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Summary: The continued misadventures of Duke as Redskin G.M.
Review: "We're Not Out of the Woods Yet" is the reply of Menachem Begin to Sadat's one-liner "Let us begin, Begin" as related to Roland Burton Hedley, Jr. as part of "Cabin Fever" the ABC Wide World Special Report on the Camp David Peace Accord. Actually, that important little part of modern world history is a minor part of this collection of "Doonesbury" cartoons from 1978-79, but the title still applies to most of Trudeau's daily strips in his book. Zonker wants to turn pro with is tan but California's Proposition 13 has closed the tanning clinics, Duke is doing a study on steroid by secretly putting them in the Gatorade of the Washington Redskins, and Congresswoman Davenport saddles Joanie with her old Law School nemesis Woodrow. On the lighter side, Boopsie is going to Memphis to "do" Elvis while Mike and Zonker check out the King Tut tour. This volume is really a sequel to "But the Pension Fund Was Just Sitting There," in which Uncle Duke, finally released as the infamous "bald spy" who was the last (and unknown) of the Americans held hostage by the Iranians, becomes the General Manager of the Washington Redskins. However, his glory days may be over since he has been saddled with Riley, a young assistant (and nephew of the owner), who eventually rats out his boss to Rick Redfern. Now, Uncle Duke was never one of my favorite Doonesbury characters, but his tenure with the Redskins is one of my favorite longer-running Duke storylines. Besides, if Duke stays in one place long enough, can Honey be far behind? "We're Not Out of the Woods yet" is an above-average Doonesbury collection from the wicked imagination of G. B. Trudeau.
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Summary: The continued misadventures of Duke as Redskin G.M.
Review: "We're Not Out of the Woods Yet" is the reply of Menachem Begin to Sadat's one-liner "Let us begin, Begin" as related to Roland Burton Hedley, Jr. as part of "Cabin Fever" the ABC Wide World Special Report on the Camp David Peace Accord. Actually, that important little part of modern world history is a minor part of this collection of "Doonesbury" cartoons from 1978-79, but the title still applies to most of Trudeau's daily strips in his book. Zonker wants to turn pro with is tan but California's Proposition 13 has closed the tanning clinics, Duke is doing a study on steroid by secretly putting them in the Gatorade of the Washington Redskins, and Congresswoman Davenport saddles Joanie with her old Law School nemesis Woodrow. On the lighter side, Boopsie is going to Memphis to "do" Elvis while Mike and Zonker check out the King Tut tour. This volume is really a sequel to "But the Pension Fund Was Just Sitting There," in which Uncle Duke, finally released as the infamous "bald spy" who was the last (and unknown) of the Americans held hostage by the Iranians, becomes the General Manager of the Washington Redskins. However, his glory days may be over since he has been saddled with Riley, a young assistant (and nephew of the owner), who eventually rats out his boss to Rick Redfern. Now, Uncle Duke was never one of my favorite Doonesbury characters, but his tenure with the Redskins is one of my favorite longer-running Duke storylines. Besides, if Duke stays in one place long enough, can Honey be far behind? "We're Not Out of the Woods yet" is an above-average Doonesbury collection from the wicked imagination of G. B. Trudeau.
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