Transcript
Evil Inc – March 4, 2025
By Brad J. Guigar
Panel 1
(Scene: A church basement on the west side of Fairmount City. A young man excitedly recognizes Angus the Minotaur.)
Matt: Hey! I know you!
Matt: You’re Angus the Minotaur!
Angus: Ach! Look, mate, I’m not lookin’ for any bother!
Panel 2
(Matt tries to reassure Angus while fanboying over him.)
Matt: It’s OK!
Matt: I’m a hench just like you!
Matt: —Well, not just like you! You’re a legend!
Angus: Thank you. Good night.
Panel 3
(Matt stops Angus from leaving, insisting on buying him a drink.)
Matt: HOLD ON! You gotta let me buy you a beer!
Angus: No, thanks, I... Excuse me...
Panel 4
(A woman with dark hair approaches the two with a question.)
Woman: Could you tell me which way to the Route Three bus stop?
Matt: Oh!
Matt: Oh, yes!
Matt: Let me show you...
Panel 5
(Angus finally gives in to Matt’s persistence, picking him up as he agrees to have a drink together.)
Angus: Fine, then, ya dobber. Let’s have a damned pint...
Panel 6
(The woman panics and tries to stop them.)
Matt: WAIT!
Matt: NO!
Panel 7
(The woman sighs as she stands near a bulletin board, revealing she is attending a support group meeting.)
(Sign on the bulletin board: "TONIGHT
7 PM Minotaurs Without Mates
8 PM Succubi Support: Overdrainers Anonymous")
(The woman’s wings extend with a "FWUMP" sound as she resigns herself to the situation.)
Woman: (sigh)
End.
Bring Back Melanie!Melanie Martinez, a favorite in the Guigar household, has been fired by PBS for some videos she appreaded in seven years ago. Melanie is the nighttime host for PBS KIDS Sprout, a cable channel that plays kids shows. My son is enamored with her and, well, I think she’s cute as a darned button. Her delivery is engaging — she’s impossible not to watch. I look forward to her segments when my son is watching his before-bedtime-kids-show.
Martinez was fired when PBS learned of a couple 30-second videos —
this one and
this one — that she did for TechnicalVirgin.com, a safe-sex-spoof-site, several years earlier.
According for her
Wikipedia entry, the poor girl has even been removed from her alma mater’s list of distinguished alumni.
This is very sad news indeed. I understand that PBS has every right to protect their property, but I have such a hard time believing that these seven-year-old, 30-second spoofs seriously damage her ability to host a kids show. I think it was a bad move — and I’m not
alone. If you, too are the parent of a Sprout fan (and if you feel the same), tell them how disgusted you are. E-mail
[email protected] and tell them BRING BACK MELANIE!
