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Tuesday, May 23, 2006 12:00 AM

Great couch potatoes of history

Inspired by his deadbeat son, former wanderer Tom Lutz explores 250 years of horizontal heroes -- from loungers and "nerve cases" to Beats, playboys and slackers.
By Gary Kamiya

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  • Tuesday, May 23, 2006 08:39 AM

    Wrong movie, dude

    The Richard Linklater film is called "Slacker" (singular). That "Slackers" movie review linked at the bottom is a much shittier film.

    I'm pretty sure I just lost some of my slacker cred by looking that up on IMDb.

    —Carrie Ann Read Carrie Ann's other letters

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