I can take or leave Doonesbury these daysbut this one is a classic
I can’t say that I have ever seen a funny Doonesbury cartoon. Some, maybe many of them - including this one - are mildly amusing, but not more. I honestly attribute that to not understanding them beyond the obvious allusions, though. Could you briefly explain their appeal?
“Funny” and “Doonesbury” do not belong in the same sentence.
IMHO, Trudeau appeals to extreme left-wing wackos (as opposed to the right-wing wackos) and no one else. Not even the moderates.
Seriously folks, the guy made a mistake that is made many times each hunting season the world over. But because he happens to be the Vice-President of the United States, he’s lampooned unmercifully. Fair enough. I seriously enjoyed the late night pundits laughing at the situation. I even laughed at Leno once or twice. But the difference is, they know when to stop.
Gary, this is a non-story now. Get that through your head. Or maybe next week we can expect to see a story about President Ford hitting someone with a golf ball or President Carter being chased by a rabbit?
On second thought, maybe he’ll take that as advice. I hope not.
You do realize that the URL links to the current day’s strip, so that tomorrow or the day after, anyone reading this thread will see something different?
Oh, piffle. (I learned that word from tomndebb. I’m going to start using it instead of “nonsense”.) Doonesbury has never been hysterically funny, but almost every strip has a wryness about it which is unsurpassed. The free market still supports Trudeau, and I doubt Doonesbury would still appear in so many papers were its only appeal to “extreme left-wing wackos”.
Mallard Fillmore had the same problem. It’s called lead time.
That plus the all bookstores that seem to find it economical to have the room to sell Doonsebury collections.
Or maybe I was in the “extreme left wing” section of the store, and didn’t realize it. I don’t recall seeing any little red books there, though, just other cartoon collections.
If you honestly expect anyone to get either of the references you’re making here, then you should also realize that the Vice President of the United States shooting a man in the face isn’t a non-story; not now, and not twenty years from now. You’d probably better get used to hearing about it whenever Cheney is mentioned in the same conversation as guns, or animals, or accuracy, or competence.
Of course, the real joke of the strip isn’t the hunting accident itself, but the idea that Cheney would object to killing simply because it’s illegal. I suspect that Trudeau isn’t really referring to the pheasant hunt here.
See? That’s what I meant. Thank you.
That’s not fair. Unlike, say, Mallard Fillmore, Doonesbury does make an attempt at creating characters and storylines that go beyond scoring cheap political points. I hardly ever find it interesting, let alone funny, but I can see how some people might.
Trudeau’s big problem is that, since he started the strip, other sources for political satire have come along that are way better than he is (e.g. SNL, The Onion, The Daily Show).
Doonesbury rarely makes me laugh out loud, but it usually gets at least a wry smile out of me. Today’s was good for a chuckle.
BD’s friend Ray got hurt in Gulf War I, also in the leg. Now I really feel old.
Doonesbury isn’t supposed to be ha-ha funny. The strip is very partisan, but it’s nice to have strips that reach a bit past Garfield.
One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn’t belong,
Can you tell which thing’s not like the others
By the time I finish my song?
I’d chuckle if the Cheney stuff wasn’t old hat. But it is.