![]() ![]() ![]() 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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