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...buck. There are enough penis jokes to fill a segment of the Howard Stern Show, and some of the new physical gags--one character keeps crashing into walls--look like outtakes from Carry On, Stripper. The result is a long slog to the famous last scene, where the boys get up in front of the town to take it all off. Which they do, in the clever high spot of a show that needs more of them. --By Richard Zoglin
American voters disheartened by their choice should consider the poor Japanese, who have suffered through 14 sad-sack Prime Ministers since 1988. And before George W. or Al is sworn in, they may get No. 15. That's because the current leader, the tin-tongued YOSHIRO MORI, has bumbled big time into the high-stakes diplomatic drama on the Korean peninsula...
Sometimes it is the more conventional attacks that get the camps riled. Republicans are incensed, for instance, at Democratic ads that say Bush can't use the same $1 trillion to let young workers invest in private accounts and pay seniors their benefits. Officials in both parties believe the ads have helped give Gore a recent edge with Florida voters, which is why the Democrats plan to keep running it. Which leads to another axiom of political advertising: if it's working, stick with...
...GET THE GOODS After one too many "Sorry we missed you" notes from UPS, Tony Paikeday created the zBox. The sturdy plastic mailbox with an electronic lock lets carriers deliver when you're not home. Sign up for the service ($5 a month at zbox.com) and every package you buy online gets a number that the carrier uses to open the box. You access it later with a PIN code. The downside: one less excuse for being late to work...
DOUBLE TAKE Have America Online and Microsoft swapped playbooks? With the new AOL 6.0, you can get your address book no matter where you log on, and you can sort e-mail messages by date or sender--functions Microsoft's Hotmail has as well. AOL 6.0 also lets you get e-mail by phone and adds new character icons for your buddy list. Microsoft, meanwhile, has launched its new MSN Explorer Web browser with the warm-and-fuzzy icons and labels AOL made famous. Explorer is free and works with any Web connection, but Microsoft wouldn't mind...