Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 11, 2004

Transcript:

Zonker: Wow... great letter! I must answer it at once! Oh, hi, folks! You've caught us during our annual visit to the ol' mail silo! Here's a great letter-- the first I opened! "Dear Zonk, How do you prevent your reserve cast members from going stale? Best, Don K., Dallas." Well, Don, most of our inactive characters are stored in the "cooler"... a humidified locker specifically designed to keep them fresh and relevant! However, our most senior players, like Joanie here, are on call in our own green room... where our team of artists can maintain proficiency in drawing them! Of course, their inactive status means they have no dedicated dialogue, so the green room is apretty quiet place. Joanie: You are so strange. Zonker: Okay, there is some chatter, but nothing that drives the plot.