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From: Robert McMillin
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 00:00

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On 23 Mar 1996 20:29:15 PDT, gt6978b@acmex.gatech.edu (Oz, the Great and Terrible,) said:

> Thus spake bruce thompson:

> : It was Robert Frost who said that modern poetry was like playing tennis 
> : without a net.  Bring back Ogden Nash!

> I saw a teaser for one of those semi-news shows which is promising an
> update on Howard Huges.  I imagine that it'll go something like this:

> Angela:  And now as a channel 2 exclusive,  Steve Gasquay and his hair will
>          present us with an update on Howard Huges.  Steve?

> Steve Gasquay and his hair:  Angela,  Howard Huges is still dead.  I
>          repeat, Howard Huges is still dead.  Back to you.

> Angela Robinson:  Uuh...Yea...In a related story we have confirmed that
>          William Randolph Hearst is also still dead.  


(1) That's Howard Hughes.

(2) The gag was already done on SNL.

(3) This doesn't need to be crossposted to hell and back.  Note followups.
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Date: 1996/03/24
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