Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 02, 2014

So much for the home field advantage.

Original date: 17 Feb 1972http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1972/02/17#.UzugtahdUd0 Lost

Mike

He speaks french also

If I remember correctly, they address this soon.

@Redkaycei Repoc…until I moved to “the city”, I lived in an area where we could only get dial-up for years and the local paper—a conservative rag—didn’t carry Doonesbury. Had to follow as best I could by random strips…remember Honey at the UN but don’t remember the Nike strips at all :( Much to look forward to!

What movie was that in?

@rpmurrayReal life. James Garner received 2 Purple Hearts in Korea. Then, he went into acting.

But, but, he was just an actor. We all know all they ever do is read other people’s lines.Well, except for Reagan, Eastwood, Silver, Voigt, and one of the Baldwin brothers. They’re geniuses!

When I was a wee lad in the 60s, my mother would remind me to not hold the cats around the waist but to “support their local bottom.” It was only recently, while watching the James Garner movies, that I caught the reference. She’s been dead ten years, but hey, Mom, I finally got your joke!

What goes around, comes around! Lol!

@wecatsgocomics

BD loses the helmet only after losing his leg! For me his imperfections made him likable. GT does a great job of mixing BD’s “good” and “bad” aspects. Jeff however is 100% despicable.

Good one…

LOVE James Garner…

It does sound like a movie plot line. Garner did use a lot of Korean War references in episodes of the Rockford Files

Lots of people loved Rockfish.

@livermoronIt was because of the knees he stopped doing “Rockford.”The show took a physical toll on him.He said, there is an entire season of “Rockford” he doesn’t remember because he was so doped up on painkillers.

I missed something, I think. Why are we getting old re-runs of Doonesbury? Is the writer on vacation?

@susie77Garry Trudeau is working on the Amazon series “Alpha House.”There will be no new daily strips for the foreseeable future.There are still new strips on Sunday.

Thanks. Funny to read these old ones. Written the year after I graduated h.s.

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