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- From: tjf2b@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Timothy Fox)
- Subject: Re: hair cut machine (was Re: Blueblockers (was Re: topics for discussion))
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.000411.19765@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Virginia
- References: <Nov18.202022.45762@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 00:04:11 GMT
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- lagman@CS.ColoState.EDU writes:
- > In article <1992Nov18.153314.10921@mcs.anl.gov> hoffberg@medusa.aps.anl.gov (Mike G. Hoffberg) writes:
- > >When I first saw Wayne's World, I thought the hair cut machine was
- > >really funny. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >
- > That would be a "Flowbee", and yes, this is my absolute
- > favorite infomercial. I have this fantasy of ordering
- > one, throwing a party and cutting everyone's hair, then
- > returning it for my money back. I haven't seen Wayne's
- > World - how do they use this in the movie?
-
- Wayne and Garth host an episode of "Wayne's World" (before
- the show is bought and corrupted by Rob Lowe, the Evil
- Television Producer) in which the featured guest is the
- inventor of the "Suck Cut." It's a dead-on parody of the
- Flowbee, except it looks like the Suck Cut is a more
- sophisticated device -- the business end of it is HUGE
- and apparently quite heavy, so one would assume that a
- Suck Cut user need not own the canister vacuum cleaner
- necessary to operate a Flowbee.
-
- The inventor applies the Suck Cut to Garth's shaggy head
- (much to Garth's vocal dismay), and Garth appears to be
- in great pain as his hair is pulled into the machine.
-
- When the inventor looks pointedly at Wayne, who is
- gleefully watching the spectacle, Wayne has to agree:
- "It sucks, and it cuts," he says to the camera with
- classic infomercial sincerity.
-
- The inventor is then dismissed from the set, looking
- confused. He is unaware that he's been made the brunt of
- a joke in front of thousands(?) of public access cable
- viewers.
-
- Tim
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