Dion & the Belmonts: Reunion; The Belmonts: Cigars, Acapella, Candy; Dion's Greatest Hits
Gene Sculatti, Creem, June 1973
YEARS AGO, Mad ran a feature on "What Kind of Parents Will Today's Teenagers Make?" It depicted a pair of graying, pot-bellied rockers in leathers, levis and ponytails spawning two ultra-clean whizkids who wore suits and glasses, who in turn grew up and produced a boy and girl of their own. These two of course turned out to be primecut JD punks stamped from the same frenchfry mold as gramps and grannie, on whose chopper they were seen riding tandem off into the sunset in the final panel.
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