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from: Obveeus
date: 2013-06-05 08:02:06
subject: Re: William Shatner `Appalled` by IRS `Star T

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: Obveeus{at}aol.com
Subject: Re: William Shatner 'Appalled' by IRS 'Star Trek' Parody


"Ubiquitous"  wrote:

> http://mashable.com/2013/03/26/irs-star-trek-parody-video/
>
> By Vignesh Ramachandran
>
> The original Captain Kirk is not happy following revelations that the
> Internal Revenue Service (IRS) spent thousands of taxpayer dollars to
> produce a Star Trek parody video.
>
> On Friday, the IRS admitted they spent $60,000 to make training videos
> that parodied TV shows Star Trek and Gilligan's Island,

The GILLIGAN'S ISLAND video is 3 times as long as the STAR TREK video and 
quite a bit more tedious as they try to work all their workplace jargon and 
training agenda into the 'plotline'. 


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