Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 06, 1977
Transcript:
Mark: Coming up: a talk with entertainment czar Lew Wasserman! But first, this word from our only sponsor! We're back! I'm talking by phone to Mr. Lew Wasserman, chairman of this year's controversial humanitarian award dinner sponsored by the conference of Christians and Jews! Mr. Wasserman, this year the award was presented to Dr. Henry Kissinger. Traditionally, though, it's given to the head of a television network, isn't it? Wasserman: Well, yes, we have found through years that the greatest humanitarians in this country tend to be the people who program home time television. Now, of course, Dr. Kissinger isn't a television executive, but in his own special way he was responsible for much of what we saw on network news from 1968 to 1976! Mark: But isn't that exactly what critics up the humanitarian award dinner were protesting, sir? In fact, didn't the critic charge that to identify the Judeo-Christian ideas of brotherhood with the chief architect of our hideously inhumane bombing of Indochina would make a mockery of the award? Wasserman: Yes, there was some bitterness. Not everyone could get tickets. Mark: I see. Well, thanks for chatting with us! We'll be sending you a t-shirt!