Al, do NOT mess with Les Mis

Man, I have so many issues with today's strip. I started off rankled because Les Miserables is my favorite show, so I do not appreciate Les Misebarf. And who the heck would go see a show called that? In general, that poster is horrible. The layout is confusing--though I shouldn't be surprised. It's not like the layout in TDIET makes sense all the time, either. But if the show is starring Lula Patoot, why is there a picture of Walt Warbler on it?

I've spent the last couple of minutes trying to figure out how to phonetically write how "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" should be sung. "Oh, what a byoo-ti-ful morrr-nin'" is the closest I'm getting. Anyway, I don't believe one "does" auditions so much as one "attends" auditions. And isn't Walt a bit old to be doing this, anyway? I suppose someone could wake up at 40 and decide to have a go at Broadway, but it still seems odd. Love the director/producer. And Walt did get results. They were just all negative.

Clearly we're supposed to shake our heads at how those folks in show biz lie on their posters. Really, what the poster-maker should've done is had it say "Straight from New York!" which would technically be true (assuming that he did get this job as soon as he left New York). There's a slightly different connotation, but it's still somewhat impressive. And really, it's Outer Hicksburg. What do they expect?