Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for December 28, 2017

The D-listers go to Branson.

Or, it’s an abbreviation for Northern Virginia.

Or they sit out in the countryside somewhere and rust away.

Jupiter, Florida no less. (Home to Burt Reynolds’ dinner theater.)

In between, they feel the urge to force their sharp political wit down every one’s throat.

For some of us, Novas are the stick-shift two-doors they learned to drive with.

64 was a great year for them. Yank the 6 and drop in a 327 with a 3/4 race cam, 4 speed, and a 4:11 rear end. Pass anything but a gas station. Fortunately, I was only paying 15 cents a gallon.

A Nova is a car made by Chevrolet that was a miserable failure in Mexico. Nova in Spanish means “no go”.

Some ended their careers on TV shows on NBC.

Like this comic strip after Jeff died.