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| | Millions hooked on Billy Bass |
 | | And the world now has one, an anatomically correct mounted bass, called Big Mouth Billy Bass, that moves and sings Take Me to the River and Don't Worry, Be Happy a goofy and deeply impractical gag gift that, at $19 to $24, is selling like mad. |
 | | Because Billy is the latest in a long line of products so dumb, so useless, so against-the-grain of today's high-efficiency economy, we just have to laugh. |
 | | Billy is a safe, sure-fire gift, said David Stewart, a marketing professor at the University of Southern California. |
| www.enquirer.com /editions/2000/08/10/loc_millions_hooked_on.html (973 words) |
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