Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for December 28, 2011

And to think, Janis, back in ’94, referred to Mary Lou as “That little hussy…”1

1 Hussy – Pert or forward girl F&W ©1940

“Don’t tell Mom, she thinks I’m the piano player in a whorehouse.”

I don’t remember the strips from ‘94 that were linked to yesterday and today and I understand that Mary Lou had appeared in a few strips before that but the first time I recall her appearing in the strip was when she already months into her pregnancy. Gene stuck by her at the time, arguing with Arlo at one point and I remember Janis musing as they were leaving about going back to the shore the next year so she’d see how mother and baby are doing.

It’s good that things have gone so well for Mary Lou and Megan but I’m still not liking Janis poking at the sensitive subject in the middle of a holiday visit.

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What better time for “Auld Lang Syne”?

Harvard Law School?? Are you kidding me??

I remember Mary Lou as a 7 year old +-.

What is this… ‘One Life To Live’??

I wonder if this foreshadows the ‘return of the baby daddy’ ?That would create some tension in the plans of Gene and Mary Lou.

Not strange (as in unusual)… just life…

isn’t it kindda late to be asking these questions? Janis should have brought this up with her son before now since he’s the one involved with this girl. i figured Gene would want to adopt Meg if he and Mary Lou got married. if the bio dad isn’t listed on the birth certificate don’t think he’d have any rights plus doesn’t mention he ever paid support. anyone know if Meg has Mary Lou’s last name? i assume so. Meg only talks about Gene as her Dad so he is the only one she knows. and Gene has deep feeling for her in return. be interesting to see where this goes. maybe Mary Lou and Meg’s dad will re connect and run off leaving Meg with Gene and Gus!

Being an essayist is to good for you…you want to be a coal miner.

A potentially rich man is around her for more than a minute and all she remembers is that he is tall?! She had to be raped in the dark.With one exception, I don’t like lawyers either, especially corporate lawyers.

Could have been a date rape pill.But this is all getting way too bleak for the comments.Let JJ play out the story, I’m sure it’s going to be worth it.

Rapist-lawyer, what’s the difference?

The father at Harvard. Hmmm. It reminds me of the novel I recently read; Class Reunion by Rona Jaffe.

1-The Drama Queens are taking over.2-What is wrong with us Cathouse Piano Players?

I remember when Gene first met her at the beach when he was a little kid. They were on vacation and stayed in/near her Dad’s place…her Mom was always drunk. Sometime later, she called him..they talked…Gene asked her what she got for Christmas…she said just stuff she needed…makeup…bras….Gene went into meltdown….

I think was ML is saying is that Meg’s father was as smart as he was troublesome.

I was sort of surprised by ML’s comment that she didn’t know much about the father! As I recall, she said right away that he “wasn’t in the picture” but I felt that he just was irresponsible – not that he was someone she didn’t even know! Now I see a foreshadowing of a return also…