Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 12, 2012

You know given his line of work, it might not be such a bad thing if Toggle meets his pop. Maybe they could make up for lost time with a father & son project, sort of like Randy California and his dad with Spirit. Leo’s dad could bring in some studio work, probably not with Mötley, but maybe he knows somebody.

What if it was the Sex Pistols? Rotten’s got blond hair.

Pretty much has to be Bill Ward, then. (Although the guy he REALLY looks like is Roger Taylor from Queen …)

>> typical male responses

So many situations in this world would be better if the dudes at the center of the action would just step off and go take a nap.

I just think Leo’s Mom is looking for an excuse not to do the flowers.

Maybe the Dad was Ray Sawyer from Dr Hook. He had the eyepatch at least.

“…Dad?”“…SHARONNNN!!!!”

I feel the same way about Black Sabbath, and none of them are my father. ;-)

I LOVE that Spirit song! I played the album with this track so many times, and I’d do it again if I had the setup. I still have the record, original vinyl.

Leo’s mom subscribes to the theory that, if you remember the seventies and eighties, you didn’t have a good time.

Me too.

Actually, Ed Cassidy, the shaven-headed drummer, was the step-father of Randy California (nee Wolf). I’m not sure I ever heard anything about Randy’s biological dad.

Black Sabbath? …gasp… Ozzy??!?

“The vast majority of stars of any type are bad parents”

Not in Randy California’s case Clark Kent, he died saving his son from a riptide in Hawaii.

Must be Geezer Butler – just because I like the name.

@sammysock: “what’s the big deal?”Because that would kill GT’s great story. Using your approach, War & Peace would be 25 pages long, there’d be no great literature, everything would be in Cliff’s Notes and Readers Digest form. No thanks.

Which young man is more grounded in reality, Leo—who doesn’t know his father—or Jeff, who does?

“… even if we live with a Water Woman”

Ahh got the spirit eh Gato? Here’s to you and your Dark Eyed Woman.

Drinking beer and shooting darts in Sebastopol, CA in the ’70s or ’80s (gimme a break, remember, I did the ’60s first), a guy steps up who blows me away – he is a short, spitting image of Jim Morrison. I broached the issue; he said, “yeah, my mom was a waitress when he was in town for a concert once (coulda been Santa Rosa or somewhere around there)”. The kid was working on being a musician.

Gag? Gag?! LOL, as a person who LOVED Sabbath and was never too impressed one way or the other w/ Motley Crue, I have to crack up at that ;-) I suspect I’m a little older than Leo’s mom though (what’s their last name again?)

“… stranger with a familiar face”

Parents need to do a better job balancing attachment parenting and absent parenting, Night-Gaunt.

That’s all well and good that he can get away with a silent/non-response. He’s not yet married either.

Hey..wasn’t Uncle Stupidhead a roadie at one time? He’s got blonde hair…That would make for an interesting twist!

Poor Leo.

Pretty sure he’s pretending to sleep.