Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 01, 2014
Transcript:
Roland: This is Roland Hedley. Today Ambassador Nguyen Van Phred was installed as the new Vietnamese envoy to the U.N.! ABC was there with the tough questions. Mr. Phred, have you been to Studio 54 yet? Phred: No. I was not sent here to dance. Roland: Do you know where you'll be living yet, sir? Phred: I just got here... I haven't had time to look. I hear the west side is nice... Roland: How about a suit? Will you be getting a new suit? Phred: Um... no... why?
BE THIS GUY about 10 years ago
Because brown is tacky. Now, grey flannel…
Argythree about 10 years ago
Was this the first appearance of Roland Hedley? I guess it was in the pre-Fox news days…
jnik23260 about 10 years ago
Same tough questions they ask today!
BE THIS GUY about 10 years ago
@argythree
Roland made his first appearance back in 1974.Here is Roland’s first appearance.
Coyoty Premium Member about 10 years ago
It’s frayed, Phred.
Beleck3 about 10 years ago
lol, the questions, the hard questions, still are the same. not much has changed since then, except, of course, for the fleecing of the Middle Class. Reagan hadn’t been anointed yet.
kaffekup about 10 years ago
I’ll be darned. I didn’t realize Phred was actually his name, I always thought it was GT’s satirical nickname. Does Vietnamese even have a ’ph" combination?
Kip W about 10 years ago
I’ve never heard of any other media outlet swearing in court that they had no obligation to report the truth.
thirdguy about 10 years ago
And what do we have for our guests? That’s right! A well misinformed electorate! And networks that degrade your IQ while you watch!
kaffekup about 10 years ago
OK, OK, I stand informed.
Georgeklooknee about 10 years ago
No comment
kaffekup about 10 years ago
John Kenneth Galbraith wrote, “Mr. David Stockman has said that supply-side economics was merely a cover for the trickle-down approach to economic policy—what an older and less elegant generation called the horse-and-sparrow theory: ‘If you feed the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the sparrows.’” Galbraith claimed that the horse and sparrow theory was partly to blame for the Panic of 1896. (Wiki)So at some point the theory was promoted from #2 to #1.
barister about 10 years ago
having just arrived, how did he know Studio 54 was a disco??
montessoriteacher about 10 years ago
Kaffekup, you made my day by quoting JK Galbraith.