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| number = 159 | | number = 159 | ||
| date = September 20, 2006 | | date = September 20, 2006 | ||
− | | title = Boombox | + | | title = 159: Boombox |
− | | image = | + | | image = Boombox.png |
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| titletext = And she's gonna feel like a jerk when she realizes it was actually Under Pressure. | | titletext = And she's gonna feel like a jerk when she realizes it was actually Under Pressure. | ||
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+ | ==Transcript== | ||
+ | [A woman is looking out a second story window at a guy holding a boombox over his head.] | ||
+ | :Man: MEGAN! | ||
+ | :Woman: Oh my god, I can't believe this is happening. | ||
+ | :Man: I LOVE YOU! | ||
+ | :Woman: Okay, that's great. Wait a second. Is ... is that ... Ice Ice Baby? What the hell? | ||
+ | :Man: I'm not very good at this. | ||
+ | <Musical Notes> | ||
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | First, off for the comic. As we can see, [[Cueball]] declares his love for [[Megan]] in a very classical way by imitating the "balcony scene" from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare William Shakespeare]'s book and play [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet Romeo and Juliet]. In the play, Romeo and Juliet stem from rivalling families. Juliet gets an offer to marry a handsome prince, but refuses, as she knows Romeo. When Romeo goes to the rivalling families feast, and the two meet, they know their love cannot be out in the public. They both leave the feast depressed by this, but Romeo seeks an intimate way to continue to meet, which enters the "balcony scene". Romeo, with a mandoline, enters the family premises, takes place under Juliet's window and hears her whisper her longing for him. He then calls her name, and when she opens the doors, starts to play while declaring his love for her. | |
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− | + | In the comic, we see an modern day version of that scene. Cueball is holding up a boombox (which, for the youngsters, was a kind of iPod weighing in at 50 pounds your parents carried around neighbourhood to get some music going) while declaring his love for Megan. She first is startled, then is despised by the 1990 hit single [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Ice_Baby Ice, Ice Baby] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rog8ou-ZepE&ob=av2e Video]) by Vanilla Ice playing on the boombox. Cueball then admits he "is not good at this" which probably means he took a shot at copying the Balcony scene, but failed. | |
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+ | The "Under Pressure" in the image text refers to the fact that the music used in Ice, Ice Baby is a loop of the intro of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Pressure "Under Pressure"] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(Band) Queen] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie David Bowie]. Which Cueball actually plays. Which is some sort of a rock classic. Which then would interfere with Megan's decision to abandon the balcony scene. Which she will feel bad of. Of some sorts. | ||
− | {{ | + | == Trivia == |
+ | * Vanilla Ice was referenced also in {{xkcd|112}} | ||
− | + | {{Comic discussion}} | |
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