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<DIV>Everyone:</DIV>
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<DIV>Don Markstein writes: <BR><BR>> Forbes Magazine declare Scrooge
the richest fictional character. He <BR>> beat Richie Rich, Ming the
Merciless, Mr. Burns, Bruce Wayne, Tony <BR>> Shark and Willy
Wonka.<BR><BR><BR>"I've heard this before. Where do you suppose the clowns got
their data?"</DIV>
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<DIV>I dunno but, if they rank Scrooge ahead of Richie Rich, they're probably
not clowns! :-) </DIV>
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<DIV>Of course, ya gotta feel for poor Flintheart Glomgold not making the list
AT ALL! Though I guess he still qualifies as the "Second Richest
DUCK"! </DIV>
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<DIV>Further, you've got to wonder where the "other pretenders to Scrooge's
throne" like Rockerduck, Gotrocks, etc. fall... probably WAAAAY down there
behind FAMILY GUY'S Carter Pewterschmidt, TINY TOONS' Montana Max... and even
Fred Flintstone's rich uncle from "Texa-rock"! How sad for them!
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<DIV>Then, Leo Schulte writes of his experience in introducing one of the
greatest comic book stories of all time to a class of young people. </DIV>
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<DIV>"What was disconcerting was the large minority of students who could
not<BR>follow what was happening. I had some wrinkled faces and noses: "It
got<BR>boring, and I couldn't follow it." "I don't know, it didn't seem to
make<BR>any sense."<BR><BR>"When pressed about what specifically was "boring" or
what "didn't make<BR>any sense" they of course were inarticulate, and usually
just shrugged."</DIV>
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<DIV>Moving into Curmudgeon Mode: </DIV>
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<DIV>Sadly, there probably weren't enough electronics, lights, and annoyingly
useless sound to keep them amused. There must be SOME REASON Gemstone's
readers are mostly -- if not ALL -- adults, and this may be it.
Alas. </DIV>
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<DIV>Happy Holidays to my friends, worldwide! </DIV>
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