Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for February 15, 2010
February 14, 2010
February 16, 2010
Transcript:
Man: Embrace the suck, boys! Man: Hooah, y'all! Jimmy: Off the hook! A USO tour arrives in the Bagram flight line... stepping out into the prop wash is WWE star "Crisis"... NASCAR legend Levon Puggs, III... and ringtone artist Jimmy Thudpucker!
Ravenswing almost 15 years ago
No odder than in Nam. I remember a couple where only some feather merchant in DC had to have known who they EVER were. “Oooookay, so you were a one-hit wonder who hit #39th in the charts for 1 wk in 1957, eh?”
smendler almost 15 years ago
I dunno, man… I got a bad feeling about Jimmy’s wellbeing on this trip…
smendler almost 15 years ago
Love “Crisis”, tho - looks like a combination of Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage
Lyons Group, Inc. almost 15 years ago
Sorry if I haven’t been keeping up with the WWE, NASCAR, or an old Doonesbury character (boy, did he let himself go!).
swhite828 almost 15 years ago
Actually it’s right in line with most USO shows out in the hinterlands. Usually groups no one has heard of plus a sprinkling of past their prime acts, and every once and again an up to date popular act. It’s a rare event to get someone who’s currently hot on the charts to show up.
freeholder1 almost 15 years ago
III has Dale Jr. on speed dial. Bet he’s got a million endorsements and no title, too. Now, if he could just get a date with Danica…
Justice22 almost 15 years ago
Regardless, the USO does terrific work, unlike the Red Cross who only asked for donations. Unless you count the pretty young RC worker who sent $10,000 in cash back to the states after being in Korea for a month. The USO used to visit us in the Korean DMZ for bingo until a gunfight broke out one night.
jpozenel almost 15 years ago
Or Joey Heatherton!
Well, she’s still around, but not quite as we remember her.
ChukLitl Premium Member almost 15 years ago
We got a miniaturized version of “Up With People.” A lot of current stand-up comics are following Bob’s lead.
AKHenderson Premium Member almost 15 years ago
“Havoc” would make a great WWE stage name - if the CIA didn’t have first dibs already.
Speaking of which, Redfern doesn’t have a code name yet. I bet Havoc has a few ideas…
alviebird almost 15 years ago
Hey Joe,
I was living on Hickam then. Did you run into any tall, skinny, 12 year old, dorky looking kids (male) there?
RinaFarina almost 15 years ago
Hey, Thudpucker, long time no see! So he had a kid? I don’t remember that. Can you believe, there have actually been large periods of my life when for one reason or another (always bad ones) I was out of touch with Doonesbury!
benbrilling almost 15 years ago
No ladies?
pbarnrob almost 15 years ago
My HI R&R (Jan ‘70) started at Ft. DeRussy (like everyone’s), and the wife-unit and I managed to land a duplex on the beach over at Waimanolo AF Sta, a SigInt site IIRC, so it was secure, and quiet, good chow at the club. Sweet!
Rental car without a heater (who needs one there, right?) that when the rain was heavy on the way over to Kaneohe, was misting up the windshield – without a way to clear it! Head out-the-window driving, over the Pali. Been years since I thot of that!