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From: terryl@tekcrl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Herb is dead.  Film at 11.
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Date: Fri, 14-Feb-86 17:11:12 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 14 17:11:12 1986
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> [In an accident today, Herb was flame-broiled into a double whopper]
> 
> 	How I wish the above headlines were true!  Herb, "don't succumb",
> I shouted, but to no avail.  The nation's burger-chomping nerd is
> wandering the country in search of people recognizing him to
> get free money or at least some fries.  I hope some good ole' boys
> express their attitude towards geeks Freddy Blassie style.
> Herb may qualify as a pencil neck geek, "and if there's one thing
> lower than a side-show freak is a dirt-kickin grit-eating
> PENCIL NECK GEEK".  Okay, substitute burger for grit.
> I can imagine a Saturday night live news report similar to
> Buckwheat's shooting, but with no sympathy from the reporters!
> 

     Actually, about a month ago, Saturday Night Live did do an opening
sketch on Herb. It seems that many moons ago, Herb ate a hamburger at a
generic-fast-food joint, and had such a bad allergic reaction that it left
him paralyzed below the waist. Randy Quaid played Herb, and he was in a
wheelchair. Herb pleaded with Burger King to let him suffer in peace, and
he wished Burger King would drop their Herb campaign.