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...think I could describe myself as free of presidential fever--cured by the invention of the vcr. Still, in contemplative moments over the years, I did find myself wondering whether I would have been, as they say, electable. Now, thanks to Mathews' research, I know that I would have had almost precisely as much chance of winning as Michael Dukakis...
...truly inside joke that would not be caught by anyone without a VCR and an acquaintance with the Lampoon, Principal Skinner receives an airline ticket in an envelope addressed to "Springfield Elementary School, 18 Plympton Street" and when Bart and Lisa discover that Homer's long-lost mother has a collection of phony drivers' licenses, one lists her address as 44 Bow Street...
...show has a lot of freeze-frame jokes...where you have to have a VCR," says William L. Oakley '88, the show's executive producer. "There's lot's of things that go by too quick for you to see them...
GOOD THINGS ALSO COME IN BIG packages. A timely example is the venerable art book, a Christmas delight for the MTVer as well as those who still think a VCR is some sort of honor bestowed by Queen Elizabeth. Bless the old darlings and the authors, photographers and publishers who stubbornly ignore the electronic onslaught to labor with inspiration and care to bring us the treasures of the world's museums, the pleasures of distant lands and the handiwork of dreamers. Here are some of this season's finest...
...David Fithian, assistant dean of freshmen, said the Freshman Dean's Office (FDO) plans to replace the TV and VCR, "but only after we have exhausted all attempts to recover what was there...