Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 02, 1976
December 01, 1976
December 03, 1976
Transcript:
Voice from television: Tulips, it seems, come and go, but the departure of B.J. Eddy from the east lawn marks the end of an era. More on that story from Bob Schieffer. Schieffer: To the thousands of bulbs for whom the White House grounds have always been home, the head tulip's dismissal has come as something of a shock. For if B.J. Eddy was nothing else, he was a perennial's perennial. The third generation progeny of a prized hybrid of Amsterdam reds, Eddy first joined the White House in 1967 as a house plant, where he won wide recognition as an aggressive, early bloomer. Repotted during the Nixon Administration... Plant: Hey, great color footage! Zonker: Ssshh!
