My inspiration for this was that my wife and I just saw a rather disappointing play on the same stage where, a few years ago, we saw an incredible and emotionally hard-hitting production of “Cabaret.” We followed this up the next day by taking our six-year-old to the Monster Truck Jam, which was fun, but involved far more parking and equipment difficulty than the action-packed advertisements would lead you to believe. Of the two, the Monster Truck Jam had better coffee.
My original direction with this strip had the parents discussing the “Sesame Street Live” they’d just endured, with the mother saying she kept worrying that the number five was going to sneak up behind Elmo and slit his throat…and ultimately it would be revealed that the actor playing the number five was the same one they’d just seen a month earlier in a production of “Sweeney Todd.” But I couldn’t make it work in three panels, and this one was pronounced “cute” by my wife, so here ya go.
MRS. SHOEBOX’S ASSESSMENT OF TODAY’S STRIP: *chuckling* It’s cute!
See?
And with this, we’re back to two updates a week for as long as I can handle it!
-=ShoEboX=-
This one got a gut-laugh from me. Panel 3 rocks.
We can never have enough math jokes. Seriously.
Yes. More math AND astronomy jokes (I only say that ’cause today’s xkcd is in the same vein). Nice.
This is a really good joke.. Seriously, theyre hardly MONSTERS.
I remember seeing Sesame Street Live, and even at 4 or 5 I could tell it was a pale imitation of the real show, which (at the time) was great.
Well, to be honest, not every actor can pull off a role as a prime number.
But I will never forget Heath Ledger’s amazing portrayal of i.
This one is the most “Rob Balder” -like of your PartiallyClips run (and that even includes the ones he co-authored, lol). I loved it!
More math, you say? It’s hard to subtly mock Laplace’s equation using poorly-drawn pictures of barefoot multi-ethnic children standing on chunks of ice, but I’ll do my best to throw a bone your way every now and then.
Heath Ledger’s portrayal of i = win.
Thanks for the kind words, people!
-=’Box=-
Quite frankly, I’m surprised that you didn’t go somewhere with the fact that it looks like the guy on the far right is embracing the other one from behind… (?)
I didn’t really like Ledger in that role. He failed to capture a certain purity that was needed. I don’t know, maybe he just made the character too complex.
*rimshot*
There’s nothing greater than, or equal to, a math joke.