Comments on Comments:GRGR
Joe Varo
vjvaro at erie.net
Mon Sep 23 20:33:53 CDT 1996
On Mon, 23 Sep 1996 ckaratnytsky at nypl.org wrote:
> A-and, ohboyohboy, wait a minute--As I am not clear At All yet about
> what the deal is re Prentice's message Rocket and the "incoming mail,"
> I hesitate (but only a little) to suggest that this is another
> pun--or, better, a bit of burlesque--on the birth of the Christ child,
> starring the message Rocket as the Star of Bethlehem, Prentice as the
> first Wise Man on the scene and our boy Incoming Male as the Savior
> Slothrop. Oy, what a Savior...Rocketman Fool.
Hmmm....hadn't thought of that....I like it.
Joe
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