Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 15, 2011
Transcript:
Jeff: "I'm often asked about being captured by the evil-doers... that story can now be told." Man: We demand $50 million for his release! Jeff: Good luck with that one, boys! Music: It's Friday, Friday! Gotta get down, it's Friday! Man: This song - it's abominable... but catchy! Man: Fool! Now it will stick in our heads! Jeff: Friday, gettin' down on Friday! Everybody's lookin' forward to the weekend... Man: Agg... Man: No! No more! Jeff: Phum! Phum! Mphh! Phum! Man: Stop it! Stop it on pain of death! Man: Noooo! Man: We can't touch him - he's a nation folk hero! Jeff: Gotta have my bowl! Gotta have cereal! Man: Then what do we do? Man: $90! But only if you come right away! Voice: We'll think about it. Jeff: Kickin' in the front seat! Sittin' in the back seat! The Red Rascal's captivity began with a call. Not long after, a Google search for "Friday Prayers' goes horribly awry... which gives the Rascal an idea. Thereafter, every day, all day... But the Rascal knew he would not be harmed. They cave.
pouncingtiger over 13 years ago
Way to go, Red Rascal! Terrorize the terrorists.
rayannina over 13 years ago
Nice to know Rebecca Black is good for something!
jgcp1 over 13 years ago
Jeff can call his story “The Ransom of Red Rascal”- a title as original as the story line.
Doughfoot over 13 years ago
lewisbower over 13 years ago
Except for cartoon logic, Red Chief and Red Rascal would be cut up and thrown in the river. Damned cartoon logic!
peter0423 over 13 years ago
I have flagged you, sir (or madame, as the case may be), and I’ll continue to do so until you stop being a tiresome monomaniac. Fair enough? — and we’re done.
thirdguy over 13 years ago
He would be the Repubs only chance!
YatInExile over 13 years ago
Taliban didn’t pay, they just cut their price to $90. Check the strip for 4/10 for the 1st part of this story.
jeanne1212 over 13 years ago
> gladly< we put up with your clone all last year. Go away. You make NO sense and aren’t even funny/clever in your stupidity. B-o-o-oring!
Sandfan over 13 years ago
Well said, Jeanne. Gladly must have ingested some of that hallucinogenic frog juice from today’s BC.
WineStar Premium Member over 13 years ago
Don’t worry . . . . Be Happy . . . Do, do do do doodie do a doodie do . . .
DanHills over 13 years ago
I’ve got a brand new pair of roller skates You’ve got a brand new key
jster51 over 13 years ago
@ glady. you have been flagged, numerous times. Get the clue?
MapleSyrup over 13 years ago
Folks! Don’t feed the trolls, just flag them!
TexTech over 13 years ago
Gee thanks, Doughfoot. Now I’ve got that stupid song stuck in my head for a while. It was bad enough having to play it every day back in a previous life as a DJ. Now it is back to haunt me again.
txmystic over 13 years ago
Met her on a Monday and my heart stood still…
txmystic over 13 years ago
IIIIIIIIIIII’mmmmmmm SAILiiiiiinnnnng awaaaaaaaaayyyyy…
(cue Cartman)
willettd over 13 years ago
Our local paper cut out the first two panels for space. It makes more sense this way.
FriscoLou over 13 years ago
… who let the dogs out?
fritzoid Premium Member over 13 years ago
I’m in no danger of having the song mentioned in the strip stuck in my head, because I’m entirely unfamiliar with it. (And if you think I’m goint to Google it, you’re mad.)
ChukLitl Premium Member over 13 years ago
Trudeau actually sat through enough of that “song” to get that many words? That’s dedication to his art & takes a stronger man than I.
ANQuixote over 13 years ago
Da do run-run-run, Da do run-run.
yuggib over 13 years ago
Oh! To heck with it! The William Tell Overture. “Ta-dap, ta-dap, ta-da-da-da-da-dap.” Now you can all go nuts with me! (He-he!)
PappyFiddle over 13 years ago
I googled a few of the words given. It’s Friday by Rebecca Black. I youtubed it. I listened to it. I stopped it in the middle… This is a masterful instance of a time honored plot device, a hilarious way to roast a cruddy work of art. Another example: In Bloom County, an alien exploded after watching Tammy Bakker sing.
Simon_Jester over 13 years ago
Anyone who has ever read any of the previous Red Rascal strips knows that this is NOT how he really got away.
Whitecamry over 13 years ago
So the SEALs didn’t do this one? Or did they cough up the $90?
DerkinsVanPelt218 over 13 years ago
This was great. Too bad there’s no tag feature on this site anymore.
dawnsfire about 11 years ago
Mercedes Lackey had a character torment elven telepaths by singing various They Might Be Giants songs! (Chrome Circle)