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Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for August 19, 2016
August 18, 2016
August 20, 2016
Transcript:
Mom: Who are you going to be in the theater camp play, Dill? Dill: I'm the Brave Grocery Cartherd! Dill: At the moment of greatest peril I ride in and save everybody from the Evil Queen! Mom: "Evil Queen"? Uh oh... Dill: And in the pancake dream sequence I play a singing pitcher of boysenberry syrup! Alice: He got that part because he's sticky!
bigcatbusiness over 8 years ago
You can’t get any more mixed-up than that.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 8 years ago
The Evil Queen, eh? Would that be Queen Alice the Volatile?
Vince M over 8 years ago
They better not be doing a musical based on it – it’s nowhere near as wholesome as “Hairspray”.
beady.el over 8 years ago
High on a hill was a lonely cart herd, lady-oda-lady-oda-lay-he ho….
steverinoCT over 8 years ago
In panel 3 Dill is doing the “I’m A Little Teapot” pose!
Ermine Notyours over 8 years ago
“It’s Backward Day. Everybody must walk backward!” There’s no reason kids can’t reenact that whole movie.
J Quest over 8 years ago
Panel two = pure unbridled radiating joy! (I would love to have this drawing in poster form).
well-i-never over 8 years ago
I want to know how the “Pancake dream sequence” goes!
neatslob Premium Member over 8 years ago
“Evil Queen”… I believe Mom recognizes her little girl.
Sisyphos over 8 years ago
The playwright (Miss Bliss?) seems to have tailored the dual rôles to Dill and his interests, talents, and, err, special characteristics (per Alice’s statement). But Madeline is right to heed his reference to the Evil Queen, who surely can be none other than Alice the Volatile. This is more than just an ordinary pre-school play….