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Zippy the Pinhead

NPR

Published October 27, 2000 at 9:00 PM PDT

Scott speaks with Gene Wilkes, the owner of the Tastee Diner in Silver Spring, Maryland. His diner was featured last Sunday in the Zippy the Pinhead comic strip--a strip which touted the virtues and endurance of diners.