Sneakin’ Around with the Jugless Jug Band

The Pye Boys Jugless Jug Band, with special leader Cane-Wieldin’ Joe, have decided to try being sneaky. I don’t quite understand why. The nub of their scheme, as near as I can tell, is to barge in, play some inappropriate wedding music, reuinite with the granddaughter that they gave up for adoption long ago, and somehow receive millions of dollars from her in-laws. How is stealth going to aid that endeavor? Every single step in that plot requires some level of visibility.

I suppose if they went to all the trouble of masking their rancid, rancid stench, they might as well play covert ops while they’re at it.

They press themselves up against the clear glass window – a super-common feature in all of the churches and reception halls I’ve ever been in, by the way – and what do they see? Sturdivant Kleeb, our philandering somnambulist, philandering by kissing Ada. And his eyes are closed, so he may also be somnambulizing as well, although I doubt he’d put on his glasses for that.

Yep, Sturdy, you’ve been busted! Busted by… a ragtag bunch of smelly ne’er-do-wells who have the credibility of the love child of Bill O’Reilly and one of my farts.  So, um, I guess maybe you should try to keep your tongue to yourself, but really, this particular busting really isn’t going to affect the plot that much. (At least, in the real world. In the antisane world of Gasoline Alley, who knows?)

I’m confused by the Pye boys’ shock, however. They’ve never met Sturdivant Kleeb, and I can’t imagine that they can really identify Ada on sight. (I mean, I still have trouble with that.) So as far as they know, they’re just seeing two random people kissing at a wedding. That’s not really all that shocking.

Ada’s reaction is also a bit puzzling. The exclamation point over her head makes sense, but look at her body language. She’s not exactly resisting by pushing Sturdy away or kneeing him in the Kleeb or closing her mouth or nothing, is she? And why would she be alone with him anyway, if she didn’t kind of like him? She’s already called him a series of obscene pictographs; she’d have every right to get up and get near others if she found herself alone with him. Does she secretly like him?

And finally, Sturdy himself. Cheating on your wedding day? Dude, you’re just begging to be caught.