Help me find a specific Doonesbury strip.

August 27, 2013 5:45 AM

I am looking for a specific Doonesbury strip for which I remember most of the dialogue. One of the female characters is talking about how hard it is to find a man in New York who isn't gay or married. She yells to a man out of panel and says "hey jogging shorts, gay or married? ". From off panel, the man replies "both! " I do know that it is not a recent strip. Please help? :-)
posted by DWRoelands to Media & Arts (4 answers total)

I remember it - it is about 30 years old, I think(!). I believe the character was named Marcia, or something with an 'M'. Maybe she was someone who Mike Doonsebury knew from work after Walden graduation, when he went to NYC?
posted by thelonius at 6:02 AM on August 27, 2013

I'm pretty sure this is in either Recycled Doonesbury or That's Doctor Sinatra, You Little Bimbo! It's probably the latter, because it involves the subplot of Mike and JJ moving to New York where they meet up with the character whom you're talking about. The storyline is that she realizes she's never going to get married and throws a "single forever" ceremony.
posted by deanc at 6:20 AM on August 27, 2013

Best answer: July 27, 1985.
posted by themanwho at 6:21 AM on August 27, 2013 [17 favorites]

Response by poster: You are themanwho is a doonesbury savant! Thank you!
posted by DWRoelands at 7:04 AM on August 27, 2013 [1 favorite]