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A Doonesbury Special

TV Movie · Animation

A Doonesbury Special

5.6(7) 5/25/1978 0h 25m
TV MovieAnimationComedy

Garry Trudeau's classic characters (Mike Doonesbury, Zonker, etc.) examine how their lifestyles, priorities, and concerns have changed since the end of their idealistic college days in the 1960s. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

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Top Cast

James Allen Brewer

James Allen Brewer

Jimmy Thudpucker

Barbara Harris

Barbara Harris

Joanie Caucus

Charles Levin

Charles Levin

Mark Slackmeyer

RN

Rebecca Nelson

Barbara Ann 'Boopsie' Boopstein

WS

William Sloane Coffin

The Reverend Scott Sloan

Jack Gilford

Jack Gilford

Referee

MB

Michelle Browne

Jeannie

RC

Richard Cox

Zonker Harris (voice)

Directed by

John Hubley

Production

Reviews

CinemaSerf

6/10

3/21/2024

Summoned from the pool for his dinner, "Zonker" watches a bit of "Thudpucker" on the television before settling down to a dinner prepared by "Mike" that might just be lasagne. It's an extension of this quizzicality that starts to evaluate the changes in society that have occurred since their earlier lives sharing just about everything. Is that era truly finished? Is that even their concern any more? What is worth fighting for nowadays? Steeping in more reminiscences accompanied by some sort of Bob Dylan-esque folky ballads, we take a trip (literally, I think) into their tear-gassed past; play some American football and listen to an increasingly meandering, anodyne and frankly quite annoying tirade of dialogue that I found just a bit too contrived and not at all funny. Spaced out or timed o

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