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Chapter 7
“Nobody’s thinking about it,
2“But it’s coming anyway,
3“And it’ll be here before you know it!
4“What is it?
5“It’s the great new fall season on the Harrier Television Network!
6“You say you like sitcoms?
7“Well, we’ve got ’em,
8“And they’re just exactly like all the others you’ve always loved,
9“Only more so.
10“Take ‘I Love Rock and Rose,’
11“Please!
12a“Basil Rose used to be a district attorney,
13“And Rock Stromboli used to be an armed robber,
14“But now they’re cellmates,
15“Because of the hilarious mistake that transfers Rock to a special minimum-security prison for white-collar convicts,
16“Which is when the fun really begins!
17“Yes, you’ll laugh yourselves sick at the funniest bculture clash since,
18“Well,
19“Since sometime last season.
20“You’ll hoot when Rock learns how to negotiate a cbook contract!
21“You’ll howl when Rose learns how to make a shiv out of a dspoon!
22“You’ll scream when Rock tries to play ebackgammon with brass knuckles! You’ll bust a gut when Rose gets his first tattoo!
23“And you’ll just die laughing when Rock and Rose team up to run the ffunniest mail-order swindle ever devised in prison!
24“Will they get caught,
25“Or will they get away with everything,
26“And make a million bucks besides?
27“Be watching when the Great New Season begins,
28“On the Harrier Television Network.
29“‘I Love Rock and Rose.’
30“Sunday nights at eight o’clock.”
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