Talk:Uncle Duke
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What in the world does this mean in the first section? "Some people regard Uncle Duke, a rabid controlled-substances buff, as 'the High Lord of Inner Space,' but he is really a hard-working individual with a love of people and a dry wit." This seems to be a complete (and probably intentional) misinterpretation of Uncle Duke's character. If anything, he's the most misanthropic, cynical character in the entire Doonesbury pantheon -- which is undoubtedly part of his long-lasting appeal. Anyway, if there aren't any objections in the next few days, I think it should be deleted. --Chris Hall 22:51, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] No continuity error
The first paragraph says that there is a continuity error as to whether Duke is Zonker's uncle by actual family relationship or just a family friend. However, the first time he is referenced in the strips appearing in The Doonesbury Chronicles, the following exchange occurs:
- Zonker: Joanie, before I help you with the apartment hunting, I gotta go check in with my Uncle Duke.
- Joanie: I didn't know you had an Uncle Duke.
- Zonker: Well, he's not really my uncle -- he's an old family friend. He writes for "Rolling Stone" magazine.
If this is indeed the first reference to Duke to appear in the strip, then it seems that there never was a continuity error here, and Duke is just an "uncle by courtesy". --Metropolitan90 06:22, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Duke doesn't age?
The paragraph about Duke being the only Doonesbury character who doesn't age is very odd. The aberrant chronology of Doonesbury is well-known and often alluded to in the strip itself, e.g. Zonker spending over a decade in college. In any case, Duke does age. When Donald Trump hired him to threaten restaurant-owners, Duke's reply was the he was getting "too old for muscle jobs". And who on earth came up with a theory about Duke being mummified? Thermaland 22:20, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Dancing Duke
The Flash animation of Uncle Duke has been a fixture at www.doonesbury.com for some years. How often do the quotes change? Who voices them? Any known repository of the quotes? ---Ransom (--69.111.111.184 04:40, 15 November 2006 (UTC))
[edit] Edit Conflict
Sorry to whomever was editing at the same time I was. My changes were very small but I spent a long time on them so I did a page replace on the old version, not your version. This was not intentionally meant to affect your edits. No offense meant. ParvatiBai 07:25, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
