Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 30, 1979

Transcript:

Voice from television: It's ABC Wide World of Nightly News! Here's Frank, Max, Peter and Barbara. Enjoy. Frank Reynolds: Good evening. For ABC Wide World of News, I'm Frank Reynolds in Washington. Our top story is in Detroit. Even though instantaneous nationwide trasmission makes anchor location irrelevant, let's go to Max Robinson in Chicago, on the grounds that he's closer to the story. Max Robinson: Today in Detroit, the big three automakers announced sharply declining sales. What effect that will have on the national malaise remains to be seen. Frank? Reynolds: In other news, Mexico has announced a tentative agreement with the United State on the sale of natural gas. I'd give you details myself, but Peter Jennings is our foreign expert, so to get the story in Mexico, let's go to a completely different hemisphere. Jennings: Good evening from London...