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Doonesbury's 200 Greatest Moments

The funniest, strangest, and most dramatic moments in Garry Trudeau's classic comic strip.

Updated Monday, Oct. 25, 2010, at 10:07 AM

Read David Plotz's interview with Garry Trudeau. See Slate's complete coverage of Doonesbury's 40th anniversary.

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Jan. 26, 1981 : The 53rd hostage, known as "The Bald Spy," is released in Tehran.

Feb. 8, 1981: Christmas thank-you note.

Jun. 18, 1981: Joanie and Rick marry.

Jun. 28, 1981: Solidarity.

Aug. 3, 1981: Vietnam Vets counselor Skip Willis.

Aug. 11, 1981: Duke shoots Brenner.

Jan. 25, 1982: Morale problems at the EPA.

Apr. 26, 1982: The wreck of the Rusty Nail.

May. 17, 1982: What the doctor said.

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Sep. 6, 1982: Joanie as Lacey's campaign manager.

Sep. 20, 1982: Zonker's first job interview.

Nov. 15, 1982: Sid Kibbutz in action.

Dec. 13, 1982: Buying a computer.

Sep. 30, 1984: Return from Sabbatical.

Oct. 11, 1984: Selling Reagan to black voters.

Oct. 22, 1984: The Reagan White House.

Jan. 2, 1985: Alice buried in snow (take one).

Jan. 27, 1985: "Teaching is dead."

Mar. 4, 1985: Jimmy T. helps record "We Are the World."

May 20, 1985: Alice and Elmont marry in bus station.

Jul. 30, 1985: Marcia Feinbloom ends her search for Mr. Right.

Aug. 29, 1985: J.J. and the shards of the American dream.

Jan. 19, 1986: RSVP.

Nov. 6, 1986: Dick Davenport dies.

Feb. 22, 1987: The entire Constitution on a cereal box wrapper.

Mar. 8, 1987: Another Sunday morning.

Mar. 22, 1987: Sinatra biography.

Apr. 27, 1987: Ron Headrest.

Apr. 27, 1988: Mike and Nichole almost begin affair.

Jun. 18, 1988: Snow White.

Aug. 14, 1988: Roger Rabbit.

Jan. 2, 1989: The coming of Nanny Zonker.

Apr. 19, 1989: Mike dreams up Mr. Butts.

May 7, 1989: Assault rifles.

Nov. 5, 1989: Mark's Konundrum Korner.

Dec. 11, 1989: Eighties Revival Party.

May 24, 1990: Andy Lippincott dies.

Sep. 2, 1990: Boopsie bids farewell to Hunk-Ra.

Dec. 10, 1990: Desert Shield.

Feb. 4, 1991: Ka-boom!

Feb. 24, 1991: Smart bomb.

Mar. 10, 1991: Briefing.

Mar. 20, 1991: "Welcome to Club Scud!"

Sep. 29, 1991: Coup by supporting characters.

Nov. 11, 1991: Doonesbury organizational chart.

Jan. 6, 1992: Unemployed.

Jan. 27, 1992: The rhetoric behind the sound bites.

Feb. 10, 1992: Trash for Cash.

Apr. 20, 1992: The coming of Samantha.

May 31, 1992: Jimmy Thudpucker's 10-Step Career Trajectory.

Jun. 1, 1992: The many lives of Barbara Ann Boopstein.

Jun. 8, 1992: "I'm my parents!"

Jun. 22, 1992: USA Today.

Jul. 12, 1992: Geraldo Riveribus.

Sep. 7, 1992: Family Values check.

Dec. 28, 1992: The ol' mail silo.

Aug. 1, 1993: Production values.

Feb. 9, 1993: Aid for those with AIDS.

Nov. 28, 1993: Beavis and Butthead.

Jan. 24, 1994: Whitewatergate.

Feb. 5, 1994: Alice buried in snow (take two).

Aug. 15, 1994: By the time they got to Woodstock.

Sep. 4, 1994: Where do all the ideas come from?

Jan. 22, 1995: Team Doonesbury: The O.J. Specialists.

Jun. 24, 1995: Duke with a hooker.

Oct. 15, 1995: The Earl of Duke.

Nov. 13, 1995: Mark's imaginary lover.

Feb. 5, 1996: Mike and Kim meet.

Mar. 19, 1996: "Bugchecking is brutally cool!"

Jun. 24, 1996: Back in the Nam.

Nov. 4, 1996: The Mark and Chase show.

Jan. 26, 1997: Ah youth.

May 1, 1997: Mike and Kim's wedding.

Feb. 9, 1998: Clinton's problems.

Aug. 10, 1998: Lacey Davenport dies.

Feb. 8, 1999: Impeachment trial.

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