kband reports science

January 20, 1999
SUPERCOOL
R. K. Jamesson, M.D.

ST. LOUIS--

What is SUPERCOOL??

SUPER COOL is a popular energy plasma ingested by teens in other galaxies. it gives them superhuman strength, and on rare occasions, the ability to fly. Caution: SUPERCOOL takes ten years off your life everytime you use it. Most people can only do it about seven times before they expire prematurely. Otherwise it's a blast!

Messages from Victims of SUPERCOOL

hello there little peoples whom get this lil' messgae thing. This is your friend WhiteRainbow warning you about Supercool. Stay AWAY FROM SUPERCOOL. The student bodie doesnt get it, please help your children through this crisis. THIS IS NOT A JOKE! Your children could die in YOUR arms!! Thanks!

FROM painfreak@hushmail.com

I need help. I'm not sure how to address the subject but I am currently addicted to supercool. I don't know how to stop. I see that there are others out there who once used it and now don't, I need to be like that. I need my life back. I didn't think that supercool would be addicting, but everyday I sit here at work just wishing I had some supercool to do. I need to be supercool. PLEASE HELP, I NEED ADVICE.

LETTER FROM AN EX-SUPERCOOL ADDICT.

I WAS JUST LIKE YOU. I THOUGHT IT WAS COOL GOING TO PARTIES AND GET "SUPED-UP" ON SUPERCOOL WITH ALL MY FRIENDS. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN, AT FIRST, BUT NOW I WISHED I NEVER SAW THE STUFF.

THE FIRST TIME I TRIED IT WAS WITH MY FRIEND CHUGGER. SEE, HIS DAD WORKS FOR THE PENTAGON AND HE HAD A WHOLE BARREL OF IT IN HIS BASEMENT. CHUGGER'S PARENTS WERE IN BERMUDA ON VACATION AND WE WERE TRYING TO FIND THE OLDMAN'S SCOTCH WHEN WE CAME ACROSS A GLOWING CONTAINER MARKED, "SUPER-ENERGY PLASMA". SO ME AND CHUGGER DECIDED TO DRINK SOME. IT WAS FREAKY! ALL OF SUDDEN I STARTED TO FEEL ALL STRONG AND SH*T AND CHUGGER STARTED TO FLOAT. SO WE BOTH WENT OUTSIDE AND STARTED TO FLY. IT WAS GREAT! WE FLEW TO THE MALL AND AS A JOKE, WE PICKED UP PEOPLE'S CARS AND SPELLED OUT DIRTY WORDS WITH THEM IN THE PARKING LOT. THEN WE SET FIRE TO OURSELVES AND RAN AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCREAMING., "HELP WE'RE ON FIRE!" EVERYTIME SOMEONE TRIED TO PUT US OUT WE'D RUNAWAY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CHASED US ALL OVER TOWN. IT WAS A BLAST.

AFTER THAT WE STARTED CALLING THE STUFF "SUPERCOOL" AND ALL SUMMER WE HAD SUPERCOOL PARTIES. ALL OUR BUDS WOULD COME OVER AND WE'D PLAY ULTIMATE FRISBEE WITH SEWER CAPS OR A BUNCH OF US WOULD FLY UP TO A JUMBO JET AND SIT ON THE WING AND FREAK THE PASSENGERS OUT. OR SOMETIMES ME AND CHUGGER WOULD FLY UP TO MOUNT RUSHMORE AND DRINK URANIUM SHAKES AND PLAY CATCH WITH TEDDY ROOSEVELT'S HEAD. BUT THEN, AFTER A FEW WEEKS, I NOTICED SOMETHING WEIRD WHEN I LOOKED IN THE MIRROR. I WAS GETTING OLD. MY HAIR WAS COMPLETELY GRAIR AND WAS STARTING TO FALL OUT. I FELT TIRED ALL OF THE TIME. CHUGGER'S SKIN ALL LOOSE AND LEATHERY AND COVERED WITH LIVER SPOTS. AND HE WAS ALWAYS COMPLAINING ABOUT HIS RHEUMATISM. IT SUCKED BUT WE KEPT ON GETTING SUPED-UP AND WE KEPT ON GETTING OLDER TOO.

AFTER ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN TIMES WE DISCOVERED THAT DOING SUPERCOOL MADE YOU LIKE TEN YEARS OLDER EVERYTIME YOU DID IT. WE TRIED TO WARN OUR BUDDY KEVIN ABOUT IT, BUT HE JUST KEPT ON DOING IT. HE MUST HAVE DONE IT LIKE TEN TIMES. ON THE ELEVENTH TIME HE JUST TURNED INTO A PILE OF DUST! AFTER THAT, WE FINALLY STOPPED DOING IT. NOW ME AND CHUGGER ARE SENIORS AND WE'RE LIKE EIGHTY YEARS OLD. IT REALLY SUCKS. EVERYONE MAKES FUN OF US. SO TAKE MY ADVICE AND JUST SAY "NO" TO SUPERCOOL. SURE IT GIVES YOU SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN FLY. BUT BEING OLD IS REALLY UNCOOL.


SUPER COOL IS TEARING AWAY AT THE MORAL THREADS OF OUR SOCIETY. A LONG STANDING EPIDEMIC, SUPER COOL HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY OF THE TRAGEDIES THAT WE SEE IN OUR DAILY LIVES. OUR SOCIETY HAS HAD ITS BATTLES WITH PCP, COCAINE, AND CRACK AND WE'VE FOUND OUT THE HARM THEY'VE DONE. SO NOW IS THE TIME FOR ACTION. WE NEED YOU TO HELP FIND OUT "WHAT IS SUPER COOL?" CALL UP THE MEDIA. ASK THEM:

"WHY HAVEN'T WE HEARD MORE ABOUT SUPER COOL?" "WHAT'S BEING DONE TO STOP THIS EPIDEMIC?" "WHY AREN'T YOU DOING MORE STORIES ON THE TRAGEDY CAUSED BY SUPER COOL?"

WE DESERVE AN ANSWER. YOU CAN GET ONE. CALL THESE MEDIA OUTLETS AND ASK THEM.

SALLY JESSY RAPHAEL - 212-244-3595 xt. 58 or 13
LARRY KING LIVE - 1-800-676-2100
MONTEL WILLIAMS - 212-989-8101
IMUS SHOW - 1-800-370-4687- 5:00AM-10:00AM
RICKI LAKE - 1-800-467-4254
TALK BACK LIVE - 1-800-510-5226
BILL MAYSER SHOW 212-244-1050 -5:30AM-10:00AM
NEW YORK & COMPANY 212-669-8460
SAM GREENFIELD SHOW 212-244-1050 9PM-11PM
ON THE MEDIA - 212-669-8110 4PM-5PM
OTHER STATIONS

LET US KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE. SEND US TAPES FROM YOUR ON AIR BROADCAST OR PHONE CONVERSATION. WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU FIND OUT.


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developed from UCB's Agent Mission Feed
--R. K. Jamesson, M.D., Medical Correspondent
January 20, 1999