Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for August 20, 2023

Blue comedy

Why did it matter to Luann what her father’s car color was?

Most father don’t talk to their children about making out with their mother. What’s Frank’s problem

TMI Frank! Most kids like to think they were dropped off by the stork. ;)

…Coswald, Menace or Powder?

Don’t ask him about that time at the drive-in theater! 8^ )

At least this strip is mildly entertaining, unlike this past week.

Too much Information?

Frank enjoyed the discomfort he is causing!

PG-13 ? HILARIOUS MOMENT

I haven’t heard “TMI” in quite a while now. And here it is in Luann… which is – let’s face it – hardly cutting edge. Is “TMI” already becoming passé?

Herald, more upright and roomier than a Spitfire.

We would like to believe our parents were chaste, virginal, and perfect. We would like to believe our children are. Many of us have gotten to admitting the truth about our own sorry selves. Not me but other people have.

Mine was a white 1966 Dodge Dart. I called it The Little Cadillac. I loved that car. It was old when I got it.

he was going after a Triumph all right!

Back in about 1970, I owned a Triumph Herald. It was a boxy little thing with twin carburetors that were impossible to adjust, at least by me. The battery had a positive ground, which meant that the + side of the battery was connected to the frame. That made it next to impossible to find accessories that would work with it, although I did find an AM radio.

Oh, and it was red and white, and a convertible.

The one good thing about this is that it’s absolutely relatable. No one ever, EVER, wants to hear about the first time their parents made out.

Awww! Don’t leave! When the comics suck and are not funny the comments are the best part and you contibute to that!

It’s just inappropriate for a father to tell his teenage daughter about having sex in a car. Most fathers wouldn’t want to encourage such behavior. This strip has been too much about teen sex in recent months.

His car was blue. That’s probably why Nancy was attracted to him.

He should have gotten a 1964 Rambler station wagon. They had fully reclining bench seats.

“After all that, it’s really only fair that you cover my therapy, old man!”

Luann – You’re what? 20? Quit acting like a teenager.

Ah, how fondly I remember my first colonoscopy. Back then they kept you awake but gave you great drugs. Your mom was the responsible driver in the waiting room. I felt so free…

Frank is getting even for all those times that Luann has hit him up for money, last minute trips to the mall and for asking him questions in front of Nancy which probably got him on the couch for the night.

I have to be a Pietje- Precies. The Triumph Herald convertible did have a back seat, albeit a very small one. It did have an advantage for romancing in the 1960’s in that it had a reserve fuel switch, unlike other cars by then.

My first car was a ’67 Mustang with a straight 6 200 and the 3 speed H-shift manual trans. No AC and initially it only had an AM radio until I installed a Pioneer with money I saved up from working as a “bottle boy” at Publix (processed the returnable soda and long neck bottles as well as stocking the beer/soda aisle). Great car, wish I still had it!

Luann, please. Haven’t you figured out you’re embarrassing your color-blind father by harping on what color the car was?

I was beginning to think the color was rust.

For this why it’s impossible not to love Frank. His sense of humor that makes him constantly joke with his children and his total love for his wife, who is always at the center of his thoughts. It’s funny how he can embarrass Luann. That car must really be a good memory for him, it would be nice to hear Nancy’s opinion. Puddles seems to be having a lot of fun.

Luann’s father’s memory is not that great. Triumph Heralds were only sold in the US until 1968 (and very few were sold as they were slow and unsuited for US roads). Also the convertible is not a 2-seater.

I’m tryin not to remember my first car

And in what year did you buy this 1971 car?

Nancy’s views on Frank’s Herald: www(dot)gocomics(dot)com(slash)luann-againn/2022/11/01

He was so enjoying that!

Frank’s good ol’ days.

The first one I got to drive like it was mine was a 1964 Corvair and we had a hoot in that car. The first one that was truly mine was a 1972 Maverick and it was a great little car. Spent quite a few hours at the drive in with that car too.

No kid wants to hear the full details of their parents’ lives, especially their first time.

I remember those days…

And now Luann knows how she came into the world, heh heh…

And Frank would be in his early fifties/late forties he should have bought something a bit more contemporary.

A trip down memory lane for one and a trip into The Outer Limits for Luann.

Stop! Stop! Stop!

Did they even import the Herald to the US?

Fave British car joke: Why do the British drink warm beer? Refrigeration by Lucas!

What a brat! Luann has no interest at all in her father’s first car. All she’s doing is trying to get him into a conversation about getting HER a first car!

I remember my first car. It was nothing like his. And I make sure the stick shift would never get in the way. That’s why I made sure I had a nice big bench seat. :D center consoles cause to much separation.

’65 Chevy Belair, V-6. I installed an AM-FM radio. 8-track player, and speakers in the doors. Many a mile burned cruising in it (gas was amazingly cheap). Insurance was $128 per year. And it was blue. Anything more would be TMI ….

Frank is funny. he knows how to get a rise out of Luann who is nearly 20 but still views her parents through the eyes of a 7 yr old child, i.e. a stalwart, asexual, emotion free being, preacher of morality, provider of all sustinence in life and full of endless patience. Maybe this would be the best use of robotics.

Frank, you don’t want to hear about any make out sessions Luann might have. She doesn’t want to hear about make out session you had in that Triumph with Nancy. (Although Nancy probably wouldn’t mind reminiscing about them, wouldn’t want to recreate them.)

Ahh, another attention seeker. "I don’t like this strip (for silly, mundane reason), so instead of simply not reading it anymore, I’m going to dramatically announce to everyone “I’m boycotting it!” I’ll bet you did this while wringing your hands, and calling your doctor because you had the vapors. Sheesh

I’m 51 and STILL trying to get my first car… :P :P :P

It’s hilarious when someone announces they are never going to read Luann again. Do they suppose anyone cares? Are they on such an ego trip that they think their boycott will be of any interest to anyone at all? Or are they just trying to get comments.

i had a green 1967 triumph spitfire convertible. even though it was a 2-seater, a person or 2 could fit behind the seats. we would cruise main street on friday night in it with the top down. living in arizona, even in the winter.

Back to the important stuff, he should have chosen the Triumph TR-3. Much more fun and the sound was fantastic.

TMI? What am I missing?

Frank is not joking or kidding around. He is seriously telling his daughter about his sex life with Luann’s mom before they were married. Very creepy!

Wish we still had the Mustang!

I hate when people don’t answer your actual question, especially a simple question like that; don’t you?

ka-memories

This is all reminding me of my first car. An 80s-era Chevy Malibu.

My first car was a 1965 ford LTD, big car, it was junk. BUT I could lay down in the back seat ;)

Oh, those gearshift levers…and don’t get a foot hung up on the clutch pedal.

They did have a back seat.

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Just read the 8/20 Luann and was so fired up to see the Triumph Herald mention. We had a 1966 blue Herald and a 1970 BRG Sport 1200, just a special Herald. Loved the cars! They were both 4 seaters though. Only Triumphs

Cut Frank some slack. He just finished watching “Titanic”.

boycitt

My first car was a 1959 Triumph TR3 convertible white.

I took this to be Luann trying to figure out her father’s online password (or log in question), he realized that and was purposely avoiding the answer in the most embarrassing way possible. Let’s not forget Luann’s (IMO not all that helpful) s-e-x talk from her mother who simply said wait until marriage the way she and Frank presumably had. As someone else noted, Frank is making a Titanic reference.

Fantasize much Walt? Good memories obviously.

Seriously, Evanses… what dad would say this stuff to his daughter, much less keep going on and on and on? #creepy

I remember that car… it engendered a xmas parody carol “Hark, The Herald axles swing.”

Hilarity ensues, and its needed. I made out in a TR3 myself.

Whoa, Whoa…….

Monday: Gunther’s Tale? Or back to Tiffany’s Tribulations? STAY TOONED !!!!

FRANK is the man. Best Sunday strip in years.

Heh.

Some “Folks” say that Frank’s talking to his daughter about his make-out session’s in his TR3, “cringeworthy.”

Frankly, I found Al and Irma’s “sexcapades over the phone” to be even ”Cringier.” (2018)

But Lu has a point. Kids generally don’t want to hear about their parents sex lives. Especially from parents who, at the same time, go to ridiculous lengths to keep their kids from having sex. Again, I’m looking at Al and Irma. But also at Luann’s mom Nancy, who made darn sure that her son Brad, didn’t have Toni as a temporary roommate that time when Brad got hurt years ago.

As for Frank fondly remembering his old TR3?

Well, there’s going to be a LOT of THAT type of “reminiscing” in the not too distant future, when everybody is driving electric cars.

And the power grid goes down……, ;-)

WWA❤️ED? Child please… certainly not that. No wonder we all ❤️ Ann❤️Eiffel! Gotta run, hon. Busy day in the Countdom.

1974 Ford Torino with bench seats and wheel-based automatic transmission shift lever for the win in the romance department…

Nancy better watch out tonight! Frank’s been reminiscing!

I didn’t need to know about the blue anatomy.

My first was a 1972 Saab 96. Somehow we fit me and eight of my high school buddies in it.

Well played, Frank, I must say! Your rally had Luann going there!

(A blue Triumph? It’s gotta be red, man! My college buddy’s was red….)

Yes, too much information for your daughter. Seriously though Luann, you do not realize your parents were horny.

Oh Luann, if you don’t like it just go and wash the dishes, start dinner or do some chores.

Okay, that’s ironic. The first car I bought, in 1971, was a 1967 Triumph Herald 1200 convertible and yes, the hand brake go in the way. My solution was a foam block with a cut out to go over it. Mine was white.