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- <text id=92TT1373>
- <title>
- June 22, 1992: Handshake Deal
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- June 22, 1992 Allergies
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- PEOPLE, Page 81
- Handshake Deal
- </hdr><body>
- <p>By WENDY COLE
- </p>
- <p> THING was stressed out. The beloved pet hand of the Addams
- family was flailing around, struggling to speak with household
- patriarch Gomez in sign language. "Slow down, it's terrible when
- you stutter," quipped Gomez. When Paramount used this scene from
- last year's flick in a commercial to promote this week's
- home-video release, a stutterers' organization fired off a
- complaint. "This is no joke to people who have this problem,"
- said Ira Zimmerman. "It doesn't help to say, `Slow down.' It
- only makes us more nervous." Apparently, that's how Paramount
- felt too. The home-video division apologized -- and dropped the
- ad.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
- </text>
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