Oh, Behave!

Wed., June 23, 1999

Move over, Dr. Evil, British superspy Austin Powers has a real-life nemesis - a suburban Atlanta mom out to stop toy makers from selling a doll that asks: “Do I make you horny, baby? Do I?” The underwear-clad dolls with gorilla-like chest hair repeat lines from the Mike Myers comedy, “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.” The “horny” quote particularly peeved Tamatha Brannon of an Atlanta suburb. She grew upset when her 11-year-old son picked a doll up in a Toys “R” Us last week and pestered her about what “horny” meant. McFarlane Toys, which manufactures the doll, said the adult version of the doll should never have been sent to Toys “R” Us. The company also makes a fully clothed Powers doll with “softer” quotes from the film.

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