Thursday September 17, 2015
Friday September 18, 2015
I like to imagine that Margo is just sprawled out on the sidewalk/carpet between Lu Ann and Eric, and that every time they move around, they have to step over Margo like she's one of the corpses in Clue the movie.
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Due to A3G budget reductions, the part of Tommie will be now be played by LuAnn
Tommie, didn't they have any better wigs at the thrift store?
Thank goodness they didn't waste any time waiting for Tommie.............oh never mind.
Well, Tommie's gone... will Margo be next?
In Frank Bolle's defense. I think Tommie looks 100% better with long hair. Of course, she looks nothing like Tommie from the scalp down either. This is not a criticism.
OK, after briefly segue to the logical interior setting, on Saturday we're back outside again. Really, the only thing that argues against interns putting this thing together from clip art is Tommie's new hairstyle.
Argh! Ugh! Gah! Argle bargle! Outside--inside--outside again? Tommie with a short pixie-style cut--Tommie with shoulder-length hair? Are they messing with us on purpose? I feel like Professor Whatshisname from across the hall in Apt. 3H (?) is doing a psychological experiment on all of us!
Can't stop laughing! I guess Eric's injuries wiped out the part of his brain which learned about dialing 911 in school. Lu Ann? She never had that part of her brain.
SUNDAY
Everyone's back out on the street, and Tommie is morphing as much as Carol Collins did back in the day.
Faithful readers are very grateful for the frequency with which Ms. Shulock inserts the characters' names in these conversations, since we'd otherwise be confused by the constant shape-shifting! I have to wonder if she is intentionally trying to make up for the day-to-day inconsistencies of the characters, as drawn by our beloved and aging Mr Bolle.
MONDAY
Ahh ... Tommie with a stethoscope. Do I sense some modicum of plot resolution? Will Tommie detect the irregular heartbeat of the victim of a voodoo curse? (Diane Devine, anyone?)
In other news, have our talented bloggers deserted us? I think we all need some laffs!
Because... with a stethoscope a medical expert can tell:
1. ...if a person is certifiably nutso.
2. ...if a person has been cursed by an evil astrologer.
3. ...if a person is just really really tired.
4. ...if a person realy just needs to change into a more comfortable turtle-neck
4. ...if a person is still in love with somebody after several years of assuming s/he is dead.
TUESDAY
Well, Tommie is a genius, after all! She can listen to Margo's heartbeat and her breathing with professional acumen even WITHOUT a stethoscope. It turns out that Margo is suffering from ... drum roll, please ... the disappearing sickness. She's a goner!
STILL TUESDAY
Here are my conjectures on how Tommie completes her thought:
Tommie: "OH NO! PLEASE NOT THIS!"
- "I've left my stethoscope at the hospital, can you wait another hour while I go and fetch it?"
- "I forgot to tap Margo's back when I was stethoscoping (it's a real verb!) - now I have to do it again ... for another four strips."
- "I missed the day in nursing school when they taught you how to take a pulse! Damn you 'Animal Planet' "Too Cute" marathon, DAMN YOU!"
- "All this outdoor street traffic is preventing me from hearing Margo's breathing, if only we hadn't decided to perform her exam outside on the sidewalk!"
I'm getting a little concerned at the lack of updates - I hope our bloggers haven't been placed under a collective fake-medium-voodoo-memory-curse...
WEDNESDAY
Tommie orders Eric to call an ambulance and tell them to go to Manhattan General...sort of like calling a taxi or an Uber car, instead of dialing 911 like a normal person. Oh, well, at least they're already outside, no problem for whatever conveyance to find them. Oh, wait, does anyone have a cellphone? Does Eric have to run upstairs and use the black Bakelite dial phone? No use going for the booth on the corner. Clark Kent is in there changing clothes.
They're inside. They're outside. They're smiling. Margo is standing with them. Margo is not with them. Their clothes change. Their hair styles change. This is better than Mystery Science Theater 3000!
STILL WEDNESDAY!!
TOMMIE: "I'm not sure what just happened, Eric." Wow, Tommie's actually IN THE STORY and can't make anymore sense of it than we can.
ERIC: "What can I do, Tommie?" I suggest you call a script doctor, Eric, stat!
TOMMIE: "Blah, Blah, Blah Manhattan General!" The perplexed look on Eric's face can perhaps be explained by the fact that Manhattan General Hospital hasn't been in operation since it was bought out by Mount Sinai Beth Israel in 1964. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinai_Beth_Israel . Here's hoping they have TARDIS cabs in New York...
I'm not sure what just happened my fellow snarky commenters, perhaps I inhaled too many paint fumes at work today, but I think I'm actually feeling something like....dare I say it....Suspense!!
What just happened? Why, Margo got away of course! Hurry up, Eric and Tommie! Catch her before she finds "her new boss" again. And maybe the roll with butter?
This is so wacky! Maybe Evan Graham will show up again? Or Carol Collins?
Thursday, we're back indoors. Lu Anne is so worried her hair has lost all its volume, and Tommie suggests she hold Margo's hand and pray. I'd have more confidence in Tommie's dire, unspecified diagnosis if I had any faith in her medical competence.
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