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...moment, ALVINN can go only where he has gone before. The technology-- cameras, laser range finders, sonar and motors--works in three stages. First ALVINN ``sees'' the road by taping it as well as sending out laser and sonar waves as Jochem drives. Then the computer goes into training, replaying the tape thousands of times, studying the details--road signs, lane markers, speed limits. Finally ALVINN drives a stretch of road, handling his own acceleration, braking and steering...
...Kamal puts it, "I gave one tape to one guy" to kick off their popularity and fame. Despite selling millions of records, The Jerky Boys still manage to seem like a couple of regular guys, sizzlechest, except for Kamal's Tarbash-inspired silver turban and gold cape...
These days, The Jerky Boys' managers make follow-up trips to the businesses they crank in order to obtain release forms for use of the material on their albums. Most of Brennan and Kamal's "victims" acquiesce when they hear the tape of their conversation with a Jerky Boy. Many of the targets appreciate the hilarity of their little chats; others see a chance at five minutes of recorded fame...
Since their early days, the Jerky Boys have had significant problems with imposters and imitators. On the tape that I heard in high school, there were several calls made by other pranksters to a bar owned by a man named Red. These calls, say the Jerky Boys, are 'Red' herrings...
...celebration, the parade continues down Dunster Street. (I think I see a joyful Italian woman crying from her balcony as she throws a sprig of oregano down to welcome the soldati back home.) Bank managers at Cambridge Savings stick their heads out of their windows and cheer fervently. Ticker-tape in red, white and blue lands on our faces and on the faces of the fourteen Secret Service drag queens. As the band blares a triumphant rendition of "Ten Thousand Men of Harvard," I almost break down in tears. I am part of it: the descent to earth...