Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 12, 2012

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    FriscoLou  over 12 years ago

    You know given his line of work, it might not be such a bad thing if Toggle meets his pop. Maybe they could make up for lost time with a father & son project, sort of like Randy California and his dad with Spirit. Leo’s dad could bring in some studio work, probably not with Mötley, but maybe he knows somebody.

    What if it was the Sex Pistols? Rotten’s got blond hair.

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    rayannina  over 12 years ago

    Pretty much has to be Bill Ward, then. (Although the guy he REALLY looks like is Roger Taylor from Queen …)

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    Blood-Poisoning Vermin  over 12 years ago

    >> typical male responses

    So many situations in this world would be better if the dudes at the center of the action would just step off and go take a nap.

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    BE THIS GUY  over 12 years ago

    I just think Leo’s Mom is looking for an excuse not to do the flowers.

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    Tog  over 12 years ago

    Maybe the Dad was Ray Sawyer from Dr Hook. He had the eyepatch at least.

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    Coyoty Premium Member over 12 years ago

    “…Dad?”“…SHARONNNN!!!!”

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    crlinder  over 12 years ago

    I feel the same way about Black Sabbath, and none of them are my father. ;-)

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    lemon868  over 12 years ago

    I LOVE that Spirit song! I played the album with this track so many times, and I’d do it again if I had the setup. I still have the record, original vinyl.

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    Linguist  over 12 years ago

    Leo’s mom subscribes to the theory that, if you remember the seventies and eighties, you didn’t have a good time.

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    Thehag  over 12 years ago

    Me too.

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    TexTech  over 12 years ago

    Actually, Ed Cassidy, the shaven-headed drummer, was the step-father of Randy California (nee Wolf). I’m not sure I ever heard anything about Randy’s biological dad.

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    YatInExile  over 12 years ago

    Black Sabbath? …gasp… Ozzy??!?

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    FriscoLou  over 12 years ago

    “The vast majority of stars of any type are bad parents”

    Not in Randy California’s case Clark Kent, he died saving his son from a riptide in Hawaii.

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    wisconsinbooklady  over 12 years ago

    Must be Geezer Butler – just because I like the name.

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    George Alexander  over 12 years ago

    @sammysock: “what’s the big deal?”Because that would kill GT’s great story. Using your approach, War & Peace would be 25 pages long, there’d be no great literature, everything would be in Cliff’s Notes and Readers Digest form. No thanks.

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    cdhaley  over 12 years ago

    Which young man is more grounded in reality, Leo—who doesn’t know his father—or Jeff, who does?

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    FriscoLou  over 12 years ago

    “… even if we live with a Water Woman”

    Ahh got the spirit eh Gato? Here’s to you and your Dark Eyed Woman.

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    rh Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Drinking beer and shooting darts in Sebastopol, CA in the ’70s or ’80s (gimme a break, remember, I did the ’60s first), a guy steps up who blows me away – he is a short, spitting image of Jim Morrison. I broached the issue; he said, “yeah, my mom was a waitress when he was in town for a concert once (coulda been Santa Rosa or somewhere around there)”. The kid was working on being a musician.

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    TheWildSow  over 12 years ago

    Gag? Gag?! LOL, as a person who LOVED Sabbath and was never too impressed one way or the other w/ Motley Crue, I have to crack up at that ;-) I suspect I’m a little older than Leo’s mom though (what’s their last name again?)

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    FriscoLou  over 12 years ago

    “… stranger with a familiar face”

    Parents need to do a better job balancing attachment parenting and absent parenting, Night-Gaunt.

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    Radical-Knight  over 12 years ago

    That’s all well and good that he can get away with a silent/non-response. He’s not yet married either.

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    IncognitoPenguin  over 12 years ago

    Hey..wasn’t Uncle Stupidhead a roadie at one time? He’s got blonde hair…That would make for an interesting twist!

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    Shikamoo Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Poor Leo.

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    kaffekup   over 12 years ago

    Pretty sure he’s pretending to sleep.

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