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...what's next. This has happened before (more about Cabbage Patch Kids in a minute), but the creation of the Furby--more important, the invention of a Furby craze--has set a new standard for an absurd game. Unlike even Tickle Me Elmo, the Furby became a must-have item this Christmas before almost any kid had made...
Much Furby hype originated with the geek-chic set. The magazine you're reading is partly responsible. After Toy Fair '98, TIME ran a Techwatch item mentioning them. USA Today also noticed, and after an electronics fair in May, CBS This Morning did a segment. That ginned up interest last summer, even though Furby's complicated innards meant it wouldn't be ready for stores until fall...
...City and Hollywood. "I used to think that all we really needed to be a big success was to hook up with somebody in show business who knew what he was doing," he says. "Well, they don't really know what they're doing." Sounds like another hot news item for the Onion: HUMOR EDITOR DISCOVERS VAPIDITY IN HOLLYWOOD...
...never fails. You're sitting in your doctor's examining room wrapped in a paper gown. You've asked every question you can think of and tried to absorb the rapid-fire answers. But when you get home, you realize there's one maybe-not-so-urgent item you left out. Do you a) call your doctor's office and play telephone tag for the next three days, or b) log on to the Internet and seek out an online physician...
...your "Feud Of The Week" item, you described Sylvester Stallone as a "monosyllabic actor" [PEOPLE, Oct. 19]. Look, I'm no defender nor an especially big fan of Stallone's, but you said he was considering an offer to turn his $25 (three syllables) million (two syllables) Miami (three syllables) home into a luxurious 200-room (four syllables) hotel...