The Academia Waltz by Berkeley Breathed for June 16, 2009

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    Nighthawks Premium Member over 15 years ago

    this is a first, the lettering is actually legible

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    lazygrazer  over 15 years ago

    True. But now the joke isn’t.

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    interlist  over 15 years ago

    Legible only ‘cause they’re talking in “talk radio” bold point.

    Re: joke - ‘80’s topical, you need to know the reference to “Firing Line”.

    From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firing_Line):

    Firing Line (1966-1999) was an American public affairs show founded and hosted by conservative William F. Buckley, Jr. Its 1,504 episodes over 33 years made Firing Line the longest-running public affairs show in television history with a single host.

    Buckley (rip), one of the last conservatives to actually thoughtfully engage in real debate (versus today’s talk radio diatribalism , snarkism (ala Coulter) or the too-common foxy leg-alistic political posturing).

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    tomczakraymond2  over 15 years ago

    actually this doesn’t seem to be a reference to the PBS show, which didn’t have “The” in the title, but rather something specific to University of Texas. You probably have to have been a student there at the time this strip was drawn in order to really get the joke

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    interlist  over 15 years ago

    Right you are wastedpotential! Thanks for the correction…

    The “Firing Line” is still a feature of UT’s “Daily Texan” -

    [from an online sample]

    Voice your opinion! Let your voice be heard. Fill out your comments below. […]

    You may also send Firing Lines to the editor at firingline@dailytexanonline.com

    So the only anachronism is the “GIMME A PEN” statement in the last frame (in our present-day type/text-casted society).

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