Don't get today's Doonesbury

Factual Questions
1

Meaning the Friday, October 13, 2000 episode of the strip, linked to here.

I read Doonesbury every day and am familiar with all the characters, including Mike Doonesbury, his daughter Alex and his Vietnamese-American second wife, Kim.

I saw the kiss Al Gore planted on Tipper at the Democratic Convention.

But I don’t see why this strip is supposed to be funny. Is it just because Mike was married once before? That’s not enough, because Mike’s marriage to Kim has always been presented as much more stable than his previous one to J.J.

A little help?

[Edited by Chronos on 10-13-2000 at 08:43 PM]

2

Damn. Obviously, I meant for the underlining to end after the “y” in Doonesbury. Moderators, please feel free to edit so’s I don’t look so sloppy.

3

Yes. Alex likes Kim, but Kim is not her mother. Hence, it doesn’t make her feel so “reassured and safe.”

Looking for the humor in Doonesbury is a lot like looking for the humor in the white house…oh wait, hahahaha

4

I believe Alex realized that she had felt reassured in the past when her mother and Mike Doonesbury kissed. Since he has remarried, obviously outward signs of affection toward another person don’t necessarily mean that their marriage is stable.