Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 12, 2011
January 11, 2011
January 13, 2011
Transcript:
Man: When I was growing up, I heard a lot of "why can't you be more like your brother Mike?" But Mom must've done something right - I was the one who grew up to be the youngest Dr. Whoopee sales manager in history! Not bad, huh? Not that I'd expect applause on such a solemn occasion. Mike: No? Sure sounded like it.
luckylouie almost 14 years ago
Hmmm – didn’t notice Benjy’s earring until now. What’s the meaning of an earring in the right ear?
Coyoty Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Daisy’s not smiling so much now.
ronebofh almost 14 years ago
Meaning of an earring? Is it the 1980s again?
bjblackpool almost 14 years ago
Hmm - so Sal’s still working for Dr Whoopee: I’d’ve thought he’d have been rather more reticent about climbing the corporate ladder.
Sandfan almost 14 years ago
Does Dr. Whoopee make cushions?
Tawanda almost 14 years ago
R.I.P. Daisy. My condolences to the Doonesbury family. She’ll be missed for sure. (Maybe she’ll come back as a cartoon spirit or in dream sequences?)
cdward almost 14 years ago
Had to read the old “Dr. Whoopee” story arcs to refresh my memory on these. Sal wore the earring way back then, too.
BrianCrook almost 14 years ago
I wish that G.B. Trudeau weren’t portraying Ben as such a egotistical jerk for cheap laughs. I’d prefer some strips that added to the backstory of Mike & Ben’s childhood and Daisy’s earlier life.
Wildcard24365 almost 14 years ago
Heeey! I remember his stint as “Dr. Whoopee!”
Actually, he’s sorta looking like Bill Maher these days…
freeholder1 almost 14 years ago
AS we swim through our lives, there’s always time to switch to the ego stroke.
freeholder1 almost 14 years ago
Cushy job? (Sandfan beat me to it, but I couldn’t resist.)
Xoinx almost 14 years ago
My mom just died this morning, so I’m particularly enjoying the current storyline.
Charles Evans Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Please bury her and get back to the war.
peter0423 almost 14 years ago
Xoinx: My deepest condolences.
Xoinx almost 14 years ago
@SCAATY: Thank you.
@Richard S. Russell: You got that right. It’s not so much about the people themselves, though, as all the unresolved conflicts among them. Love the people, hate the conflicts.
Dragoncat almost 14 years ago
Whoopee, Benji… Whoopee…
Faolain almost 14 years ago
is there a way to find old story lines (such as the Dr Whoopee arc) that have not been tagged?
I often feel that I don’t get the full depth of strip without the back story ..
Xoinx almost 14 years ago
@Teresa: That’s exactly what I’m doing on FB. As a result, I’m actually laughing a lot today.
Defective Premium Member almost 14 years ago
As for the earring, if you were a guy looking to impress women, I’ve always been told ‘right is wrong’. Hope I don’t need to explain further.
luckylouie almost 14 years ago
I got it, defunctdoormat. Thanks.
jeanne1212 almost 14 years ago
Benjy not necessarily still working for Whooppee .. just still leaning on past “honors” …
And >RS Russell - you got it right ‘specially if you are closer to being the funeralee than you really want to be.
MelChamp1 almost 14 years ago
Benjy “Sal” Doonsbury. From bumble to tumble in just under a nanosecond. Mxx
cdhaley almost 14 years ago
Wasn’t Dr. Whoopee “your campus rep for safe sex”? He peddled (and manufactured) condoms, profiting enormously from the advent of AIDS in the 1970s.
A generation later, by the time of Monica Lewinsky, Americans were connecting that epidemic with our irresponsible president (“You can get sex from aides”) and Dr. Whoopee had morphed into Bill Clinton, whom Benjy/Sal resembles.
travaler almost 14 years ago
funerals or reunions its all the same drama, from those who say they are not interested in the drama