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`Napster Bad! Money Good!' Parody Finds Its Rightful Home on ROMP.com.


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HOLLYWOOD--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--June 5, 2000

ROMP.com has once again struck a major victory for irreverence, life and laughs online by partnering with Camp Chaos Entertainment to create and feature several sequel episodes of the popular "Napster Bad! Money Good!" parody parody, mocking imitation in verse or prose of a literary work. The following poem by Robert Southey was parodied by Lewis Carroll:

"You are old, Father William," the young man cried;
  "The few locks which are left you are gray;
. The first episode, "Metallicops," will debut on ROMP.com on Tuesday, June 6, 2000. By all accounts, ROMP.com, known for its hilarious and satirical sa·tir·i·cal   or sa·tir·ic
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Of, relating to, or characterized by satire. See Synonyms at sarcastic.



sa·tiri·cal·ly adv.
 animation, is rapidly becoming the latest Web entertainment phenomenon.

"We live and breathe biting biting

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biting louse
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 humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was  and found Camp Chaos' `Napster Bad! Money Good!' parody simply irresistible ir·re·sis·ti·ble  
adj.
1. Impossible to resist: an irresistible impulse to sneeze.

2. Having an overpowering appeal: irresistible beauty.
. Camp Chaos' Napster spoof See spoofing.

spoof - spoofing
 fits perfectly with our underground attitude," commented ROMP.com's co-founder Eric Eisner.

"There is no line we won't cross to entertain. We love developing projects like `Napster Bad! Money Good!' It's what makes the Internet a great breeding ground for entertainment," he said. Added Bruce Forman, ROMP.com's co-founder, "Our partnership with Camp Chaos is totally in line with our efforts to bring life and laughs to people who work and play online."

Additionally, ROMP.com and Camp Chaos developed and continue to produce "Getting What You Want with Bill Bilkman," ROMP.com's wildly successful and outrageously funny animation series.

About ROMP.com

ROMP.com is the leading producer of edgy online programming, specializing in no-holds-barred animations, videos and games. There isn't a line the company won't cross in pursuit of life and laughs online. But don't take ROMP.com's word for it: www.ROMP.com.
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