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===Controversies===
Residents of [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] reacted angrily to the October 30, 2003 strip, in which Pittsburgh—in an apparent inside joke—was made out as smelly. Conley said he received [[hate mail]] and even death threats in response.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcra.com/travelgetaways/2613194/detail.html|title=Pittsburgh Not Laughing At Smelly Joke|publisher=KCRA Sacramento|date=15 November 2003|access-date=13 May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204090709/http://www.kcra.com/travelgetaways/2613194/detail.html|archive-date=4 December 2008}}</ref> An apology promised by Conley took an unexpected form; his November 17 strip questioned why the Pittsburgh joke caused such an uproar, and noted that several protesters stated that [[New Jersey]] smelled worse than Pittsburgh. Satchel closes the strip by explaining that the original strip "should have made it more clear that it was [nearby borough] [[Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania|Sewickley Heights]] that smells", coupled with a [[post-it]] note advertising an apology to Sewickley Heights.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03322/240984.stm|title=Comic strip apology to Pittsburgh really isn't|publisher=Post-gazette.com|date=18 November 2003|access-date=13 May 2010|first=Dan|last=Fitzpatrick|archive-date=February 22, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060222211112/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03322/240984.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2005, [[Bob Lobel]], the longtime sports director for [[WBZ-TV]] in Boston, filed a libel suit against [[Darby Conley]], [[United Feature Syndicate]], and The Standard-Times of [[New Bedford, Massachusetts]] for implying that Lobel was intoxicated while on air;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Conley |first=Darby |date=2005-05-13 |title=Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley for May 13, 2005 {{!}} GoComics.com |url=https://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy/2005/05/13 |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=GoComics |language=en |archive-date=March 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328134003/http://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy/2005/05/13 |url-status=live }}</ref> the lawsuit was settled out-of-court in November 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20051120/opinion/311209928|title=Our apology to sportscaster Bob Lobel|accessdate=20 March 2022|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417113548/https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20051120/opinion/311209928|url-status=live}}</ref>