No, this is not a poster for the HBO TV series HUNG.
But it could be. Hollywood, I’m ready to sell out. Call me!
Although I write 99.9937 percent of the Last Kiss gags, I occasionally get a suggestion from someone that sparks a great line of dialog. In this case, it came from colorist Allen Freeman.
I asked Allen to color this art before I had a gag in mind. Normally, I’m somewhere between pleased and ecstatic with Allen’s color choices. But this time I was–well, flabbergasted. What the $#@$ was he thinking?
So I called Allen and the conversation went something like this:
ME: Allen, that room is really pink. And purple. And…oh, my god it’s so…so…pink!
ALLEN: Yup.
ME: Don’t you think it’s a little…uh, too pink?
ALLEN: I was thinking that maybe that the wife picked the colors and that the gag could be the husband’s reaction.
ME: <Pause.> Yeah, that might work.
Thanks, Allen! (Hey, do you think it should be a little pinker?)
I think I’ve played my last game of Twister®–dressed for it or not. I can still Twist. It’s the untwisting afterward I’m worried about.
Sometimes you write a gag and–well, you don’t really like it that much.
But you decide to run it anyway because you’re either pressed for time or perhaps your spouse thinks it’s funny. Or both.
Today’s gag is in the “both” category.
Some forevers are longer than others!
