Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for February 27, 2025

dam-nation… and for a moment there, I was thinking that the jar is the legendary mayonnaise jar that they stole from Funk and Wagnall’s porch…

“Lava” dabba doo!

Strap yourselves in, ladies and gentlemen. Brace yourselves, we’re about to hit major eye rolling, shock and awe turbulence!

(Relax, Fireperv, I said strap in, not on!)

There you have it. The body is Horace and so is he!

An insurance scam? Sounds like a job for Banacek.

Good morning™, everyone!

So, the body has a fake identity to collect on the life insurance. I wonder where the real guy plans to live without the insurance company knowing.

Eric – I’ll think with this story I’ll chop and change it. Yeah, keep ’em guessing. Yeah, chop and change it everyday.

Don’t dead body fake death I.D. insurance scams happen via a tragic fire?

firestrike1 said it about 14 hours ago

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Good morning™, Angry Pickle Pullers !

I bet she pops that bottle right open while the boys will claim that they “softened it up” for her. The insurance volcano is getting ready to blow greenbacks … unless MCU can shake a leg and get some answers.

Is she going to the kitchen to get the jar opener?

So is this the explanation of the missing shoes? Horace’s clothes fitted the non-Horace victim but not his shoes?

The real Horace is playing a very dangerous game. There in no honor among thieves / crooks. If the fake “Horace” does not result in an insurance payout – that is, the ruse fails and is discovered by law enforcement, Aunt Claire / Claire ( The angry woman) will do the real Horace in for the payout without a second thought.

Why the pickle jar she snatched from their hands, how does this fit into the story?

Reasons your body hasn’t been identified yet:

Wrong fingerprints (I suggested substituting someone else’s fingerprints for you own into a system – at the time not point out how many places they are likely to be and the difficulty is amazing – let’s see if any of that is mentioned.)

Wrong DNA (they are testing for that these days).

No ID found on the body. (Some bum may have stolen everything of value. But there are other things, like laundry marks that could be used. Obviously you did a bad job of preparing the corpse for incorrect ID.)

No artist’s sketch of corpse shown on television, so no one can offer a visual ID. (Or, worst case scenario, someone recognizes who it really is.)

The coroner has been shown as a dumpster fire of incompetence.

But the biggest question of all: Why attempt to steal an unidentified corpse if you were hoping it would be identified as you? It does explain why Horace told the nephews it didn’t matter that they had failed, but it doesn’t explain why they attempted it in the first place.

Maybe it’s the ’I’m Not Him’ tattoo on the body’s forehead, and the large red herring tat on each bicep??

Will they get enough money with this scam to pay the suit, the rabid woman, and the two dimwits?

Off topic, but shocking: Gene Hackman, his wife and their dog have been found dead at their home. No answers yet on cause of death, but police don’t suspect foul play at this time. Tragic and very strange….

…..Vesuvius…..quaint ’lil ’ol name ’n logo…….as in, could blow at any time……..

Horace is just a bit too smug .

MOVIE QUOTE—

“I hate Pickled Pig’s Feet”

“These have all had pedicures”

Jane Russell&Groucho Marx—DOUBLE DYNAMITE—1951

AH HA! So obviously, the shoes would’ve revealed the true identity of the dead body so they took them.

But beyond that I’m lost. P3 makes no sense at all. Is that the company’s business card and slogan??? That’s insane!

1- JACKIE CHAN: WE’RE IN DEEP DOO DOO NOW BOY! I’d even say “we’re in a real pickle!” LAUGH OR I’LL RIP YER COCKOFF!

2- HOR ACE: Ha ha. Good one honey. Will that make it into your prop comedy show tonight at the…

3- : … Vesuvius Comedy Club And Insurance Company where no questions are ever asked about your comedic qualifications or your insurable interest in the person you’re buying life insurance on? JACKIE CHAN: Yes. And when I’m onstage…

HOR ACE: I know, honey – laugh or you’ll rip my cockoff. JACKIE CHAN: Yep.

With modern DNA techniques,this kind of scam must be increasingly difficult to pull off.

It only works if some police dept. is OVERWORKED and rushes things through to make room for the next body