moriarty@uw-june (Jeff Meyer) (06/22/84)
Well, after a very pleasant two-week vacation in various places, I've
returned to plague you all again. I'll start with a rather interesting ad
which has been flooding the airwaves of Northwestern Iowa. It appears that
Steven Spielberg, in his never-ending quest for handy merchandising targets,
has allowed Gremlin storybooks to be distributed through the Hardees chain of
fast food resteraunts. It has lots of cute shots of a half-hidden Gizmo
walking around Hardees (unfortunately, he is not shown puking over the
french fries), etc. However, as he delivers a bunch of storybooks to some
kids camping out in a tent (look, I didn't write the commercial), the kids
singing in the background chirp, "Well, there are Gremlins who are making
America safe..."
Anyone seeing the film will know that Keeping America Safe is not exactly
the foremost ideal of a Gremlin.
Unless, perhaps, they are running NORAD these days? (or Hardees?)
"I understand that in this country Coke comes in cans!"
Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
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