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...week straight in 2003. The video plays out like a fever-dream retelling of one of their performances. All the real elements are there: in one uninterrupted shot, they play, they do a couch-interview segment in which they present O’Brian with a large cardboard version of his head, and they go home and watch themselves on TV, where he visits them (maybe this part isn’t so realistic). This relatively straightforward sequence is literally warped: the video plays with proportion and scale, stretching the Stripes vertically and horizontally, and using tricks of perspective...
...about five times easier than connecting a standard home-theater receiver. I plugged in my DVD player and cable box; there's room for three digital audio inputs and two stereo analog inputs, like a CD player or iPod. Then I connected the included microphone, placed it on a cardboard tripod on my couch, and selected the menu option called "Auto Setup". After a few minutes of blips and whooshes, the system had aligned itself around the microphone, which had been standing in for me and my ears...
...chickens in a country made skittish over avian flu. At a market in south Jakarta, one enterprising butcher has placed a handwritten ?Free of Bird Flu? sign on top of a pile of dead chickens, with mixed results. Rusadi (like many Indonesians, he has only one name) made the cardboard sign because he was tired of being asked about the health of his merchandise. "I've been selling chicken for years and never had to do this," he says. Despite the reassuring signage, business is slow. Sales are down about 30 percent, which is still better than earlier...
...with a Korean flag and pictures of Hwang with Snuppy, many members have posted messages saying they would love to donate eggs. The founder of the site staged a 10-hour, one-man demonstration in front off MBC's offices Thursday, holding a candle as he stood in a cardboard box on which was written: "MBC must kneel down and apologize for dragging down Dr. Hwang...
...classic surprises prove highly accessible, many of the quips from the cast force him to do some serious mental gymnastics. In an attempt to digest this tougher humor, he asks lots of questions about SAT vocabulary and allusions to the likes of 1950s X-ray glasses constructed out of cardboard and a feather. He watches episodes five or six times, laughing progressively more at each new viewing. In addition to stretching his cerebrum, Peter and the gang inspire him to pack it with particularly knee-slapping scenes and to reenact them for anyone willing to listen. And since his friends...