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(24,262 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)On the Meadow Party ticket, with Opus as his running mate.
Bloom County-- One of the few redeeming features of the '80s
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)"Don't blame me - I voted for Bill n Opus"
What I don't still have is a gut that fits in the shirt.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)I definitely would have bought one!
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Fundamentally Oral Bill" t-shirt. Gotta dig that one out for the Repuke primaries.
underpants
(182,772 posts)basically he is Beavis and Butthead prior to the dumbatic duo
A wastecase of American excess fueled by the excess itself.
Capn Sunshine
(14,378 posts)Bill never wanted for women and often found himself in lucrative adventures or political campaigns.
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)"Newt's still around?"
trof
(54,256 posts)Bill the Cat's character was raised in Dubuque, Iowa, left for New York to become a film star and left his girlfriend, Sally, behind. Some of Bill the Cat's film roles include the leads in Orangestoke: The Legend of Bill, Lord of the Monkeys and Terms of Bill's Endearment.
During this period, he drank heavily, used illegal drugs, and "free-based Tender Vittles" until his friends helped him to recover. On September 30, 1983, Bill drove his Ferrari into a cactus at 140 miles per hour, dying instantly in the crash (the media, not wishing to divulge the true nature of Bill's death, claimed that he died of acne). The only part of Bill that was salvaged from the wreckage was his tongue, which young genius Oliver Wendell Jones used to clone Bill and bring him back to life. In the latter months of 1984,
Bill's bid for the American presidency was effectively ruined by his decision to run off and join (and end up leading) the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh cult in Oregon, only to be "rescued" and deprogrammed several weeks later by a humorous application of the Ludovico technique (by forcing him to watch reruns of Leave It to Beaver.) (All of this, by the way, a fictional account of his life, as mentioned by the other characters.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_the_Cat
Denninmi
(6,581 posts)I think mine had to be when he was playing "snugglebunnies" with UN Ambassador Jean Kirkpatrick, so he could sell secrets to the Soviets, then was arrested and put on death row, and finally traded to the Russians in a spy exchange.
WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)Pppththth.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)along with his co-star Opus. The 1980s had some fantastic comic strips, none better than Bloom County and Calvin & Hobbes.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)FlyByNight
(1,756 posts)Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)to "Billy and the Boingers"
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mzteris
(16,232 posts)they replaced his brain with tater tots!"
Opus from A Wish for Wings that Work a Christmas must-see at our house every year.
progressoid
(49,978 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Been rereading the strips again at go-comic. We're at the part where Opus plans to marry Lola
TexasTowelie
(112,125 posts)And people didn't give a hoot that they were same sex kitties.