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I’m actually impressed by the red writing on the whiteboard. The syndicate’s weekday colorist generally just treats the black and white dailies like a colouring book and fills in the white parts with colour. Changing the black parts of the strip at all is usually too much effort for the weekday guy.
“New ideas? Let’s see… run fingerprints through national data bases? Nah … Run DNA checks? Nah … Dig into the morgue attendant’s personal situation? Nah … Check current missing person reports? Nah … Run drawings of the victim’s face on local media? Nah … Pull a wild arbitrary idea out of thin air? That’s it!”
Sam pulls his weight today while Tracy is content to toss it and see what sticks. He’ll make sure to take all the credit when the case is closed. Shouldn’t that be cups of snail coffee ?  What’s water in a pitcher doing there when you can use up more idle time in walking back and forth to the company cooler ?
Sam’s idea is a good one, it may get witnesses to come forward. But the trope here will be his friends or the worker at the shelter will recognise him from a reco pic, not an actual photo. Secondly the Horace, Claire and co will see it as well and get spooked.
Let’s see… Showing a sketch (or actual photo) of the body and asking for help would be pretty common in every other media market in the country – especially if there had been an attempt to steal the body. In Tracyville? It’s an afterthought.
“Hey,” suggested Sam, “we might go to the public for help.”
“Wow,” Tracy agreed, “no wonder you’re my right-hand man. How’ll you accomplish it?”
“Well, the newspaper and television station have been calling fifty times a day asking us for visuals. Maybe they’ll work with us.”
“And the radio stations?” demanded Tracy.
“They have been asking for a statement from the corpse. I think we can ignore them.”
Tracy wondered why Sam wasn’t enthusiastic about bringing the radio stations on board with the plan.
1- DT: Anybody wanna hear a joke? SAM: Awh – your jokes always suck. Just go away…
2- SAM: WAIT! My almost-as-famous-as-yours intuition is suggesting that you might actually have a good one for a change. Go for it!
3- DT: OK. So it’s a bit of a visual. A guy, we’ll call him John Doe, has a horrible foot sweat problem so he doesn’t wear shoes. To cover the foot odor, he sprays on lots of Chanel #9.SAM: Oooh! This is getting good. But you misspelled “Chanel”.
DT: SHADDAP! You’re messing up my flow! Long story short… SAM: Thank gawd! DT: … with nothing to lose, he goes to church with his dog and sits in the pews where his dog chews on the shoes of the guy who does News which…
SAM: …GIVES ME A CLUE AS TO WHAT TO DO NEXT! My intuition told me this would be worthwhile – albeit “painful”.
DT: I wasn’t finished… something else about a bruise DAM MIT SAM – YOU MADE ME FORGET THE PUNCHLINE! SAM: It’s where it always is – on your face. DT: What? SAM: What?
firestrike1 1 day ago
channel 9… a legit tv station here in Chicago…
avenger09 1 day ago
So Sam’s got one. Stop bragging!
SHAKEDOWNCITY 1 day ago
He was no "welt"erweight.
avenger09 1 day ago
Finally!! Sam’s smiling! He must have ripped one!
avenger09 1 day ago
This story is very suspenseful and filled with toe tingling excitement!(Calm down, Firefootfetish)
Neil Wick 1 day ago
Good morning™, all!
I’m actually impressed by the red writing on the whiteboard. The syndicate’s weekday colorist generally just treats the black and white dailies like a colouring book and fills in the white parts with colour. Changing the black parts of the strip at all is usually too much effort for the weekday guy.
BreathlessMahoney77 1 day ago
“New ideas? Let’s see… run fingerprints through national data bases? Nah … Run DNA checks? Nah … Dig into the morgue attendant’s personal situation? Nah … Check current missing person reports? Nah … Run drawings of the victim’s face on local media? Nah … Pull a wild arbitrary idea out of thin air? That’s it!”
GoComicsGo! 1 day ago
Oooh, an exciting development.
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray 1 day ago
Good morning™, Big Media Help Seekers !
Sam pulls his weight today while Tracy is content to toss it and see what sticks. He’ll make sure to take all the credit when the case is closed. Shouldn’t that be cups of snail coffee ?  What’s water in a pitcher doing there when you can use up more idle time in walking back and forth to the company cooler ?
Uncle Kenny 1 day ago
I don’t suppose it will occur to anyone to take a picture of the deceased to all the dentists in town.
BigDaveGlass 1 day ago
Well, that’s one way to get dentist’s to see his face. As long as they watch channel 9.
GoComicsGo! 1 day ago
Sam’s idea is a good one, it may get witnesses to come forward. But the trope here will be his friends or the worker at the shelter will recognise him from a reco pic, not an actual photo. Secondly the Horace, Claire and co will see it as well and get spooked.
iggyman 1 day ago
An idea grows from Sam’s fertile mind!
LawrenceS 1 day ago
Let’s see… Showing a sketch (or actual photo) of the body and asking for help would be pretty common in every other media market in the country – especially if there had been an attempt to steal the body. In Tracyville? It’s an afterthought.
“Hey,” suggested Sam, “we might go to the public for help.”
“Wow,” Tracy agreed, “no wonder you’re my right-hand man. How’ll you accomplish it?”
“Well, the newspaper and television station have been calling fifty times a day asking us for visuals. Maybe they’ll work with us.”
“And the radio stations?” demanded Tracy.
“They have been asking for a statement from the corpse. I think we can ignore them.”
Tracy wondered why Sam wasn’t enthusiastic about bringing the radio stations on board with the plan.
That Wichita Guy! 1 day ago
“Howzabot I stake out the deli? Oh, can you get one of the uniforms to pick me up a new belt at PleaZingly Plump? I wer a Double Pastrami Wide.”
General Trelane (Ret.) Premium Member 1 day ago
I like that look in Sam’s eyes . Like he’s getting ready to crack some skulls .
orbenjawell Premium Member 1 day ago
….cool suspenders on Sammy Me Boy today!…..Ah, and with St. Paddy’s day just around the corner!……
Another Take about 21 hours ago
1- DT: Anybody wanna hear a joke? SAM: Awh – your jokes always suck. Just go away…
2- SAM: WAIT! My almost-as-famous-as-yours intuition is suggesting that you might actually have a good one for a change. Go for it!
3- DT: OK. So it’s a bit of a visual. A guy, we’ll call him John Doe, has a horrible foot sweat problem so he doesn’t wear shoes. To cover the foot odor, he sprays on lots of Chanel #9. SAM: Oooh! This is getting good. But you misspelled “Chanel”.
DT: SHADDAP! You’re messing up my flow! Long story short… SAM: Thank gawd! DT: … with nothing to lose, he goes to church with his dog and sits in the pews where his dog chews on the shoes of the guy who does News which…
SAM: …GIVES ME A CLUE AS TO WHAT TO DO NEXT! My intuition told me this would be worthwhile – albeit “painful”.
DT: I wasn’t finished… something else about a bruise DAM MIT SAM – YOU MADE ME FORGET THE PUNCHLINE! SAM: It’s where it always is – on your face. DT: What? SAM: What?