citrin@ucbvax.ARPA (Wayne Citrin) (04/19/85)
Well, the New York Times just reported that neither the Dallas paper in which it originally appears nor the Los Angeles Times syndicate will continue to carry Joe Bob. Apparently a recent column contained a racially offensive parody of "We Are the World" and there were enough complaints to warrant cancelling the whole thing. Perhaps someone closer to the action can provide more information. Wayne Citrin (ucbvax!citrin)
moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) (04/22/85)
Can't say I'm all that sorry to see Joe Bob go. The early stuff was quite funny, but the creator of JB has been running stale for several months now. Name-dropping of Big Steve King goes just so far, ya know? "Cheese it, cheddar-breath, you can't fight America's Action Hero, see?" Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. UUCP: {cornell,decvax,ihnp4,sdcsvax,tektronix,utcsrgv}!uw-beaver \ {allegra,gatech!sb1,hplabs!lbl-csam,decwrl!sun,ssc-vax} -- !fluke!moriarty ARPA: fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPA