Holiday Barbie and Talk with Me Barbie, a PC-interactive doll, had disappointing sales.

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"Good surgeon, " nods the man sitting next to me in the cafe, appreciating the designer-draped, tanned and toned Barbie doll who is stilt walking past our table.

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What appeared to be a Barbie doll could be seen on the roof of the one-story ranch where the family lived.

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And for all the accolades surrounding the new doll, there's one constant in the Barbie wardrobe that still rankles - all these years and jobs later, Barbie still wears quite a lot of pink.

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However, Sherri Ann, who looks like a Barbie doll on steroids, gets more then she bargained for when she finds herself strangely attracted to the no-nonsense dog expert.

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To be sure, the Web hasn't been overly kind to the scribe who brought us such pearls as "News flash you stupid c---s: FRATS DON'T LIKE BORING SORORITIES." Shannon's send-up has been joined by other parodies, from a straight-faced version from Alison Haislip of "The Nerdist" to this dramatic reading by a Barbie doll.

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