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Thursday, April 05, 2001

There's an Interactive Gizmo (from Gremlins) sitting on my desk. Except, currently, he's not very interactive.

I bought him a few months ago, swayed by the promise of "The Authentic Voice of Gizmo from the Movie!" printed on the box. Because, you know, Gizmo's voice (as performed by Howie Mandel) is about 75% of what's so cute about him. How great would it be to have my own little Gizmo to sit around and say cute things like "light bright!" and... and other Gizmoisms (been a while since I've seen the movie), and maybe sing that cute little Mogwai song, and I wouldn't even have to worry about getting him wet or feeding him after midnight and unleashing a horrible evil upon the earth. I got him home, fought with the restraints that held him in the box, put batteries in him, and got him to start talking.

Folks, Gizmo is a Furby, plain and simple. He has a Furby voice, which is most definitely not provided by Howie Mandel, and he says Furby things, none of which are lines from the movie.

I read the instructions, and found out how to put him in a coma. He's been in one ever since.

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