![]() Back home, he vanquishes the bullies with some Lincoln-like eloquence, and is even elected class president. Teased relentlessly ("Hey, Stinkin' Lincoln!"), Benjy has resigned himself to spending the summer in his room when his parents announce he's going to Camp What-Cha-Ma-Call-It, "the camp for kids who look like things." Surrounded by campmates who are dead ringers for a frog, a back of a horse and even a toaster (Catrow comically and effectively translates these descriptions quite literally), Benjy not only finds comradeship, but also a new sense of pride. Even if he's not in the show," Benjy complains, as Catrow shows him incongruously commanding the stage during a school play on dental hygiene. "In every school play, I have to be Lincoln. ![]() Benjy, the hero, does indeed bear a startling resemblance to the famously homely 16th president. Simpsons writer Reiss and Catrow are back for a third pairing ( How Murray Saved Christmas), their class clown hearts beating as one. ![]()
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