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...VILLAGE VOICE, a leftist, hip New York paper, used to run a comic strip entitled MacDoodle St. In one episode, Malcolm Frazzle--the hero, a poet who wears his hair long and a beard--met some Wayne Newton fans. "Wayne Newton?" Frazzle asks. "I'd rather listen to the sound of wild boars being vivisected by a psychotic neurosurgeon." Might as well damn baseball as boring, or stock car racing as a waste of gasoline. Might as well drive off the interstate to search for authentic small-town restaurants, instead of stopping at McDonalds. Might as well laugh...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Boston: 267-2200 | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...Miss Piggy's Guide to Life, Piggy with Beard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiction: Best Sellers: Sep. 7, 1981 | 9/7/1981 | See Source »

...Miss Piggy's Guide to Life, Piggy with Beard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiction: Best Sellers: Aug. 24, 1981 | 8/24/1981 | See Source »

...Lake Michigan shore line in Illinois. The rest is a troubling bundle of loose ends. There are unrequited loves and an assumed name, a quest for comfort and sudden flight, enigmatic letters and a lethal dose of drugs. There is a quixotic gumshoe with a black eyepatch and beard. He was hired by the victim's uncomprehending family and insists Janice Runkle was murdered. Says her sister Christine Runkle Casselman: "We feel that she might have found out something she wasn't supposed to know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Days Of Dr. Runkle | 8/17/1981 | See Source »

...Miss Piggy's Guide to Life, Piggy with Beard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiction: Best Sellers: Aug. 10, 1981 | 8/10/1981 | See Source »

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