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<text id=92TT1373>
<title>
June 22, 1992: Handshake Deal
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
June 22, 1992 Allergies
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
PEOPLE, Page 81
Handshake Deal
</hdr><body>
<p>By WENDY COLE
</p>
<p> THING was stressed out. The beloved pet hand of the Addams
family was flailing around, struggling to speak with household
patriarch Gomez in sign language. "Slow down, it's terrible when
you stutter," quipped Gomez. When Paramount used this scene from
last year's flick in a commercial to promote this week's
home-video release, a stutterers' organization fired off a
complaint. "This is no joke to people who have this problem,"
said Ira Zimmerman. "It doesn't help to say, `Slow down.' It
only makes us more nervous." Apparently, that's how Paramount
felt too. The home-video division apologized -- and dropped the
ad.
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</body></article>
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