hair today: new series

In Oh the Joys’ newest series “Hair Today” we’ll track the progression of Adrienne’s mane as she grows it out from her “Summers in Austin are hotter than H- E - double Hockey Stick and I am cutting it all off because I’m not doing dreadlocks again and I don’t give a crap what I look like” phase which produced the famous FERN ‘fro:

(yes I actually had this hairdo before I had even worked on the Spurt show . . . and minus the head band I actually, actually could work it, sometimes. Now that I am trying to bring back this character for a summer show/sketch-a-thon . . . I will probably have to buy a short afro wig . . . because Fern with longer hair just doesn’t look right . . .)

Just over a year from the FERN FRO we have now found today’s exciting discovery: the VIOLA SWAMP. Yes kids, watch out when Miss Nelson’s away in Cabo retouching her tan you might find yourself stuck with the substitute who’s a little bit more evil . . . and lotta bit more fun:

(ps: I am in the goofiest of all moods. Clearly. One day I will write about playwriting or liiii-iiife but today . . . my hair. OK. I’m really proud of this OKAY? It took me nearly an hour to track down the name Viola Swamp . . . I googled “children’s books evil teacher” “evil substitute” . . . it took me AGES! OKAY?)