From: glen mccready 
  To: 0xdeadbeef@substance.abuse.blackdown.org
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1995 19:09:50 -0400

Forwarded-by: bostic@bsdi.com (Keith Bostic)
Forwarded-by: dfitzpat@interserv.com

Dick Assman has been made a star in Canada, a polling company in Ottawa
announced Monday.  Since becoming the object of jokes on David
Letterman's late-night talk show (featured regularly and even flown in),
Assman has become one of the most recognized men in Canada.  According
to the Angus Reid polling group, half of Canadians recognize Assman's
name and more than 1 million said that they would vote for him if he ran
for office. (LA Times)

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Forwarded-by: joeha@microsoft.com

Excerpted: WhiteBoard News for September 20, 1995

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan:

Canadian gas station owner Dick Assman, plucked from obscurity and made
the butt of jokes on the "David Letterman Show" has become a star in
Canada, a polling company said Monday.

Assman was a regular feature on Letterman's show early in the summer, and
pollsters say half of Canadians recognize Assman's name and more than 1
million Canadians would vote for him if he ran for public office.

"The Assman phenomenon shows the power of cross-border television hype,"
said John Wright, vice president of Angus Reid polling company.