"And when Kool-Aide shall become chic and "in" for the second time in the late 20th century and/or early 21st century, this shall be the sign heralding the Great Appocolypse." In the short, independant film by Jay Sherman, one of the final images is of the Kool-Aide man bursting through a wall with the image of the explosion of an atom bomb super-imposed over it. Jay Sherman was a visionary, before his time. The second human ever to suggest that this "friendly, smiling popular culture icon of the 80's" was the sign of the Great Appocolypse. The only other human to suggest such a thing was the early 19th century writer, Itsach Regime. He is not at all a well known author, as he only wrote one book (entitled The Second Coming of the Fruit Drink Man, ©1825) in which he offers his preminition of what would cause the (what he called) Great Appocolypse (spelled as such). In his book, which sold only five copies (four of which were purchased by family to make him feel good about himself, the other being purchased by a small rabbit in New Guinea), he states his belief that in the late 20th century a fruit drink would become very popular and an icon designed "souly" for the purpose of selling the drink would actually be the first sign of the coming calamity. Regime predicts that when this "Fruit drink man" should become very popular for the second time it is when the Great Appocolypse should occur. As it stands now (late 1998), we have seen this "Fruit drink man" (a.k.a Kool-Aide man) become very popular in the 1980's. No small child was complete without a perminent red kool-aide stain around their mouths. Then the craze wore off as the children grew up and went to other popular substances such as acid and crack, and thus the first coming of the Kool-Aide man was over. One more to go and then the end. Now we must wait in a state of fear for the second time the drink becomes popular and the Kool-Aide Man takes over televion commerials once more. And when shall this "second comming" occur? According to Regime, it will occur either in the last years of the 20th century or the first years of the 21st century. This would coinside well with other theories about the apocolypse. Durring Regime's time he was written off as completely insane, which was probably true, but he was still none-the-less a true visionary! Up until Jay Shermans film, no other had ever dabbled in Regime's theories. Sherman was not written off as insane, but he later became a semi-famous movie critic who was either loved or hated (as proven by the fact that his television show was dropped by a major network and sold to a comedy cable channel). Now, a small following of loyal beleivers in Regime and Sherman's theories has come into existance as the final years of the century come upon us. The group, calling themselves the Regimists, consists of five members from all over the world and are unique individuals. The first being a Mister William (Bill) Clinton, as in the current president of the United States. Most people are shocked by this fact, but the main reason he is a member is that he is currently persuing one of the other members, who has constantly put off his flirtation attempts and has developed a certain loathing of him. That brings us to the second member, Hillary Clinton. She has been a firm beleiver in Regime and Shermans teachings ever since she found Regime's book in the attic of a house she once lived in (which was previously owned by the son of Regime's uncle) and had been completely enveloped in it. She is currently the most active member of the group. The third member goes by the name of Aurther Dent (though not his real name, he took it on as an alias, inspired by the charicter from the book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) and his occupation at the moment is a Botanist at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, IL. Originally he is from Venice, Italy. He makes sure nothing nasty happens to the few live plants there for a decent salary. He became aware of the teachings of Regime and Sherman after seeing Sherman's short film one day in college (he attended the same school as Sherman and was in the same film class as him). Dent found himself the only person in the class not laughing at the film, but instead found it to be very informative and captivating. The fourth and fifth members are quite the odd duo. A one Mrs. Henrietta Burge and a one Mr. Fluffy (he being a small rabbit). This is probably the most interesting story behind a Regimist member. You see, apparently Mrs. Burge had been taking a holiday in New Guinea only two years ago and had caught a small rabbit, taken him in as a pet, and named him Mr. Fluffy. Only a few days after arriving back to her home with the rabbit she found, while grooming the thing, that it had a book hidden under its fur. The book was of course Regime's. Mr. Fluffy is apparently a great grand-something of the rabbit that had bought the book in the first place. It is, to this day, a closey held secret by Mr. Fluffy as to why his ancestor bought it. Mrs. Burge doesn't even know. But they are both loyal followers. They have been lately preparing for the second coming and trying to spread the word, but have been laughed at at every turn. The Great Appocolypse is what Regime called his end of the world, so to speak. He beleives that, after the second coming, the seas will turn to fire and the mountains will crumble, and that the "earth shall shake at every corner causing man to stop in his daily routine and run. The debris shall smite all humans and leave only those who were prepared and who worship the Fruit Drink Man." So you decide...pure lunacy, or truth???
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