"carmageddon" -- word of the weekend?

[Jonathan Lighter]

Long, long ago (perhaps in _NatLamp_ in the '80s) I read of a presumed
multi-million dollar porn epic of the End of the World.

Its title?

"Armageddon It *On*!"

Been waiting maybe a quarter century to use that line.  Thanks, Joel.

JL

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> Closure of I405 in Los Angeles from Friday night July 15 through 5:00
> a.m. Monday July 18.
>
> (I see there earlier was a "graphically violent
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicular_combat_game>vehicular combat
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game>video games produced by
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainless_Games>Stainless Games,
> published by
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplay_Entertainment>Interplay and
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_Enix_Europe>SCi. It was inspired
> by the 1975 cult classic movie
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Race_2000>Death Race 2000."
>  Wikipedia.)
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> Joel
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