Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for April 14, 2019

better abort the launch, mission control

Puddles had the right idea: take a nap.

Uhhhh, WHAT happened to Luann’s car? Did she leave it at the Gulag to “mark her place” for Bets to see?

And somehow I don’t think that our heroine is going to be “dateless” much longer. She has way too much to offer, and I believe she’s looking for a little romance. Maybe not with Jack though.

I get the impression that her “next” may be a Handsome Young Man. A sort of cross between Aaron Hill and Tony Rydinger.

“Date Pic Doug,” perhaps?

Luann has had her own car for quite a while. Perhaps it did crap out at the gulag and Frank is going to give her a ride to pick it up from the shop.

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As an aside, my wife and I went to the Stockton Asparagus Festival this afternoon, and Barry Williams (Greg) from The Brady Bunch was about 6 feet from where we were eating. Of course, that and 50¢ will get you a postage stamp. It was not the reason we went, he just happened to be there with a few people from Me TV. You know you have made it big when you appear at the Asparagus Festival in Stockton, the armpit of California.

She can talk in the car, can’t she? (I assume Pop is doing the driving.)

Teenager? Isn’t Luann in college?

Oh, great. Greg Evans has managed to combine two old jokes into one comic strip: the “teenager is keeping Dad waiting” joke and the “woman is keeping a man waiting because she has to change her outfit and/or make-up (usually both) and it will take an hour, tops” joke. Sigh. . . Why do cartoonists STILL make that kind of joke even in 2019? That is, the “woman is keeping a man waiting” joke?

Huh? I thought Luann had her own car.

The question is, who texted Luann?

Frank i would have just left.

you look lovely with makeup Ms. DeGroot. but if you don’t leave soon Frank will clean it off our face. he looks pissed!

I thought Luann looked better in frame 2 – before all the fuss.

She’s probably texting Gunther

So what is she getting all made up for?

Father life’s, so hard! But Luann is adorable.

If Frank ever drops those keys he’ll never find them.

Luann looks just like her mom with blonde hair in that last frame.

who needs teenagers …my WIFE does this to me!

Leave without her, as she had her warnings. I did that once with my oldest daughter and she and her younger sisters where always on time after that.

Or a wife, or a 35 year old daughter…

Since Greg does the Sunday coloring, I suggest he consult Karen and/or Betty next time he’s choosing for Luann’s outfit. No teenager in this hemisphere would be caught dead wearing matching green tops and slacks.

So familiar! The cure would be to do what I did: drive off without your teen after they fail to meet the stated departure time. It worked with us.

Brady Bunch brings back fond memories for me of a more innocent time for TV. At least none of our parents had to worry about us watching a show like that. And I love the way the parents interacted with the kids!

getting annoyed, greg starts a new story then leaves us hanging

“Mission Out Of Control”

“14 Minute Warning”

“Teen-Minus 10 Seconds…”

“Hold — The Phone…”

“Deep In The Heart Of Text Us” (♪)

“De Groot, You Have A Problem”

“Ready Or Not, Here I Wait”

What gets me is that she went back just to get her phone in Panel 2, but comes back in the next panel wearing a different outfit.

I’d have left 10 minutes sooner without her.

Sunday foible. New arc, or more Bets and Gunther?

Houston probably doesn’t know yet.

That was my mom. As a kid, we never got anywhere on time. We’d be all packed up, ready to go, heading out the door and she’s have to use the bathroom. She’d be in there for about 10 minutes. Dad even set the clocks back and we were still late.

My father would have been long gone…

Frank should have left 13 and a half minuets ago; if he dd that once or twice Luanne would (hopefully) learn that when you’re bumming a ride with someone you conform to their schedule, they don’t conform to yours.

Totally Useless Trivia of the Day

The famous (mis)quote “Huston, we have a problem” was never spoken by the Apollo 13 crew members. The actual quote was “Huston, we’ve had a problem here”, and was spoken by astronaut Jack Swigert, not commander Jim Lovell, as often stated. Huston asked him to repeat it, and Lovell replied “Huston, we’ve had a problem”.

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/List_of_misquotations

Don’t know anything about California, maybe in my next life I’ll drop in. But I did know a super nice lady from Stockton who moved with her family to the Midwest and passed away at a very young age. A sad, sad memory, but if she came from Stockton, it can’t be all bad.

As for Luann…….earrings and a touch of makeup and she goes from unremarkable 12 year old in her appearance to a very noticeable young lady. I can just catch the aroma of her scent, “Midnight in the Casbah.”

It’s probably Gunther calling to dish all the details of his date with Bets!

tomorrow: TJ and Shannon fight over the new room and who will get it.

Luann has to be 19 at the youngest at this point, technically a teenager but not 13. Although sometimes she acts like a child.

If I were Frank I’d just say “I’m going, you can stay home if you’re not ready by now” and then leave. Up to her if she follows him out. Forget this “Hold on” garbage. HE’S doing HER a favor but isn’t obligated if she takes advantage of his good nature.

Only 14 Minutes to Shower, change Clothes, apply Makeup and choose a pair of Earrings.

That’s got to be some sort of Record.

I suspect that Frank has become smart enough by now that he built a Luann Factor into his timing….

I wasn’t able to go this year to the Asparagus Festival, but I am planning to go to the Honey Festival in Woodland on May 4.

Why would Luann have to stay to talk? Cell phones are portable for a reason.

Time is relative. A week or two ago I saw the Virginia Univ. basketball team take about 15 minutes to run 7.6 seconds off the game clock. Just a little less time than it takes other students to take their tests for them.

why would he have to wait while you check your phone??

Luann has to be 19. She is still a teenager. But she has already been in college for two years!