Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/7/84; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!citrin From: citrin@ucbvax.ARPA (Wayne Citrin) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: End of Joe Bob Message-ID: <6356@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 17:12:54 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.6356 Posted: Thu Apr 18 17:12:54 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Apr-85 01:30:41 EST Reply-To: citrin@ucbvax.UUCP (Wayne citrin) Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 9 Summary: Well, the New York Times just reported that neither the Dallas paper in which it originally appears nor the Los Angeles Times syndicate will continue to carry Joe Bob. Apparently a recent column contained a racially offensive parody of "We Are the World" and there were enough complaints to warrant cancelling the whole thing. Perhaps someone closer to the action can provide more information. Wayne Citrin (ucbvax!citrin)