Monty by Jim Meddick for December 20, 2018

Well I dont know who Henry Potter is either.

“Henry Potter and the Ghostly Christmas”

Give him an appropriate scar, Auntie!

Aw c’mon auntie Nell, get with the program!

Where is the wheelchair.

Coming soon: Sedgewicksville.

I know it might be a joke, about not knowing who Mr. Potter is….

but just in case anyone hasn’t seen or doesn’t remember “It’s a Wonderful Life”….

 

Mr. Potter is (to most people, anyway) the villain of the piece…

an unscrupulous, greedy man who owns the only bank and a lot of the other businesses in town.

He’s the nemesis of the hero, George Bailey, the reluctant heir to his father’s beloved Building and Loan company, which makes mortgages for a lot of working people in town that the bank would reject.

 

Mr. Potter has various nefarious schemes for taking over George’s business, and shutting it down…. boo…. hiss…

At a turning point in the plot, he’s handed what could be (no spoilers) a real chance to help the Building and Loan, with a kind gesture, but instead, he tries to ruin them.

(To find out what happens, watch the movie!)

 

Played by the inimitable Lionel Barrymore in his real-life wheelchair….

He’s a hero to Sedgewick, I guess, because of his unbridled capitalism, with no sissy weak spots like altruism or pity.

To the rest of us…. well…. no.

Then the Wizard sailed away in his balloon to Pottersville.

My goodness, but the inbreeding in that family has produced a lot of hideous people.

Sedgie is the funniest kid in comics. Ever.

ha, his aunt will judge inaccurate cosplay

Wow, Auntie looks like she was attacked by a wild horde of ravenous prunes…

Auntie is a bit confused. But she is still rich and powerful, Young Master. Tread lightly!

Not Colonel Sherman T. Potter ?