# Doonesbury is SO FUNNY!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 3, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386 "2003-09-03T19:57:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sanja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@sanja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sanja)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386/1 "2003-09-03T19:57:49Z")
Zonker returns to California to run for governor, and EVERYBODY he meets is ALSO RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR!! The guy sitting next to him on the plane: RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR!! The skycap guy from the airport: RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR!! The cabbie from the airport: RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR!! He arrives home and guess what? His mom is RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR!! Hoooo Hooooooo! Does the fun ever start??!! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386/2 "2003-09-03T20:01:09Z")
You prefer “Mallard Fillmore”? ---
**Author:** ![sanja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@sanja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sanja)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386/3 "2003-09-03T20:14:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElvisL1ves \* > \*\*You prefer “Mallard Fillmore”? \*\* where did that come from? anyway … i’d say mallard is even less funny than doonesbury. any more smartass remarks? ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386/4 "2003-09-03T20:23:55Z")
Maybe you should write your paper about that awful cartoon that got you so angry. I think they have a file set aside for that sort of crank mail - I mean, thing. W as a clueless asterisk in Imperial Roman gear? Makes ME laugh! ---
**Author:** ![sanja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@sanja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sanja)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386/5 "2003-09-03T20:34:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTA \* > \*\*W as a clueless asterisk in Imperial Roman gear? Makes ME laugh! \*\* well, there’s no accounting for taste. can the same be said for septic partisanship? ---
**Author:** ![carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386/6 "2003-09-03T20:38:03Z")
If it’s septic partisanship you want, I’m sure we’ve got better around here somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386/7 "2003-09-03T20:58:05Z")
Hell, I thought it was funny. Not as funny as the recall election itself, but kudos to Trudeau for at least trying to follow an act like that. So, when can we expect your forthcoming rants on Cathy, Family Circle, or Prince Valiant? That is, of course, assuming that this rant itself wasn’t prompted by “septic partisanship.” There are an awful lot of comics that are immeasurably worse than Doonesbury. Why single this one out? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386/8 "2003-09-03T21:34:52Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\* > So, when can we expect your forthcoming rants on Cathy, Family Circle, or Prince Valiant?_\* Well, now that you mention it… ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386/9 "2003-09-03T21:38:12Z")
“Who Pitted The Family Circle?” “Nott Me!” ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386/10 "2003-09-03T21:41:45Z")
Best. Post. Ever., **Otto**. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386/11 "2003-09-03T21:41:56Z")
Although it’s actually Family **Circus** which I knew but drew from the above faulty source material but I was just so happy to have a joke to contribute… ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386/12 "2003-09-03T21:42:43Z")
It’s funny, I was actually thinking about starting a rant (or possibly a Cafe Society topic) about how lame most of the long-standing comics strips have become. Garfield, Family Circle, Cathy, and the like… even the ones that started out kind of iffy have become blatantly dumb. Doonesbury wasn’t one of them, though… at least Trudeau keeps it moderately fresh. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386/13 "2003-09-03T21:47:12Z")
The “everybody running for gov.” but was a little late and unoriginal, IMO. Might have worked better few a weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386/14 "2003-09-03T21:58:25Z")
There’s lead time on every comic in syndication. You can’t draw up a comic and say “Print this tomorrow.” Topical jokes have to be a bit stale or completely eschewed. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386/15 "2003-09-03T21:58:51Z")
As much as I like Doonesbury, the California recall election thing is being beaten into the ground. I hope he’s heading for an overall punchline here. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386/16 "2003-09-03T22:32:38Z")
I can’t wait till he gets back to the story line about B.D. on his way to terminate Uncle Duke with extreme prejudice . . . ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386/17 "2003-09-03T23:01:13Z")
I miss _Bloom County_. ☹ Esprix ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386/18 "2003-09-03T23:01:19Z")
Did I like the recent run on Rumsfeldisms? Oh, yes. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386/19 "2003-09-03T23:48:57Z")
> [@](#): > > You prefer “Mallard Fillmore”? Yeah! A talking duck! Bwahahahahahahaha! Classic! ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386/20 "2003-09-04T00:21:25Z")
Remember, Zonker’s mom has a history in politics. She was a delegate from Walden Puddle during the… god, '72? election, and voted for McGovern. If I recall correctly. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doonesbury-is-so-funny/199386.md?page=2)