Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 01, 1977

Transcript:

Clyde: Hope he's got somethin' for me... I got only two hours to come up with a respectable ancestor... Ike? That you? Voice: Clyde? Clyde: Yeah! Listen, man, didja come up with anything on grandpa yet? I gotta do an oral history number at my Roots club tonight! Voice: Sorry, Clyde, nothin'! I've bin all around the old neighborhood, but nobody seems to remember the old dude! Voice: Grandma says the folks ain't talkin' 'cause they don't want to hurt my feelings. Clyde: Listen, Ike. This is important, man! Now, grandpa lived there for 35 years! There's gotta be someone who knew him! Voice: Well, I did turn up on old cat who claimed he used to be grandma's beest friend in the world... Clyde: Yeah? Yeah? Voice: But that was before he turned state's evidence. Clyde: *sigh*... yeah... well... keep diggin', okay, man?