Here’s the final daily panel of There Oughta be a Law, published on April 13 1985. Mort Gerberg, who had taken over the panel for the final year and a half of a forty year run, plucks skillfully at readers’ heart-strings in the swan song.
Firsts and Lasts: There Oughta Be A Law … against feature cancellations
In the world of newspaper syndicate sales, The feature was known by the achronym "TOBAL". "There Ought To Be A Law" of course, was a knock-off of "They'll Do It Every Time", or, "TDIET."