PokŽtalk for Sunday, December 5th, 1999

Excuse me if I'm a little nervous, but there's a squirrel down here. You heard right, a 
squirrel! Hello, I'm Steven Reich, and this is PokŽtalk for Sunday, December 5th 1999!

In our top story, this weekend finally brought us a regular episode. This week's 
marathon? The PokŽmon league games, in case you missed them. Next weekend, we get 
three episodes of PokŽmon, and some Kids' WB-themed Christmas carols. You know, if I 
didn't know better, I'd say someone was stealing my ideas. Anyway, be sure to tune in.

In  other news, sales figures for PokŽmon Gold and Silver have come out from Japan. 
They're selling about equally, and total sales amount to over a million. As you may 
remember, Nintendo was limited in cartridges because of the Taiwan quake. PokŽmon 
Gold and Silver features 251 PokŽmon, and numerous other features.

And now for PokŽbriefs

1. Nintendo has delayed PokŽmon Card into March. This is probably so they can move 
their efforts towards PokŽmon Stadium.

2. In Connecticut, needy kids my now get help from speeding motorists. How? Instead 
of money violators may pay their ticket with PokŽmon merchandise. The merchandise 
will then be given to needy children.

3. This week, about a dozen people arrested and nearly $500,000 worth of (had they 
been real) PokŽmon cards were confiscated in Hackensack, New Jersey. The real 
question though, is why anyone would want to live in a city named Hackensack!

4. A boy was arrested this week after being found with stolen packs of PokŽmon cards 
and $400 from the register. The child apparently waited until the store closed, then 
was locked in, and called police.

And that's PokŽbriefs!

We'll be right back!

Q: What marking does Richie use on his PokŽballs?

Ad: PokŽmon Winter Car Kit

Steve: Dang! My car won't start!

Announcer: Sounds like you could use the PokŽmon Winter Car Kit!

Steve: The PokŽmon Winter Car Kit?

Announcer: That's right! The PokŽmon Winter car kit has everything you need to get 
going on a cold winter day!

Steve: Like what?

Announcer: It's got a charmander defroster, a pikachu jump-starter, and if all else 
fails, you can use the kadabra to teleport to the nearest service station! All this for 
only $19.95!

Steve: Wow! Now all that I need to do is figure out which of them gets to ride shotgun!

Announcer: Sorry, can't help you there! The PokŽmon Winter Car Kit! Available at all 
fine PokŽmarts!

A: Stars.

Now for this week's editorial. I'm beginning to think people are reading too much into 
PokŽmon. Universal PokŽmon Network's webmaster has been fielding complaints from 
parents, among them that this weekend's episode, with its Pidgey-Spearow fighting 
seemed to somehow constitute "gang banging." Give me a break. This kind of thing 
happens in real life too, you know. Want to try to stop it there? Thing is, life parallels 
itself on so many levels, it's easy to infer things that aren't really there.

With that covered the last poll asked, "Which version of the PokŽmon theme do you 
prefer?" The final tally ended up with a tie, between the TV and 2.B.A. Master versions,
 with the Billy Crawford movie version far behind.

That does it for this PokŽtalk. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a squirrel to deal with.