Pokétalk for Sunday, December 12th, 1999:

Still stuck with the squirrel, this is Pokétalk for Sunday, December 12th, 1999.

In our top story, we got a new episode this weekend. You may be wondering, "what's 
charmander doing in this episode?" Well, this episode originally came slightly after the
 most infamous episode of all, "Electric Soldier Porygon." After the incident, a block of 
episodes were taken off, throwing this one into translation limbo. This week's 
marathon features adults who actually understand Pokémon, and next weekend will 
give us a set of episodes about everyone's favorite group of fire-types, the chars. This 
weekend also brought us some very odd carols.

The French-speaking province of Quebec is in an uproar over Nintendo's lack of French-
translation games in the area. They are demanding Nintendo and Sony release French 
versions of their games, before they take legal action. Seeing as how this legal action 
would come to no more than $900, it is doubtful that anything will come of this.

And now, Pokébriefs:

1. If you're expecting a Game Boy Color under the tree this holiday season, you may be 
disappointed. There's a severe shortage, with reports of people trying twenty stores 
with no luck.

2. Remember that whacked-out minister who said Pokémon is evil? We'll someone 
interviewed him, and he doesn't know junk about Pokémon. He said that we all have 
these crystal balls. Yeah, right.

3. Now people who go to Burger King may get a sheet of Pokémon information cards 
instead of a toy. This is probably because these can be manufactured faster than toys.

And that's Pokébriefs.

We'll be right back!

Q: What does Meowth use to make him smell better?

Ad: Where's Weedle?

Announcer: From the people who brought you that goofy guy with the striped shirt and 
bobble hat comes Where's Weedle, the book where you look for, well, Weedle. Search 
through a dozen varied environments. Where's Weedle, available in bookstores now. 
Coming soon: Where's Kakuna and Where's Beedrill!

A: Shampoo.

Even so, I don't think I'll smell him. This week's episode brings up a good point. Is it 
just me me, or has everyone and their mother saved Santa Claus? Let's see, Jynxes, 
MIB, numerous elves, Ernest, Rudolph, the Super Mario Bros., a Lawyer, and Tim Allen 
(although technically, Tim Allen killed Santa). When is Santa gonna be able to defend 
himself? As soon as Hollywood runs out of ideas, that's when.

And now for a new feature here, Pokémon Strategy. This week, I'd like to talk about the
 most underrated Pokémon type: Normal. You see, normal Pokémon aren't limited to 
normal attacks. Using TMs, they can learn a large variety of skills. Since normals only 
have a defensive disadvantage against fighting Pokémon, and offensive against ghost 
and rock Pokémon, they can fill in for a variety of tasks. If you've got a strategy an 
want it to be read on-air, send it to yoshi1001@aol.com with the subject "Pokémon 
Strategy." For now, submissions involving the card game will not be read, but feel free 
to talk about Pokémon Snap, Pinball, or even Super Smash Bros. Submissions may be 
edited for content, length, or clarity.  Remember, it's yoshi1001@aol.com with the 
subject "Pokémon Strategy."

That ends this Pokétalk. Until next time, this is Steven Reich saying, if you can't name 
the most famous Reindeer of all, you need help, buddy.