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From: sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Stelter)
Subject: Re: Help with Hollywood Hijinx
Date: Fri, 7 May 1993 20:22:43 GMT
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bigmac@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mark Christopher Macsurak) writes:

>In article <1993May6.131442.21639@emr1.emr.ca> calzonet@ccrs.emr.ca (christopher calzonetti) writes:
>>Hello.  I'm stuck in both of these.  Spoilers follow.  Let's hope
>>
>>Hollywood Hijinx:  Well, I haven't gotten ANYWHERE with this one.  To
>>	my knowledge, I've picked up everything that is on the grounds
>>	but haven't got inside.  I might be able to do more it I could
>>	move the cannon.  If only I knew how to light it...
>>

>Slightly Subtle Spoiler
>
>Well... the clue to get inside the house is in your documentation. Remember
>that poem Uncle Buck sent you? There's something interesting about it. Look
>over it again carefully. In the end, you will figure it out.

Less Subtle Spoiler: Note especially the note at the beginning of the poem
that it would "open some doors for you," and the lawyer's comment at the
game's beginning that the poem would help "point you in the right direction."


                           --Steve Stelter
                             sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
