Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 12, 1971
Transcript:
B.D.: I'll take the ball again. Kirby: Nay, let it be me!! B.D., before you call the next play, I'd like you to meet someone... B.D., this is my mother. She came from Noron, Ohio, just to see me play. She's getting old B.D.- in fact she probably won't last the game. So this is her last chance to see me play, B.D., don't disappoint a kind, loving mother. B.D.: O.k., on the next play, kirby will take the ball in for the touchdown! Kirby: Hey, mom! hear that? I'm gonna run!! B.D. is giving me the ball, mom!! Kirby's Mom: God bless you, young man!! B.D.: Mothers are a gas.