When 40-somethings shove pop culture references into the mouths of 20-somethings, occasionally references are needed:
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AMANDA writes in her notebook, as she waits her turn for measurements.
"And Wondergirl walked into the stage. She wanted to sing her new song."
MARTA (VO): Hey there. How's it going?
AMANDA: Hi, Aunt Marta!
MARTA: Hey there, youngling. Been measured yet?
AMANDA: No, not yet. I can't wait, though! I wanna see what the dresses look like!
MARTA: Well, the wedding colors are lime green, lime green, and tangerine. So you can imagine that, if it helps.
AMANDA: THOSE colors? Really?
MARTA: Yep. Like the snakes and devils in my dreams.
AMANDA: REALLY?!?!
TODD: She's joking, sweetie. Those are lyrics from a song that's so old, Aunt Marta shouldn't even know it exists.
MARTA (sticking out her tongue): Todd, the first song you spewed out of your guitar was when Dad taught you Tom Sawyer, don't you give me this shade.
"And Wondergirl walked into the stage. She wanted to sing her new song."
MARTA (VO): Hey there. How's it going?
AMANDA: Hi, Aunt Marta!
MARTA: Hey there, youngling. Been measured yet?
AMANDA: No, not yet. I can't wait, though! I wanna see what the dresses look like!
MARTA: Well, the wedding colors are lime green, lime green, and tangerine. So you can imagine that, if it helps.
AMANDA: THOSE colors? Really?
MARTA: Yep. Like the snakes and devils in my dreams.
AMANDA: REALLY?!?!
TODD: She's joking, sweetie. Those are lyrics from a song that's so old, Aunt Marta shouldn't even know it exists.
MARTA (sticking out her tongue): Todd, the first song you spewed out of your guitar was when Dad taught you Tom Sawyer, don't you give me this shade.
Today's edition of the Secret Commentary is empty, because Dave failed to come up with something for it.
Oh, I can imagine Theo being into Rush and teaching his son how to play it on the guitar…
who doesnt like RUSH?
(says the 40 year old that’s currently rocking out to tom sawyer)
Double lime?
The song lyric is “Lime green, lime green, and tangerine.”
Did Amanda get her long hair chopped?
Hey Todd I want to ask is Andi’s sister ever going to be seen again, I mean you already have the comic pages of her so it would be nice for Amanda meeting her mom sister and it could be some nice drama.
I can see Andi’s sister seeing Todd and saying, “hey Todd I had no idea my mom and sister never told you about Amanda being adopted they told me that you were okay with it.” and then Todd would probably talk to Andi’s mom and the drama would ensue.
I don’t even remember Andi having a sister.
Her name is Alexia and she’s Andy sister she was also dating Jessie before they broke up over a prank, you can find her in page 121, also the fight that she had with Jesse lead Andi to get inspired for a new art piece which involves sticking high heel shoes to walls.
There’s never been any confirmation that Jessie’s girlfriend was Andrea’s sister.
Then why did Andi visit her?
I also don’t remember andi having a sister??
Andi and Alexis aren’t sisters. Andi and Jessie live in the same apartment building, and Alexis (presumably) was living with Jessie at the time before they broke up. Andi was headed to her apartment when she came across the couple fighting in the hallway. Alexis’ sister is named Trish.
https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie267/
It hadn’t occurred to me before about just how much pleasure Amanda would take in having an *aunt* and *uncle*, too.
I feel so old. I don’t want to feel this old.
I’m old as you or older.
You know your old when the music you listened to in high school.. is on the oldies station or the supermarket. I heard Eminem in the supermarket the otherday. I seriously considered sticking my head in the oven…
I don’t fully remember the face I made when I realized that Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins are technically oldies music now, but I do remember that it was a contorted, twisted, malformed little thing.
And now you know how we Baby Boomers feel.
One of my students (12 years ago now!): my mom listens to oldies.
then 28 year old me: like what?
student: new kids on the block. why are you putting your head down on your desk?
The old point is when your favorite teen songs are elevator muzak..
Shesus, thanks for reminding me how old I really am.
Thanks for the references, this 50/60 something needed them.
“Tom Sawyer?” Not “Smoke on the Water?” I thought it was in the Learning to Play Guitar Constitution that everyone was required to learn Smoke on the Water first! 😉
Only if they play bass, lol.
The sad thing is “Tom Sawyer” isn’t even the best song on “Moving Pictures”, it’s “Red Barchetta” with “Limelight” a distant second. Fight me!
I like to archive binge when I am bored, and as I was going through, I noticed that whenever a character is experiencing an emotion that is strong, you color the background to emphasis this. Now, in the comic arch where Selkie went back to the underwater refuge, she noticed the colors of the twins dance. Does this mean she can pick up on the colors of those emotions now? If so, that is going to make for some fun times ahead!
Most budding guitfiddle players learn “Smoke On The Water” as their first “real song”
Unless you already knew how to play guitar, — then it was intro to Stairway to Heaven, and Hester-Skelter … or the intro to Blackbird, or even Bouree. If your fret work is fancy enough even a geek can get a real-live-girl to pay attention, even if it’s just for three minutes.
I don’t know this from experience; but someone I met once told me this, and is no way reflective of an actual experience I had of Carole Niesmann – the smartest and prettiest and best dressed and most popular girl in my senior class – sitting and listening to me for 12 minutes till I ran out of fancy finger-work songs.
Well, they don’t learn the whole song, just the opening intro.
I am old enough ti remember when record players had a fixed spindel tjat only played 45’s. Anyone remember Viewmaster. You could see 3D pictures!
With me it’s movies. My ex-boss’s husband, somehow, became a fan of Shirley Temple. I told her that I’d been squicked out when I saw Shirley imitate Marlene Dietrich and she didn’t know who that was.
Then there was that comic book about the Enchanted Tiki Room. The first issue had a reference to John Wayne in The Conqueror, of all things. (Also Amelia Erhardt — who’s heir target audience, anyway?)