No. 332: " Believe It or Else"
In a television commercial debuting this week, the spokesperson says, "It made people believe again, feel free again." Who's pitching what?
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Tuesday's Question (No. 331)--" 'Twixt 12 and 20":
The United States, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia share an idea about teen-agers held by no other nations. What idea?
"That their taste alone should ultimately dictate what television shows, movies, albums, and shoe styles get produced."--Merrill Markoe (Joe Hawk had a similar answer.)
"That putting them to death is occasionally warranted. And yet Britney Spears still lives. What's up with that?"--Daniel Radosh
"I ran this question by our teen-age babysitter and he said, 'What's "Nigeria"?' "--Ellen Macleay
"That they shouldn't have sex, except on television, where we can keep an eye on it."--Francis "Hey, Colleen Werthmann, Great Show Last Tuesday" Heaney
"That they're just like those quasi-people on Dawson's Creek. Except in those other countries, the slutty girls get beaten to death."--Molly Shearer Gabel (similarly, Mac Thomason)
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