From: Tim May <tm@dev.null>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 16:50:29 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: [WAREZ]  Mr. Hankey claims squatter's rights
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* The show business newspaper Daily Variety reported in December
that John Kricfalusi, creator TV's "The Ren & Stimpy Show," was
threatening legal action against the producers of the Comedy Central
show "South Park" for ripping off a cartoon character.  According to
Kricfalusi, his character "Nutty the Friendly Dump," an animated piece
of excrement, must have been the basis for "South Park"'s "Mr. Hankey
the Christmas Poo," a holiday-dressed, singing, dancing piece of
excrement.

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WEIRDNUZ.520 (News of the Weird, January 23, 1998)
by Chuck Shepherd

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