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Article: WATCH FOR ANIMALS IN VIDEO RELEASES.(PREVIEW)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- June 20, 1996
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Byline: SCOTT BLAKEY Entertainment News Service
My mother used to say things came in threes -- good things, bad things, it was all the same to her. And if the numbers totaled to more, then it was ``a trend of some kind or other.''
Of course, she was right. One big, old movie star croaks, and sure as Bob's your uncle, two more will get planted before the end of the week.
Sort of like video trends. Lots of animals this spring. Dogs are big, and so are bears. Now there's another bear series heading for the shelves as well as some other odds and ends, plus an orangutan.
Might as well start with the bear. About 1920, an English cartoonist ...