PokŽtalk for Sunday, November 14th, 1999.

With negative four days to go, this is Steven Reich with PokŽtalk for Sunday, November
 14th, 1999.

In our top story, this week brought us PokŽmon: The First Movie. In my opinion, the film
 could have used a little more polish, especially in the image and music department. 
They may get away with it this time, but next time they're not going to be able to get 
away with it. If you guys need help, you know where to look, although I can't imagine 
you ever being that desperate.

In TV news, new weekend, new episode. We finally got to hear those words we've only 
dreamed of until now: (show clip). I know I have. Next week, we get yet another 
marathon, and this one sounds like one of those FOX specials: When PokŽmon Don't Obey 
Week. We're really getting to the bottom of the bar-I mean PokŽball.

PokŽmon: The First Movie dominates this week's PokŽbriefs.

1. So just how much did that Times Square billboard go for? $1225. Is that all?

2. On its opening night, PokŽmon: The First Movie grossed 10.1 million. That's the 
largest for a Wednesday animated movie release, and fourth overall for a Wednesday. 
The expected gross for this weekend? $50 million

3. Didn't get a trading card? Well, Warner Bros. is offering a program by which you can 
get ones.

And that's PokŽbriefs.

We'll be right back.

Q: According to Ash, where do Vikings come from?

Ad:  In Search of....Ask Ketchum's Brain

"Leonard Nimoy": Hello, I'm Leonard Nimoy. Well, actually, it's Steven. Anyway, on this 
week's In Search Of, it has never been seen, it has only been heard of in rumor, it 
is...Ash Ketchum's brain. What did you think it was, some ancient culture or something?

A: Mostly from Minnesota.

In this week's editorial, I'd like to point out the increasing number of PokŽmon-related 
lawsuits. You've probably heard about the card game lawsuit, but what about the people
 suing $100 million dollars because their kid choked to death on a PokŽmon toy. I feel 
bad for you, but gimme a break. You're just hurting other people and clogging up the 
court system with frivolous lawsuits. I've always thought of PokŽmon as being a show 
with morals, about making your own decisions and taking responsibility for your 
actions. That's what this is all about. Did Team Rocket lodge that toy in that kid's 
throat? No! The kid did. Did Nintendo tell kids to stab each other if someone stole their 
cards? No! That kid made that decision for himself. If we got rid of everything in the 
world that made people do this kinda stuff, we'd probably wind up living in a corrupt 
communist dictatorship with no art. Sorry if that was all very confusing, but I needed 
to make a point.

And in our final story, Nintendo hinted that the upcoming Game Boy Advance will have 
some basic 3-D capabilities.

And that brings us to the end of this PokŽtalk. Don't forget to tune in next week, when 
we'll find out what's in the box-well, not really.