Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 17, 2011
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Transcript:
Alex: I can't wait, Leo... Gram has been such a hero to me my whole life, sharing my place with her will be amazing! Toggle: M-m-maybe we could drive in... take her to lunch... I... I... should get to know her! Alex: You want to audition my grandmother? Toggle: Meet her. S-s-slight difference.
Leo seems much more intelligent than I first thought when I first saw him in the strip. I was misled by his stutter. And his “mild mannered reporter” demeanor. Good match for the smart Alex in that respect. Other respects? My jury is still out. Ps. “Smart Alex” = “Smart Aleck”? No pun intended. But it does make me wonder if that that thought, at least subconsciously or perhaps fleetingly, passed through Trudeau’s hyper-febrile imagination.