It's A Wonderful Life, Riverdale!

Poor Archie has had a rough day, and...

D'oh!! Haven't decades of movies and television shows taught us that we never, ever casually express a life-changing wish like that aloud?

So, the next morning...

Oh, Archie...

Oh, Archie...

So, wait...parents were completely unable to teach their children to talk correctly? You can't correct your own child's grammar? Without school teachers, we're only one generation from the loss of the English language and the decay of civilization? Really??

But it's not just Archie:

And the ladies, too:

But even without schoolin', the kids have a "let's put on a show" spirit:

Just so we're clear, our messages are:
*Your high school years are the best years of you're life, so don't you dare question that, lest ironic punishments are heaped upon you.
*The worst part of not having school is...boredom. Because, apparently, movies, amusement parks, sports, Pops' Soda Shoppe, television, games, dating, dancing, cars, and other amusements were also wiped out of existence.

But despite never having gone to school, they still know each other, and all dress the same as they did before, and...

So support your local schools, people, lest hordes of bored, ill-speaking teens fester in your town.

From Archie At Riverdale High #17 (1974)