Jeanie Bottle 350
Dec29
on December 29, 2015
at 12:00 am
and modified on November 26, 2022. at 1:28 am
Chapter: Story 08: I Dream of a General
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I don’t recall ever seeing Jeanie wearing that little black dress before, is that new art?
You do realize that she can magic-up anything she wants, at any time? It’s just the thing for a New Year’s party…
Yes, that’s new art. I like it, too. 🙂
Wait… there doesn’t appear to be a strip missing, but how does Cooter know who they are?
You really want them to recap what we already know? Luke already said in the last strip that he/she was going to explain.
It’s pretty common to omit a recap of events, especially when it’s something the audience JUST saw happen. If the Dukes actually spent time in the comic explaining what we already know, it would just bog down the story and kill the pacing.
Maybe you missed Saturday’s comic? An easy thing to do, after a week with an update every day. Try scrolling back in the buffer a bit to see if you missed anything.
Let’s try framing the question this way:
Why does Cooter believe these two chicks?
I only have a passing interest in this, because it’s not central to the story, but it’s a major problem for any plot along these lines.
In this case, I assume it’s because Cooter and the boys know each other very well indeed, and the girls can thus answer pretty much any random question Cooter can throw at them.
50srefugee – Well, first of all, the Duke girls showed up with Neil – whom Cooter last saw disappear with Bo and Luke. Neil would undoubtedly explain the situation. It would probably take quite a while, but since all three give the exact same story, it would be easier to believe.
Second, there’s such a long history here, that Bo and Luke can surely tell Cooter things that only they could possibly know, thus verifying their identity. Stories about things they did with him, and so on.
And third, this is a comic, where strange things happen and nobody questions them – like how Bo and Luke could still be the same age they were back in 1980, despite it being 35 years later. And the fact that Boss Hogg is still alive. (He died 20 years ago.) Basically: “Suspension of disbelief”.
Kattgirl, your third point is a bit off base, because I Dream of a Jeanie Bottle doesn’t take place in our universe. I mean, that’s obvious, because of the magic and genies and witches and such. But take that thought a step further, and you realize that it doesn’t matter when the original Dukes of Hazard TV series takes place.
These characters are real people in the JB universe, and they happen to exist in the same time period as Neil and Jeanie. It’s the same reason that Sam and Derick from Bewitched were clearly modern adults, as opposed to adults from the 60s.
@Kattgirl: The key point is the shared history, which I mention in my last paragraph. Then the question comes down to, what questions did Cooter consider diagnostic? They’d have to be pretty darn amusing to be worth comic time to relate.
“Suspension of disbelief” only works on the audience; we’re discussing what the characters would believe. Cooter has every reason to suspect a scam of some kind, because the claim is so outrageous.
As to your first point, Cooter doesn’t know Neil. His word as a city-slicker outsider is worthless, and should properly make Cooter even more suspicious.
But it doesn’t matter; CD wisely chose to jump past all that to the moment where Cooter accepts the story, and moves on to the setup for getting Neil to the Boar’s nest where Jeanie is.
What kind of T-shirt?
Orange, dirty & greasy, I expect.
Meh, probably better than walking around shirtless, especially if any local businesses (such as the Boar’s Nest) run a ‘no shirt, no service” policy.
Whoa – in the south? A “no shirt, no service” policy would eliminate half their customers!
It’ll happen to you, too, Cooter.
Is it me or in the last pannal is cooter pinching Luke’s ass
“Luka” doesn’t appear to be reacting to any such alleged pinch, so I’m guessing “no”.
One can only hope!
But Cooter became a respectable Congressman. A Congressman wouldn’t be doing that sort of thing . . . oh, wait . . .
With the Duke girls running around telling everyone that they use to be the Duke boy, soon everyone in town will know what happened.
Well OK but he defenatly got closer to her look at spaceing from pannel to pannel and wich lucky girl gets to ride in center of front seat of the truck
The board nest is probly across the street lol
Or just down the street a little ways. Like maybe a block or two.
It might be a few blocks. Based on the original towns it was filmed in (Covington and Conyers, GA) I’d guestimate That Hazzard was around 7,500 to 10,000 people with another 15,000 on farms and houses in the surrounding countryside (this is based off of statistical info in the 1980 census). Now I’ve lived in small rural towns about 1/5 that size, and we still have about a 15-20 block diameter. Cooter, being a mechanic, probably has his garage on main street, but close to one side of town or the other, to give him more room.
The Boar’s Head, being one of (if not the only) social gathering locations in Hazzard, is located close to the center of town. Since Hogg’s “Day Job” is at the County Building (which also houses the Cop Shop), he wouldn’t want to travel far to his evening job.
I could be wrong, however. I’ve also seen many bars and supper clubs a mile or two outside the city limits. I’d have to rewatch old Dukes episodes to really get any bearings.
I always got the impression that the Boar’s Nest was more of “road house” located on the edge or just outside of town.
Cooter did move in closer, perhaps he will try to slide his hand around Luke in an effort to escort her to the tow truck by the hip 😉
I’m sure Cooter will be a perfect gentleman.
Besides, when they change back, he’s gonna have to be friends with them again. Goosing them while they’re transformed would put a major damper on their friendship. 😉
Cooter had a half dozen vehicles in the show he must have something they can borrow.
Remember that Cooter is an auto repair shop. Which means, he can’t just go loaning out somebody auto to somebody else. Because, if they have an accident with, Cooter in trouble and Bo does have a tendency to treat a vehicle on rough side
I remember Cooter having a 1960’s pickup truck and a 1970’s yellow dodge challenger at the very least. Plus his tow truck.
Thanks for the week of updates, seems Jeanie bottle is doing fine.
Woo
Keep up the fun work
Bo’s posture in the first panel is kinda girly. (Although honestly? Can’t recall ever seeing it used by either a girl or a boy. Still, it’s a common stereotype.)
I like it in stories like this where new girls do in fact become more feminine in their behavior, without realizing it.
Girls in anime often that that posture when they’re angry. That might be where your idea of it being a feminine posture comes from.
Well, yeah, although I think the stereotype also appears in western cartooning. But there is some evidence that CD has a passing familiarity with anime, so that’s likely the source.
Anyway, in CD’s universe, girls do that, but not boys, so Bo is now girly, not just a girl.
Now wondering if, after meeting Jeanie at the Boars Nest, she’ll think being a waitress might be fun.
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I just tried duplicating that posture. Leaning forward like that is laughable; making a half-fist with the wrists cocked back is outright wrong. Why would anyone do that?
And yet, the pose is instantly recognizable. Weird.
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I wonder if this is something little girls do on the playground? Or maybe it’s something that girls used to do, back in the days when doctors wore a round mirror on their foreheads–another anachronistic cartoon signal that is now almost never seen in real life. I need to start collecting examples of these.
I’ve seen men and women adopting that pose when angry, and No looked angry to me.
Very interesting.
I think that what I have seen, possibly (I guess I should hang out around playgrounds more often to check, right? Maybe take a few reference photos?) is the child standing up straight, shoulders hunched, and the fists at her sides, not in front.
Leaning over like that only seems reasonable if the target is sitting.
And adults do this? Wow. Never, ever seen anything close to this in an adult.
I had a boss who did stuff like this, even when he was in a good mood. Plant his fists on a subordinate’s desk, lean into the personal space, etc. He’d married into the business, I think he felt like he had to assert himself.
A T-Shirt from the rag pile. It’s little touches like that that really sell the comic.
So I’m guessing Cooter drops them off at the boar’s nest where Neil finds Jeanie waiting tables and they discover Boss Hogg has her bottle in his safe and is responsible for the Duke girls. Hilarious Hijinks ensue.
Also since I missed the last week of updates interesting Jeanie’s enjoying waiting tables given how a bunch of bar goers are likely to treat a cute waitress.
Actually, the Boar’s Nest is a restaurant. Considering the outfits, I’m guessing its something like a Hooters. And you do *not* touch the waitresses at Hooters. They will kick you out right quick for that.
So I’m sure she’s getting ogled and “complimented”, but we know Jeanie kinda likes being a hot chick already (what with her being a huge clothes horse), so being complimented on it probably boosts her ego.
Eh, you’re half right Robert. The Boar’s Nest is a typical southern bar. The outfit isn’t actually a thing for the bar, it’s just how Daisy normally dressed in the show. There’s a reason those style of shorts are called Daisy Dukes.
Took me a moment to realize Bo and Luke are both wearing Neils shirt. I have really got to pay more attention to the details. That was some good thinking on their part to keep them from being exposed.
Neil… Jean’s criticisms of your fashion sense might have some validity to them.