[net.movies] End of Joe Bob

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?"

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