Playtime for Japanese adults.
“While the toy market as a whole is stagnant at best, the segment aimed at the more mature is growing at 10% to 20% annually and already worth $430 million a year.”
Richmal Crompton’s More William.
Some of the writing is timeless (“William was frankly bored. School always bored him. He disliked facts, and he disliked being tied down to detail, and he disliked answering questions. As a politician a great future would have lain before him …”) while some of it is not (“‘Oh, ‘ell!” he ejaculated, with a slightly self-conscious air …”) but it’s still hilarious.
Editor’s notes for “Sweet Child O’ Mine.”
“… frankly, if it should ever hit the street in its current form, the song would be a colossal failure.”
