HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: cohn@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Alan.. Cohn)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Re: ren & stimpy are not gay
Date: 12 Jan 93 11:20:28 GMT
Reply-To: cohn@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Alan.. Cohn)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD


If they have no orafices then how did renn piss on the electric fence.


MAYBE!!!!  Their just into water sports!!
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
From: duane@mothra.rose.hp.com (Duane)
Subject: Stimpy at D.W. !!!
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 17:39:08 GMT
Organization: HP - Systems Technology Division
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.8 PL6]

Greetings Jenny,


          Can you give an update on what John is doing lately!  Any infomation
would be greatly appreciated ... His following is bigger than he probably 
thinks ... so new information would be read with baited eyes.


Duane

California  Dreaming  of  More Snow.
From: jkirk@acpub.duke.edu (Daniel Brownstone)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: MTV Times
Date: 10 Jan 93 19:33:16 GMT
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.

Thanks,

Danny
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
From: jsattle@andy.bgsu.edu (jason sattler)
Subject: Re: pathetic MTV
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:00:32 GMT

eric@cs.utexas.edu (Eric Thomas Brown) writes:
> 	Is it just me, or is anyone else severely pissed off at the way MTV
> cut up the episodes to allow them two commercial breaks during each half hour
> instead of the regular one that Nick puts right in the middle?  That REALLY
> made me angry.  I'd be interested to know what everyone else thought about
> this.
> 
> 					Eric Brown
> 					eric@cs.utexas.edu
> 
> 
You're right... IT SUCKS!!!!!!  How incredibly rude of MTV to destroy a
perfectly good show.  Any way we can fight this???
					Nickie

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From: mdm@wdl1.wdl.loral.com (Mike D Marchionna)
Subject: Source of Happy Happy Joy Joy song lyrics
Keywords: Happy Happy Joy Joy
Organization: Loral Western Development Labs
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 21:48:33 GMT

I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but over the New Year's
weekend I caught the tail end of a movie that must be the source
of two of the lines from the Happy Happy Joy Joy song.  The two lines
I'm referring to are:

	1) I'll teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
	2) I told you I'd shoot, but you didn't believe me.
	   Why didn't you beleive me.

The movie was some bloated western epic that looks like it must of been
made around 1960 or so.  It starred Chuck Heston, Burle Ives, Gregory Peck,
Chuck Connors, and a couple other people whose names I wasn't able to
dredge up.  It was shown on a local station here in San Jose on channel
36 between 11am and 1pm 2-JAN-93.  I never did find out the movies name.

Anyway the lines came in the last 30 minutes of the movie and both are
delivered by Mr. Ives' character.  From what I was able to tell Gregory Peck
and Chuck Connors get into a fist fight over who gets to smooch the starlet.
They roll around in the dust for a bit until Chuck pulls a gun on the
unarmed Mr. Peck.  At which point Mr Ives fires a warning shot at Connors
who is supposed be his spineless son.  Ives gives his son a tongue lashing
telling him what a weasel he his, and insists that he and Peck settle the
dispute like gentlemen.  Fortunately a set of vintage dueling pistols is 
right near by that are the property of Peck's character.  Ives asks Peck if
Jthe pistols are serviceable, to which Peck reply's that he would be be 
happy to reload them.  Ives recoils and spits back, "Teach my grandmother 
to suck eggs!".

The other occurs after the duel which prior to commencing Ives warns both
Connors and Peck that he will gun down either one if they try to cheat.
Connors gets the first shot which he blows, and then Peck responds by 
purposely missing.  (What a guy! I bet he gets the girl.)  Connors then
bolts for his usual shootin' iron, and takes aim on the defenseless Peck.
At which point Ives Pumps his own son full of lead.  A bunch of overacting
ensues with Connors finally falling into the weepy arms of Ives.  Half
sobbing Ives' character says to his dying son, "I told you I'd shoot,
but you didn't believe me.  Why didn't you beleive me."  Some more shootin'
and stuff go on after this, but who cares.

The problem was the station never back announced the name of the movie, so
I never found out what the name was.  I'm sure this is just the sort of
worthless trivia really interested in too.  Any I got to know.  Anybody out
there recognize the movie from these descriptions.  I'm sure it has to be
the source of the song lyrics.  Anybody else agree.

--MDM
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From: DaPete@cup.portal.com (Pete o Wilkinson)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Re: pathetic MTV
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 14:46:26 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
 osyne.cs.du.edu> <73407@cup.portal.com>
  <1993Jan12.083526.62647@cc.usu.edu>
  <1993Jan12.161113.2283@hubcap.clemson.edu>


Is it common knowledge amongst us all that MTV and Nick are the same company?


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From: W9C9000 <W9C9@UNB.CA>
Subject: Re: Anyone know Nick's address???
Organization: The University of New Brunswick
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 17:17:26 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.145430.17163@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> mike@drseus.jsc.nasa.gov (Mike Ross) writes:
>
>I don't have NICK's address, but FWIW I sent them a letter at the end
>of September, and only got a form letter reply at the end of December.
>
>I'm just not sure how much effect a letter has.

In the back of my mind, I kinda thought Nickelodeon would pull something
like that..(i.e.: Form letter). Oh well.. I thought maybe I'd try. I
would imagine that they are receiving tonnes of mail and a form letter
is a nice, easy, cop-out way to deal with things.... C'est la vie ....
Thanks for the reply.   ....D.Savoy.....



Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
From: ipeeepay@stromboli.engin.umich.edu (christopher j. martino)
Subject: Re: pathetic MTV
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 15:59:03 EST
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
Originator: ipeeepay@stromboli.engin.umich.edu


In article <Gibson.Bill-110193002917@17.32.32.199>, Gibson.Bill@applelink.apple.com (Bill Gibson) writes:
> In article <ll210jINNmda@paducah.cs.utexas.edu>, eric@cs.utexas.edu (Eric
> Thomas Brown) wrote:
> > 
> > 	Is it just me, or is anyone else severely pissed off at the way MTV
> > cut up the episodes to allow them two commercial breaks during each half hour
> > instead of the regular one that Nick puts right in the middle?  That REALLY
> > made me angry.  I'd be interested to know what everyone else thought about
> > this.
> > 
> 
> Ah, yes but at least they have spared us the stupid MTV logo...
> 

MTV should just bump their second commercial break back to fall between the episodes.  They are not showing any more commercials, they are just putting them in a stupid place!

This MTV marathon is a good opportunity to tape the shows in sterio.  Does Nick broadcast in sterio?  If they do, my cable does not for that channel.

No, I am not pissed off at MTV.  Maybe they`ll show PTM.

Chris Martino
ipeeepay@engin.umich.edu
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
From: L630391@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Subject: Re: Baby Scam
Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 93 06:36:31 PST

------------------------- Original Article -------------------------
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
From: aldavi01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu (Arlie Davis)
Subject: Re: Baby Scam
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 08:45:41 GMT
Reply-To: Arlie Davis <aldavi01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu>
Organization: University of Louisville



Apparently both of you have not realized that Nickelodean, or any commercial
TV company, is free to air whatever they like.  You may not like it, but big
fat hairy deal -- it isn't your decision.  You don't pay for the Ren & Stimpy
channel -- you pay for basic cable, whatever that currently means.  And it
isn't censorship.

Having a complaint is a bit different from whining about the Evil Corporate
Masses.

While you're busy condemning Nick for not showing a few episodes (and they may
show them in the future, if there is demand, and there obviously is), why not
COMMEND Nick for allowing the show to exist in the first place?

--
lrwx------   1 aldavi01 emacsstu       9 Jun  6 12:43 .signature -> /dev/null

--->>Once a show has been aired, and Prick-a-lodeon decides not to air it ever
again, as they have with several episodes (PTM, Out West), THAT IS CENSORSHIP.
There is no difference between this action and cutting out some objectionable
scene.  They just cut out the whole episode. Nick is in an awkward position,
in that they have a very popular (not to mention profitable) show, with lots
of profitable merchandise licensed for it.  Their problem is that the reason
the show is so profitable is its irreverant and sometimes controversial humor,
and they are trying to be a goody-two-shoes kids' network.  They seem to be
overly-sensitive about some subjects, and will censor scenes or whole shows
with no apparent consistency.
This is not to say that censorship like this doesn't happen all the time.
TV shows are always subject to the whims of anal-retentive network executives.
The thing that most of us Ren & Stimpy fans are worried about is that R & S
will become something less than it was originally.  That has yet to be seen,
and I have had my differences with some people on this net who I thought were
over reacting negatively to new episodes.  But the concern is still there.
I think there are very few people reading this newsgroup who don't believe that
Nickelodeon is the wrong network, with the wrong attitude to run Ren & Stimpy.
So don't get so upset||  Maybe you should watch some TV.  It'll help you RELAX|

Insert clever phrase or quotation here.
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Re: Baby Scam
From: mgrosland@vax.cord.edu
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 17:55:28 GMT
Reply-To: mgrosland@vax.cord.edu
 <aldavi01.726137141@starbase.spd.louisville.edu>,<1993Jan4.145441.20064@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
Organization: Concordia College, Moorhead, MN

In article <1993Jan4.145441.20064@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, med2062@ultb.isc.rit.edu (M.E. Donnaruma) writes:
>   I heard that Mtv is going to be broadcasting all the R&S's Sundays at
>10AM. (that is, 30 minutes a week) Hopefully this means shNiCKt is
>transferring over R&S to Mtv. Nick should sell it to Fox, and Fox should
>re-hire Krisufulli (however you spell it)

I just wrote in to mention that I'm quite certain John K. was not fired,
rather, he was demoted.  He still works for the show, but now Bob Camp is\
in charge.  However, I agree that John K. should be in charge again; 
Nickelodean (spelling) is doing quite a raunchy job.

Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
From: cblaise@moose.uvm.edu (Chris Blaise)
Subject: Re: pathetic MTV
Originator: cblaise@moose.uvm.edu
Organization: University of Vermont -- Division of EMBA Computer Facility
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 14:42:15 GMT

From article <ll210jINNmda@paducah.cs.utexas.edu>, by eric@cs.utexas.edu (Eric Thomas Brown):
> 	Is it just me, or is anyone else severely pissed off at the way MTV
> cut up the episodes to allow them two commercial breaks during each half hour
> instead of the regular one that Nick puts right in the middle?  That REALLY
> made me angry.  I'd be interested to know what everyone else thought about
> this.

	I'm not nearly as mad at them for that as I am for NOT showing
us the unedited versions.  C'mon!  After a whole day of Liquid Television
and it's _Billy & Bobby_ and _Aoen Flux_ they couldn't afford us the decency
of unbutchered _Robin Hoek_ and others.

TTYL
 Chris

Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
From: gross@stimpy.ame.nd.edu (George B. Ross)
Subject: Re: Lederhosen
Keywords: lederhosen, steenky, smelly, unwashed, Bavaria, Oktoberfest, Beer
Reply-To: gross@stimpy.ame.nd.edu
Organization: University of Notre Dame
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 21:51:31 GMT

In article <PIETRAS.93Jan8123018@csd630a.erim.org>  
pietras@csd630a.erim.org (Alan Pietras) writes:
> Can some kind soul please describe what Lederhosen actually are?
> 
> Men's Nylons? Long socks? Fishnet?
> 
> No Bavarian ancestry here.
> 
> Thanks
> --
>   Alan B. Pietras :: pietras@erim.org :: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Lederhosen are a sort of short pants that are traditional
Bavarian (Bayern) wear for men.  If you've seen the Sven Hoek
episode, then you've seen lederhosen, both in the intro on
a human, and worn by Sven (yumpin yimminee).  If you haven't
seen the episode in question, then I will attempt to describe
them...shorts made of leather or suede with fancy suspenders.
Green, grey, brown, black are typical colors.  Often worn
with a fancy white shirt and a hat (is there a special name
for the hat?) and sometimes a jacket made of similar material.
Long socks with leather shoes completes the fashion statement.

Hopefully I haven't committed some social blunder, but this
is all my beer-hazed memory can remember from Oktoberfests
in Munich and Stuttgart.
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gross@stimpy.ame.nd.edu                        --Stimpson J. Cat
From: rmjarol@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Robert Jarolin)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Are MTV's RandS cut?
Date: 11 Jan 93 22:33:34 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: The Great Beyond


	Are the Ren and Stimpy episodes on MTV cut up
anymore than the ones that were aired on Nickelodeon?

					Ford

-- 
Be Aware of Those You Are Unaware Of!

E-Mail rmjarol@afterlife.ncsc.mil
From: sl7sg@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Re: Borg and protoplazm, part 2
Date: 12 Jan 93 15:31:35 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

In article <93012.080757JXM182@psuvm.psu.edu>, <JXM182@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:

{RENBORG vs STNG part 1 deleted}

what do you think of part 2 (which will follow)?

		Brandon;


Darkness fills the screen, blinking lights can be seen you soon realize the
scene is aboard a high tech spacecraft.  From the shadows comes a voice;


RB: It seeems the eeediotic race was not as mindless as we might have thought. 

(bloodshot eyes can now be seen, blinking in the darkness)

RB: but, that is ok...STEEMPYBORG!  ComehereNOW!.

SB: duuuu, what did you want renborg?

>>SMACK!<< (crash) (clunk) (plop) (sound of breaking plates)

RB: EET ES YOOOOOOOOUR FAULT! (PAAANT) (PAAANT) (Pant) (pant) (inhales deeply)
	ahhhhhh, yes, thank you steempyborg, I just had to release some of my
 	sensless violence on a mindless bag of protoplasm
        ...YOUCANFINISHSCRUBBINGTHEVOMITSPOTNOW!

SB: but (whiny voice) reEen...

RB: (his voice becomes deep and sinister, flem dashes from his throat, covering
	stimpy)  NOOOOOOOOOOW!

Anonymous BORGmemeber:  RENBORG, we have found the mindless idiots
        it seems they have made a loop through--

RB: EEEDIOT, DO I LOOK LIKE I CARE!!!  WHERE ARE THEY!

ABM:  (in kermit voice (his throat is in ren's clamped hands)) well, they are
	right outside...

RB: (violently throwing his head into a pole); QUEECKLY arm the SMEGMA
	TORPEDOES!  


	(onboard the enterprise)


TROY: Captain, we seem to have come back to where we began...

PICARD: Yes, it does seem that way,...Number one?

EEDIOT-ER, RICKER: Perhaps we should talk with them again.

PICARD: Yes, bring them up on screen

	(SCREEN OPENS WITH A LARGE VIEW OF REN'S BUGGED OUT EYES, HE IS PANTING
HEAVILY, OBVIOUSLY IN A LARGE STATE OF ANGER AND VEHMENENCE >>IT seems picard
converted his collection of rare, uncurable, computer viruses into helpful
programs that work for the good of society<<)

TROY: Captain, I sense...hostility, something on a scale I have never
	encountered before...

PICKARD: (turning to troy) PLEASE TROY, DO SHUT UP, ALL YOU EVER DO IS STATE
	THE OBVIOUS!!! (straightening his uniform) now, where were we?

	    >>OK, OK, a bit unrealistic, but, haven't we all wanted to see it?

RICKER: (trying for brownie points) Sir, we were trying to figure out what to
	do about the RENBORG

(ON the viewscreen ren's violence has been channeled into disbelief, screaming
in anguish;)

RB: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHHH!  I...CAN'T STAAAAAAAAAND EET
	ANYMORE! I'm going...SAAAAAAAAANE.

		(he leans over, and presses his finger on the BIG, RED, BUTTON!
From: steffen8546@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: RARE Ren&Stimpy #1 Comic Book
Date: 11 Jan 93 17:27:27 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

I have Ren and Stimpy comic #1 bagged with the two different air foulers
inside.  Starting bid is $15.  If you need more info please vax me.

Jason Steffen

steffen8546@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: FAQ Request
From: gswst@cislabs.pitt.edu (Gary S. Wachs)
Date: 11 Jan 93 03:32:43 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh, Electrical Engineering

Dammit man, I need an FAQ list!

Thanks.
From: handsome@amiganet.chi.il.us (Nick !!)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Re: MTV R&S Marathon!!!!!!
Date: 11 Jan 93 12:22:26 CST
Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems

OK , I taped it sunday night but how long was it on????
What was after littlest giant??????

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Now maybe you'll keep your stinkiness to yourself....
R.H.
I've had it up to here with the likes of you people....
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
From: whoward@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu (Will Howard)
Subject: Re: Source of HH JJ lyrics
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 14:54:03 GMT

In article <4JAN199320572841@venus.tamu.edu> mthomas@venus.tamu.edu (Mark
Thomas) writes:
>Incidently, Burl Ives did some kiddie records that I was once 
>pretty fond of (and I guess still am).  I didn't recognize the
>lines from the movie, but "Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy" immediately 
>made me think about those songs, so I always assumed it was a
>Burl Ives parody.  I think it was something to do with the way he
>alternates spoken comments to the kids with the verses.  And
>Stinky Whizzleteeth's (or whatever his name is) voice and tone
>somehow reminds me of Burl. 
>
That song actually reminds me of the Smothers Brothers. Remember they'd start
singing, then start talking and arguing halfway through?

If you think you're happy now, wait 'til you read this!
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
From: mueller@cage.eng.mcmaster.ca (Edna Mueller)
Subject: Ren and Stimpy toys
Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Distribution: ca
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 18:19:57 GMT

Hi folks:

Just a quick question:
Does anyone know where I can get a Ren and Stimpy
plush doll, talking doll, or whatever in the
Toronto or Hamilton Ontario area.  I've looked through a few
Toys R Us stores and other places, but no luck.

I'm desperate!  Any ideas?

Thanks!
				Schmeby
					    mueller@cage.eng.mcmaster.ca
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                "Oops". -- Jean-Luc Picard, "Pen Pals"
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Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
From: clarkh@seanews.akita.com (Clark Humphrey)
Subject: New home
Organization: SEANEWS - Seattle Public Access News + Mail
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 18:33:09 GMT

Nick owns R&S, but Nick is just a part of MTV Networks, a div. of Viacom.
The show is popular and profitable and heavily merchandisable, and could 
show around the world forever.  In fact, a Viacom VP was quoted in the 
trade mag Electronic Media as saying R&S was Viacom's most important 
in-house creation in the past five years.
Yet, the show is on shaky ground, because it doesn't quite fit in with 
the naughty-but-nice corporate image of Nickelodeon.
THEREFORE, I'd like to see Nick turn the show over to Viacom Syndication,
which could then place it on a more appropriate channel.
PS: Nick president Geraldine Layborne was on C-SPAN on Monday, along with 
Rep. Pat Schroeder (D-Colo.) in hyping Nick's corporate sponsorship of a 
congressional lobby for children's and family issues.  She's quite the 
perfect yuppie bureaucrat.  Lots of long sentences that don't say much.

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From: caedmon@pine.circa.ufl.edu (Stinky Weaselteats)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Bloody Head (tm) Fairy
Date: 10 Jan 93 01:32:55 GMT
Reply-To: caedmon@pine.circa.ufl.edu
Organization: Department of Misology, University of Fnord
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4

In "Haunted House",  where did the Fairy stick the Blood Head?
I didn't seem to notice that the Fairy had any pockets.
But he did have a butt-crack...  Hmmmm.  Hmmmm.  Yes, I like it...

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From: kipilman@cats.ucsc.edu (Lou Kipilman)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.ren-n-stimpy
Subject: Programming Idea
Keywords: Safe Harbor
Date: 5 Jan 93 20:27:54 GMT
Organization: Team Slack
NNTP-Posting-Host: am.ucsc.edu



First, a little opinionated aside. I saw "Dog Show" last Sunday morning, and
I thought it was a rather pointless episode, partly because the neurosurgeons
at Nick haven't shown "Man's Best Friend" as a lead-in, but mostly because they
strayed too far from R&S, which was also the case with "Haunted House". I have
the feeling that John K. and Co. were getting a little bored with R&S, and it
definitely shows in these episodes.

*CRITIC MODE OFF*

Has anyone thought of suggesting this to Nick: take another 30-minute time 
slot, like Midnight on Saturdays, and broadcast the raunchier or more
controversial episodes - i.e. Big House Blues, Sven Hoek, PTM, Out West - in
unedited form? The FCC has established a "safe harbor" time of midnight-6 AM
in which radio or TV can broadcast material that could be considered indecent
at other hours - i.e. when children could be watching. The "safe harbor" time
was recently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, and Nick is a cable network, so
fines would seem unlikely. Given the choice between the flatulent "Saturday
Night Live" and unedited, steenky R&S, I'd switch channels to Nick in a
heartbeat. And what's the worse that could happen - pre-empting "The Dick Van
Dyke Show"? To me, it seems like a valid idea.

Anyone here who agrees? If someone could e-mail me with Nick's address, that
would be much appreciated. Maybe a little letter-writing campaign suggesting
creative alternatives to Nick's amateurish editing - such as "I'm George
*SCREECH!*, American!" - would get something moving in the right direction.


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