Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 05, 2014
Transcript:
Voice: B.D.! B.D.: George! Phred: George? George: B.D., we've been looking for you for a week! B.D.: I got lost on patrol, George. Luckily, I met Phred here, who is a V.C. terrorist and he saved us by finding a cache of Schlitz! George: Now let me get this straight...
BE THIS GUY over 10 years ago
Beer, the starter of many a friendship and also, many a fight.-BD and Phred find the beer-http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1972/02/28-
BD and Phred rough it in the jungle.-http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1972/02/29-Phred entertains BD-http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1972/02/27-BD first met George on the flight to Vietnam-http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1972/02/07
BE THIS GUY over 10 years ago
@Bruno ZeigertsGeorge, like BD, is a grunt. They will write a report that will make BD look like a hero.-http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1972/03/02-Don’t worry about Phred.-http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1972/03/05
alviebird over 10 years ago
…you put the lime in the coconut…
Kali39 over 10 years ago
“Here’s to alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.” Homer J Simpson
the old professor over 10 years ago
I’m sorry, but I genuinely don’t understand why you’re so upset. How has the re-running of strips that you enjoy spoiled them for you? I’m not trying to be dismissive of your feelings, but I really don’t get it.(What are TL:DR types?)
MIHorn Premium Member over 10 years ago
I never got to see these. I was about 12 when the strip began, and in a very conservative area, so I first saw the strip when I went to college. It’s interesting to see the beginning, since I always had the feeling of coming late to the party.
BearsDown Premium Member over 10 years ago
Try the Decaf.
AKHenderson Premium Member over 10 years ago
I thought of the film “Enemy Mine.” Although I can’t imagine either one of them as Louis Gosset Jr.
Kip W over 10 years ago
Better start running “worst of” strips that have never been reprinted before, Mr. Trudeau. As you know, it’s all about c. davies and his book.
Cheapskate0 over 10 years ago
and cdavies: What are ETA, for that matter?
Cheapskate0 over 10 years ago
From Pogo: “We have met the enemy and he is us!”.From an old Tom Paxton song: “We have met the enemy and he is smashed!”
Steve Dutch over 10 years ago
I wrote a sitrep in Bosnia where I recounted meeting the mamyor of a town and his secretary, and I threw in the aside: “who is a major babe.” I knew when my team chief read it from the laughter. He sent it on. I think it went all the way to the Commanding General.
Ronin over 10 years ago
you PAY for gocomics??
felinefan55 Premium Member over 10 years ago
I was born in 1970, so all of these are new to me. I am going to buy the books because I have seen that I would have loved them if I was old enough. I first encountered Doonesbury when I was 18.
montessoriteacher over 10 years ago
Phred the Phrenemy.
Chris Sherlock over 10 years ago
I had totally forgotten about George! Anybody know if Schlitz is still on the market? Haven’t seen any in awhile. And just where the heck has BCQueerKid gotten off to?!
Dragoncat over 10 years ago
SIGH…! If only all the other wars were settled this way…
dwdl21 over 10 years ago
Huh?
Chris Sherlock over 10 years ago
How about Rheingold, Hamm’s or Regal Pale, or Brew 102 ? Anyone know about those? I was born in 1944 and remember all of them, even tho’ I was too young to buy them.A little bit of beer commercial nostalgia for ya:Rheingold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_51RANXHg0
Hamm’s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o83xxWCel8g
Couldn’t find any ads for the others.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
Part of it is that there is no Afghanistan War, no draft, few troops, less confusion as to why we went there (more as to why we haven’t left)’We have troops in Afghanistan, trying to obey the nonsense YOU BROKE IT, YOU BOUGHT IT.With luck on our part, they will run us out and China will take over
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
Nope, I was very forgiving of the script
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
Your way of seeing it.Their way of seeing it may have been more global than yours, realizing or at least fearing the greater danger of Soviet imperialism and its subsequent slaughters.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
Yes, much death and destruction in Iraq following our removal of their dictator and not forcing a stable, nonsecular government upon them or just getting out.This followed their invasion of and attack on surrounding nations and refusal to comply with ceasefire agreement and acting as if they were STILL developing nuclear, chemical and biological weapons..Hard on the local minorities and impossible for us to stop once we removed the dictator who would have killed all family members of any who gave him grief.
Hunter7 over 10 years ago
George should know better than to try to rationalize with two happy drunks.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
By the way, your characterization of Robert Heinlein and Keith Laumer as right-wingers is off. Both wanted personal liberty, both distrusted the powers pushing government, both knew all too well the dangers of bureaucratic mindset and of diplomatic ignorance.Both accepted the fact that war is sometimes needed unless we want to let conqurers kill us and our loved ones.Both knew the dangers of politicians using military as personal or partisan tools.Both believed we had an obligation to not send our people lightly to their deaths or to abandon them when they were no longer convenient..It is a good idea to read what they actually wrote before putting them in some standard box built out of personal prejudices.
loves raising duncan over 10 years ago
Well that’s one thing both sides probably had in common! lol!