Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 29, 1977

Transcript:

Kirby: So, how'd ol' Teddy get the revolution under way, Z? Zonker: Well, first a genuine Panamanian secessionist had to be found! One finally turned up in a Dr. Manuel Amador! Dr. Amador met Bunau-Varilla at the old Waldorf-Astoria! There he was given $100,000 seed money, a constitution, and the new Panamanian flag, thoughfully sewn by Madame Bunau-Varilla! Back he went to Panama! With the simultaneous arrival of the U.S.S. "Nashville," the plucky Panamanians realized a dream they hardly knew they shared! B.D: Harris, where you getting your information? Kirby: You're making it all up, right, Zonk? Zonker: I wish I were, ol' schoolchum! This isn't an easy story to tell!