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FBorFW Turns 38 Today!

On this day in 1979, For Better or For Worse debuted with this Sunday strip:

Lynn recalls that she liked this song…until the day she listened to the lyrics. It’s called “Wives and Lovers”, and was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

Want to hear it? Here’s a Jack Jones version:

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This entry was posted in News and tagged first strip, wives and lovers on September 9, 2017 by fborfwnews.

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