Editing Doonesbury (section)

=== TV special  ===
In 1977, Trudeau wrote a script for a 26-minute animated special, ''A Doonesbury Special'', which was produced and directed by Trudeau along with [[John Hubley]] (who died during the storyboarding stage)<ref name=solomon>{{cite book |last= Solomon |first=Charles |title=Enchanted Drawings: The History of Animation |year=1989 |publisher=[[Alfred A. Knopf]] |page=51 |isbn=978-0-394-54684-1}}</ref> and [[Faith Hubley]]. The special was first broadcast by [[NBC]] on November 27, 1977.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher= Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/253/mode/2up |pages=253–254}}</ref> It won a Special Jury Award at the [[Cannes International Film Festival]] for best short film, and received an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] nomination (for best animated short film), both in 1978.<ref name=solomon/> Voice actors for the special included [[Barbara Harris (actress)|Barbara Harris]], [[William Sloane Coffin|William Sloane Coffin Jr.]], [[Jack Gilford]] and [[Will Jordan]]. Also included were "Stop in the Middle" and "I Do Believe", two songs "sung" by the character Jimmy Thudpucker, also part of the "Special". While the compositions and performances were credited to "Jimmy Thudpucker", they were in fact co-written and sung by James Allen "Jimmy" Brewer, who also co-wrote and provided the vocals for "Ginny's Song", a 1976 single on the [[Warner Bros.]] label, and ''Jimmy Thudpucker's Greatest Hits'', an LP released by Windsong Records, [[John Denver]]'s subsidiary of RCA Records.