Front row (l-r): Thurston Wheelis (GT, ATC, RWT), Arles Struvie (GT, ATC, RWT), Charlene Bumiller (GT, ATC, RWT), The Reverend Sturgis Spikes (GT, RWT) Back row (l-r): Stanley Bumiller (GT, ATC, RWT), Hank Bumiller (GT), Vera Carp (GT, ATC, RWT), Aunt Pearl Burras (GT, ATC, RWT), Petey Fisk (GT, ATC, RWT), Bertha Bumiller (GT, ATC, RWT) Credit: Photo By Burdette Parks

The three Tuna plays feature a total of 29 citizens of Tuna (Tuners? Tunites? Tunanians?), along with three non-human characters: a dog, an extraterrestrial, and a reporter from Houston. Here are a few snapshots from the municipal memory book, identifying each character and the parts of the Tuna Trilogy in which he or she appears. GT: Greater Tuna; ATC: A Tuna Christmas; RWT: Red, White, and Tuna

Not pictured: Phinas Blye (GT), Jody Bumiller (GT, ATC), Farley Burkhalter (ATC, RWT), Phoebe Burkhalter (ATC,RWT), Leonard Childers (GT, ATC, RWT), Dixie Deberry (ATC), Sheriff Givens (GT, ATC), Chad Hartford (GT), Harold Dean Lattimer (GT), Joe Bob Lipsey (ATC, RWT), Garland Poteet (ATC, RWT), Ike Thompson (ATC), Elmer Watkins (GT, ATC, RWT), Yippy (GT), and Zerk Zerk (RWT)

This article appears in April 12 • 2002.

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