Man: Want something at Mr. GOWER'S before heading home?
Aunt Fritzi: DINNER...MOVIE...AND A MALTED?! It's SILLY, but having a MALTED at the DINER makes me feel YOUNG!
Man: Being SPECTACULAR is far better than being YOUNG.
Yes. One diner is generally south of Lafayette, LA. Wait staff uniforms based on Mel’s Diner. Stuff on the walls generally early 1960’s. Photo of Elvis when he was being process in the US Army.
I remember getting a malted at the drug store, not the diner. My paradigm had me thinking Gower Drugs until diner was mentioned, then I had to go back and read again.
The retro diners you speak of are basically fun tourist traps. Reals 1950s malt shops were often located near high schools offering an alternative to the school lunchroom even having cigarette vending machines (there were no surgeon general warnings or enforced laws against minors smoking then) and jukeboxes with the latest top-40 hits and room to dance.
OK, nobody commented on the look Fritzi’s giving Phil in the last panel? She may have already given herself mentally and emotionally to him, but he just totally made her melt there.
JayBluE almost 11 years ago
“Timeless” is another good phrase to describe Ms. Ritz!
doctor075 almost 11 years ago
Mr. Gowers?Hot Dog!
Partyalldatyme almost 11 years ago
Reminds me of the line from Seinfeld— “They’re real, and they’re spectacular!”
Don Fleming almost 11 years ago
What’s ‘spectacular’ is the way she fills out that sweater!
upanddown17 almost 11 years ago
Wonder if he’ll eventually pop “the question?”
blunebottle almost 11 years ago
Careful there, boy…you don’t want to leave the impression that you think she’s old. (Even thought she is!)
blunebottle almost 11 years ago
“You make me feel so young,You make me feel like spring has sprung…..”
EstrelitaH almost 11 years ago
Phil and Fritzi together – perfect way to start the day!
Zaristerex almost 11 years ago
Where I live, we call them malts, not malteds.
ReneTray almost 11 years ago
Yes. One diner is generally south of Lafayette, LA. Wait staff uniforms based on Mel’s Diner. Stuff on the walls generally early 1960’s. Photo of Elvis when he was being process in the US Army.
ReneTray almost 11 years ago
Yes to his comment of last panel.
ColonelClaus almost 11 years ago
I remember getting a malted at the drug store, not the diner. My paradigm had me thinking Gower Drugs until diner was mentioned, then I had to go back and read again.
RedSamRackham almost 11 years ago
The retro diners you speak of are basically fun tourist traps. Reals 1950s malt shops were often located near high schools offering an alternative to the school lunchroom even having cigarette vending machines (there were no surgeon general warnings or enforced laws against minors smoking then) and jukeboxes with the latest top-40 hits and room to dance.
XianProf almost 11 years ago
OK, nobody commented on the look Fritzi’s giving Phil in the last panel? She may have already given herself mentally and emotionally to him, but he just totally made her melt there.
brklnbern almost 11 years ago
Fritzi looks good in frame one, but definitely unspectacular in frame 3. Better brush up your profiles, Guy.