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            THE FAKE NEWS (EE#4)
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            [  FROM THE EDITOR  ]

            Thanks for supporting "TFN" by visiting our sponsors and
            telling your friends about the magazine. Everyone has been
            very supportive and I deeply appreciate that.
               And now for something completely different: "THE BLAIR
            WITCH PROJECT." If you haven't heard of it, you will.
            Scheduled for a July release by Artisan Entertainment, this film
            will break new ground in the horror genre. It was the hit of
            Sundance and will undoubtly create a stir at Cannes. See for
            yourself ...

               o View the trailer.
                  http://www.blairwitch.com/aicn.mov
               o Visit the official website.
                  http://www.blairwitch.com/

            If you don't get a shiver during that trailer, you must be TED
            BUNDY's former bowling partner. -N!



            [  NEWS  ]

            DOUG AND THE SLUGS namesake DOUG BENNETT and
            Norm, have never shared a drink but they do share Canadian
            citizenship, the same dry humor, and Bennett's 1980 hit, "Too
            Bad." The song is the theme music to Our Hero's new sitcom.
            "I've never met him and now I call him Norm. Apparently,
            he's seen the band over the last couple of years and really
            enjoyed it. ... I wish I could say we'd partied and did rehab
            together, but we haven't," says the Vancouver-based Bennett.
            Bennett says the inspiration for the 20-year-old song "Too
            Bad" was "revenge motivated with a sense of humour" and
            remembers the Vancouver Police telling him in the early '80s
            they used to sing the song to anybody they apprehended. He is
            proud to have the song associated with a sitcom which is
            causing controversy for its political incorrectness. "I laughed a
            couple of times," says Bennett. "And I think to make me laugh
            is pretty difficult." Doug And The Slugs has been going in
            various incarnations since 1977 and continues to play more
            than 80 dates a year. Bennett hopes that with the success of
            "The Norm Show," Warner Bros. will release "Slugcology
            101" in America (which features "Too Bad") and perhaps tour
            here. 



            [ APPEARANCES ] 

            o "One Night Stand" rerun on April 27 (COM).*
               * Available in archive.



            [ THE NORM SHOW ] 

            This week ... Episode 5: "My Name is Norm" -- Norm takes a
            client -- who unbeknownst to him is a recovering alcoholic --
            out drinking, and wakes up in rehab. Realizing that everyone is
            sympathetic to his "disease," Norm takes complete advantage
            and begins to upstage Laurie.

            o Highest Rating:
                  Episode 2: "Norm Dates A Client"
                  10.1 rating/16 share - 9,996,000 viewers
            o Lowest Rating:
                  Episode 4: "While You Weren't Sleeping"
                  8.5 rating/12 share - 8,449,000 viewers



            [ ARCHIVE ] 

            This week, we feature TV Guide's latest Q&A with Norm. We
            won't post it to the archive until after the issue leaves
            newsstands, but readers of our Email Edition can get a sneak
            peak. Thanks to CAROLYN PARKER for keying it in for us:

               o Check out "Sneaky Smart"
                  http://www.thefakenews.net/n/tvguide2.html



            [ LAUGHS ] 

            "In South Dakota, inmates at the state penitentiary say a new
            policy which allows officials to read their mail is an example of
            the routine violation of individual rights in prison. A better
            example would be the daily rapes, but I guess they want to start
            off small."
            --
            One Night Stand: "Man, them engagement rings, boy, they
            cost a lot, boy. I was looking at ('em). Cost like a thousand
            bucks, two thousand bucks, y'know -- three thousand bucks.
            Something like that- four thousand bucks. Big number
            divisible by a thousand, anyways. ... I think I'm gonna get my
            girlfriend a nice engagement stereo." 



            [ CONTEST ] 

            This is the final week of the Caption Contest. Be sure to get
            your entry in before Saturday's deadline. 



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