Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 19, 2016
September 18, 2016
September 20, 2016
Transcript:
Rick: Hi, Elmont, where's the missus? Elmont: She's gone up to New York. Rick: New York? What for? Elmont: Every spring Alice goes up there to work as a taxi dancer at the Roseland Ballroom! Rick: Where is she really, Elmont? Elmont: Roseland, I tell you, Roseland! She's a gypsy, that one! Don't tell her I told you! Narrator: Elsewhere, a Dickensian coincidence is unfolding nicely. Slackmeyer: I think I'll go dancing today. Assistant: Sir?
BE THIS GUY over 7 years ago
“Strangers in the night …”
AKHenderson Premium Member over 7 years ago
All the men come in these placesAnd the men are all the sameYou don’t look at their facesAnd you don’t ask their namesYou don’t think of them as humanYou don’t think of them at allYou keep your mind on the moneyKeeping your eyes on the wall
Argythree over 7 years ago
On the other hand, at least we aren’t reading about past lives (?) Or are we?
Coyoty Premium Member over 7 years ago
Just looked up “taxi dancer” and got clarity on “dance ticket” as well.
Linguist over 7 years ago
" Five cents a dance…."
Tain'tPelagius over 7 years ago
Zuckerberg! Look at this!
summerdog86 over 7 years ago
To pay for a dance in a place meant to sell just that, seems strange to me. They don’t have those places anymore, do they?
NWdryad over 7 years ago
Ooh, I can’t wait to see this arc. I’m not familiar with it.
Malcolm Hall over 7 years ago
It’s bittersweet as I recall.