe, Yaâll SHOULD Allowed Your Highly Impressionable Daughter to GO to New York with Her âShouldnât Be Boyfriendâ and Enjoy a few moments of Happiness before She has to Quit School, and Find Several Jobs to help make âEnds Meetâ after This âNight Clubâ BANKRUPTS the Entire Family.
Maybe, Just MAYBE, YOU Should SHUT UP and Find a Job Yourself, Like YOU Should Have Done Years Ago and Help Frank get Out of the Hole He just Dug.
Maybe, Just MAYBE, YOU Should Have SLAPPED the STUFFINGS Outta Frank when He First Mentioned this STUPID Bistro Idea, like ANY Normal Cartoon Wife WOULD have Done.
Oh Wait-Person? COFFEE, Please and QUICKLY! My Patience for FOOLISHNESS Is Reaching Critical Levels!!
JayBluE over 9 years ago
For those thinking about how Prudence may get charged for rent and such, though sheâs supposed to put on the play for free- well,as a possibility: maybe the arrangement will be that she stays in town a little longer than just the time for putting on the play? She could be âboardingâ for a while, upon considering staying there beyond the play, and it would indeed make for more stories over timeâŠ..
dlkrueger33 over 9 years ago
At least LuAnn can keep her eye on Prudence this way. What is that line about âKeep your friends close but your enemies closerâ? LOL
The Old Wolf over 9 years ago
Greg is such a lovely writer of drama.
kc2idv over 9 years ago
I can hear Quill singing âDear Prudenceâ by the Beatles in Luannâs head
chris_o42 over 9 years ago
It will be interesting to see if Prudence is actually a 50 or 60 year old lady who has been doing theater for years.
Gus over 9 years ago
um, this is just weirdâŠjust how long is Prudence going to be thereâŠhow long does it take to put on a show?âŠ.is she paying her own way there? Is she offering her services for free? Why would she have to pay rent for her room, I mean, they are even using her own play!
Uhohcroc over 9 years ago
Rent?? Isnât Prudence putting on her play to help open the Warehouse? Would seem prudent to allow her to stay for free. Iâll bet thatâs how it comes down.
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
Having Prudence living in the room next door (and with thin walls!) could not possibly interfere with your love life, such as it is, Luann. Quill wouldnât be distracted. Or would he?Why, this arrangement could even be to your benefit, âcause you could eavesdrop on any âprivateâ conversations Pru might have with, you know, anyoneâŠ.
Uhohcroc over 9 years ago
Who is Karen?
mcbessey over 9 years ago
With some of the more mature directions this strip has gone over the last year or so, I wouldnât be surprised to find that Prudence has a preference for girlsâŠ
luann1212 over 9 years ago
I am just going to add my 2.5 cents here: I think we finally will meet Prudence. It will be a surprise no matter what she turns out to be. I am reserving any opinion at this point.
Sakamichi over 9 years ago
I believe this is whatâs known as whistling in the dark.
seismic-2 Premium Member over 9 years ago
OK, clearly Team Evans wants to put Prudence into the same home with Luann, as a source of conflict. Fine, thatâs the way these things are usually done. But there was no need to make her pay rent! Frank should be so grateful to Prudence for the use of her show and for her donating her directing labor that he offers to put her up in the familyâs spare bedroom so that she wonât have to pay for a motel âas the very least that I can doâ (which in fact it really is!!!)..Same result, but then Frank looks like a normal human being. As it is now, he looks like a thoroughly unlikable and ungrateful crank who wants to squeeze even more money out of a person who is already giving away so much to him. Also, by not directly asking Quill just what Prudence is like (in terms of looks, age, and dating/marital status), Luann looks like a dunce. Does Team Evans really not care what they do to the way their characters are perceived, just so that they can string together their improbable plot (in ways that are totally unnecessary to make the story work, to boot!)?
gromit82 over 9 years ago
I think Luann should be looking at this from another perspective. While we have had all kinds of speculation here about Prudenceâs age, sexual orientation, and appearance, Luann has obviously assumed that Pru is a young, attractive, heterosexual woman. And since Quill is producing the play that Prudence will be directing, itâs likely that they will be spending some time together in meetings about the play.-Now, if Luannâs goal is to shut down a potential romance between Quill and Pru, where would it be better for Luann to have Pru spending her nights â the DeGroot house, or a hotel room? Thereâs not going to be anything going on between Quill and Pru at the DeGrootsâ where Frank, Nancy, or Luann might be hovering around at any time. But if Pru were staying at a hotel, the situation could be different.-I also agree with those here who have said that if Prudence is providing the play and her services as a director for free, itâs inappropriate for Frank and Nancy to be charging her for the room.
2Goldfish over 9 years ago
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. They donât even know if Prudence wants to rent that room.
bigal666 over 9 years ago
Sheâs gay.
notbornyesterday over 9 years ago
maybe this is what Luann needs to get her to âup her gameâ, i.e. no more staying at home to cater to a bunch of snot nosed kids (like the world will ever run out of those) when Quill actually ASKED her to go to New York with him (and how many times is THAT gonna happen?)
sharonq over 9 years ago
So⊠Prudence is writing and producing a play to help them for FREE and they are charging her rent? Whatâs up with that?
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 9 years ago
Wow⊠I am surprised that Nance IS planning to charge Prudence RENT to stay in Bradâs roomâŠ. after Prudence is doing the DeGroots this favor for free. That IS NOT particularly nice.
seismic-2 Premium Member over 9 years ago
> Obviously the real reason is that Team Evans wants to hold back plot details from us, but in doing so they make Luann/Quillâs relationship appear non-existent.>And itâs totally unnecessary. The obvious follow-up to this premise if that Luann simply asks Quill what Pru is like. Then on Saturday, Quill pulls out his cell phone and says, âHere, Iâll show you.â In the final panel Luann is shown staring at Pruâs photo (which we canât see) with a look of total astonishment on her face. Then in the Sunday strip, Frank and Nancy remind us that life is lousy when youâre middle-aged and your daughter has a messy room. Next, on Monday itâs time to switch to a completely unrelated story arc, so for the next two weeks Brad and Toni once again demonstrate that they have the combined IQ of broccoli..After that, itâs nearly Thanksgiving in the USA, so itâs definitely time for Pru to arrive in Pitt and start setting up production of the holiday show. We see her emerge through the doors to the baggage claim at LAX, and she looks like⊠whatever. Mystery solved, but the suspense has served its purpose, and it was done without making Q & Lu look like total idiots and strangers to each other.
seismic-2 Premium Member over 9 years ago
When the night of the Grand Opening rolls around, will Frank charge Prudence admission so that she can go inside and put on the show?
drewpamon over 9 years ago
Better to have her in your house Luann than to have Gunthers mom offer prudence a room.
LC1 over 9 years ago
Perhaps Prudence is a drag queen or lesbian? Thereâd be a twist in the plot.
Pointspread over 9 years ago
SoâŠ. nobody has actually read this play yet. Nobody knows if it is any good, if Prudence is a flake, if it has any appeal to a town like Pitts, but you are betting people will come to the play because itâs the opening of a new venue. I believe people will leave with a better impression of the new venue if the play is good.
3pibgorn9 over 9 years ago
Very adult.Luann. Hope Evans will allow you to keep it up.
maverick1usa over 9 years ago
Have an enjoyable day as we await the arrival of Prudence. I wionder if sheâll resemble Ann Eifel or Rosa! Maybe Mr. Grey will be smitten with her!
seismic-2 Premium Member over 9 years ago
> if the play is a disaster it could effectively end The Fuse right from the start.>We havenât seen TJ lately. I suspect he is already stockpiling kerosene.
JayBluE over 9 years ago
LOL!
JayBluE over 9 years ago
But the point isâŠ.It was decided to keep everything âneat and smallâ, and since weâre talking about a âclose knit communityâ, Pitts is the place where things happen, as far as this strip is concerned. - Riverdale was purposely made to be an âunnamed townâ (regardless of itâs actual real life source cities), in order to keep everything âwarm and personalâ and easier to facilitate the readersâ identifying with âaverage life in an average townâ, even when the comic featured lots of stories with drawn versions of real life celebrities who were guest stars and other assorted famous people (famous within the universe of the comic book). â Then thereâs Keith on âGood Timesâ. Why would he want to marry someone like Thelma (in terms of economic background), when he could have had âGold Digginâ Ginaâ or âLove âEm and Leave âEm Lorettaâ, as a then âup and comingâ NFL rookie, about to be drafted and sign a contract? It was to tell more stories, and find other dimensions of interest to pursue⊠it kept things in the âsmallnessâ of their world, until the seriesâ endâŠ
luann1212 over 9 years ago
What about toward the strip? I donât think he is totally out of the picture. After all this strip paid for her college education, among other things I am sure.
JayBluE over 9 years ago
Actually, Nancy said âThe Fuseâ for the whole thing. TJâs part is âCafe Kablooieâ. â -
JayBluE over 9 years ago
Speaking of which, heâs still waiting on you to work with him on the robots.. -
jocatric over 9 years ago
How much money can you get from a small stinky(remember Brad lived in it) bedroom w/o a bathroom?
seismic-2 Premium Member over 9 years ago
We arenât really sure how much of the writing is done by Karen and how much by Greg, but perhaps a better question is: who is doing the editing of this strip? Someone at the syndicate should step in and say, âLook, Greg and Karen, this âPrudence and Luann have to live together under a single roofâ is a fun idea, but charging her rent??? You really need to change that, since it makes Frank come across as a total jerk.â Whoeverâs job it is to say that, youâre really dropping the ball these days. So, just who is the âLuannâ editor, anyway?
Willow Mt Lyon over 9 years ago
Jumping the gun here.
seismic-2 Premium Member over 9 years ago
The holiday show for the Grand Opening should have as its finale that popular Christmas song from television, âYouâre a Mean One, Frank DeGrootâ!
The Nameless Wonder over 9 years ago
I wonder, what if Pru is Luannâ Doppleganger ..
forbearly over 9 years ago
I donât think Prudence is going to be a threat, but if she is, at least LuAnn can keep an eye on her at the deGroots.
Gregory Ryder over 9 years ago
seismic-2 won the comment section today.
flowergirl19 over 9 years ago
So we all agree that charging Pru rent is ridiculous. I canât believe that Karen or Greg could be so dense about this, but the alternative, that they are including this scenario on purpose, just seems to make F & N look like jerks which doesnât make sense.-Or maybe Greg started charging Karen rent when she was fifteen years old like my mom did to me so for her itâs just normal behavior.-I think Prudence will be young and attractive. Itâs too boring and predictable if she turns out to be otherwise.-All the comments about Luannâs lack of initiative to find out what Prudence looks like are so true. Any normal girl would have looked her up on FB ages ago, or simply asked Quill to see a photo of her, geesh. Apparently FB doesnât exist in the Luanniverse.
Luanaphile over 9 years ago
Now I am leaning toward Pru being the Pat character on SNL.
JayBluE over 9 years ago
âTJ went along with Nancyâs idea and it was named âThe Fuseâ^Yes, I know, but Iâm adressing the part that Argy was referring to ( âdidnât he want to call his effort âKaboomâ or something??â). That portion TJ is talking about (his cafe) will be âKafe Kablooieâ, while the whole building itself (âthe sum of all the partsâ)will be called âThe FuseââŠ.
ACTIVIST1234 over 9 years ago
Theyâll rent the room for mid-November to mid-January, two months. A bedroom in a house, no private kitchen or bath, goes for maybe $350-400/month. In return, they look like ingrates and risk alienating their daughter. *Do they really need the money that bad? Couldnât Nancy make like Blondie and maybe do a little catering on the side instead?
Jim Kerner over 9 years ago
OK Sarah Heartburn, you get the part.
seismic-2 Premium Member over 9 years ago
I have driven between LA and San Diego often enough, but about 3 times I did in fact fly (once, on a jet!) between the two cities on the connecting leg of a coast-to-coast flight. And Luann has driven to LAX to pick up Quill when he flies from Australia. Since Greg Evans lives in northern San Diego County, it is likely that this is the setting for the strip, so it wouldnât be hard to go to LAX to pick up Pru. Whether they do that or go to Lindberg Field depends on just whether she is flying from, which flights are booked up, what fares are cheaper (since Frank apparently isnât paying for it!), etc.
seismic-2 Premium Member over 9 years ago
Or Orange County (John Wayne) airport might be easier, again depending on whether Pru can or canât get a direct flight to San Diego. (Didnât Brad and Toni get engaged in an Orange County restaurant?)
Jastcaird over 9 years ago
The whole warehouse fantasy, straight out of Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy is terribly lame.Hard to believe a carroonist never took an art class, but that whole plot was lame. I never studied theater, but that whole angle seems totally contrived. And the idea of charging rent to a professional who is lending you a hand makes no sense.The authors have good characters and a good setting that is being squandered on lame story lines.
thefloyd over 9 years ago
And Luann grew up and became an adult. Sweet moment, Greg.
Argythree over 9 years ago
SPOILER ALERT
Stiff upper lip falters in the face of Dezâs asteroidâŠ
urdolf over 9 years ago
So⊠Prudence is offering to travel from New York, provide her own script, and produce the show for the deGrootâs grand opening and the deGroots intend to CHARGE HER RENT???!!!