I had assumed earlier that, by virtue of his proximity to Assistant Becky, that the male figure at the Dinner Table, not Mark, was in fact the Professor.  But no… seems we met “Mister Corday” instead who apparently is happier to NOT be on a first name basis with Mark…

What is with these goofy faces that keep popping up on these random, non-recurring characters… I honestly don’t know what to think of Mister Corday’s expressions in the first and third panels…  And really? You’re just going to let your daughter ‘tag along’ with a complete stranger?