Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 12, 1972
September 11, 1972
September 13, 1972
Transcript:
Mark: Ms. Caucus - if you don't mind a personal question, when did you first start having difficulties with your husband Clinton? Joanie: Well, Mike, it's difficult to pinpoint it, but I guess it might have been one night last summer, when his bowling buddies came to dinner...at the end of the meal, one of his friends complimented me on my french fries. Clinton leaned back in his chair, and said with a big, stupid grin, "My wife, I think I'll keep her!" I broke his nose.
calliopejane over 10 years ago
It would have a different implication given the relative power & status, of the genders in our society, and the roles “assigned” to each — especially 40 years ago. Context matters.
ottod Premium Member over 10 years ago
I love my wife enough to go to the trouble (and mess) of deep-frying stuff. She loves me enough to never suggest it.
Llywus over 10 years ago
Oh pooh! I remembered the punch line as “I decked him”. See what 40 years (plus living through the 70s) does to the memory.But this is still my favorite early Joannie strip, even if I had it wrong.
racerxyz over 9 years ago
Good for Joanie!
clairmarie over 3 years ago
That ugly commercial infuriated so many of us!! I wonder how long it was left to air or if it was pulled.Mary J Carpenter wrote a song inspired by that line
Omniman over 2 years ago
I heard that line more than once when I was a kid, (not on tv), in the ’50s.