Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 24, 2015
Transcript:
Mark: Hi, this is Mark Slackmeyer, coming to you from Lafayette Park with a special live broadcast of "Urban Home Companion." Right now we're talking to Alice P. Schwartzman, a member of the homeless community. Alice: "A member of the homeless community?" I like that! Kind of a contradiction in terms, but it sounds classy. It conveys a little dignity, a sense of quiet respectability. Elmont: Alice! Tell him nothing! I served with this guy in ancient Egypt! Alice: Is that right? Did you know Shirley MacLaine, too?
BE THIS GUY about 9 years ago
Elmont is as old as he looks.
Pointspread about 9 years ago
I like how urban becomes urbane.
AKHenderson Premium Member about 9 years ago
Elmont’s final mission for the Pharaohs was rounding up Hebrew braceros.
Coyoty Premium Member about 9 years ago
I thought Mark looked familiar.
Pharmakeus Ubik about 9 years ago
Dahling, everybody knew Shirley MacLaine back then.
pelican47 about 9 years ago
Does Elmont resemble Uncle Stupidhead?
JoeB_ Premium Member about 9 years ago
November, 2015 So difficult to read thie strip because so little has changed in THIRTY years.
Linguist about 9 years ago
Alice’s sweet sense of irony is still relevant and smile worthy, 30 years later.
DeeBeeS about 9 years ago
Love that sign on the last panel: “Urbane Home Companion.”A change from the other three panels.
kaffekup about 9 years ago
And the building in the background disappears and Elmont appears in the last frame when he wasn’t in the others
dutchs about 9 years ago
The funniest Prairie Home Companion I ever heard started with a commercial for “Hey-Bob-A-Ree-Bob Rhubarb Pie Filling.” Then it launched into a story about a guy who got a big promotion, took his wife out to celebrate and ended up knocking the boss’s wife down fighting for a table. So he ducked out through the kitchen, spilled a vat of gravy on himself, got chased by a pack of dogs outside, jumped on a bus, only to find it was an express bus to Duluth. When he got back hours later, the wife told him she’d decided to run off to Hollywood with the bartender. Then the narrator said “Wouldn’t now be a great time for a slice of rhubarb pie? Yes, nothing takes the taste of shame and defeat from your mouth like a slice of rhubarb pie.” That whole 15 minute episode was a lead-in for a commercial for rhubarb pie.