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DRIVEN SATURDAY

Oh yeah? So who is Patrick? Well, Patrick is what used to be referred to in polite circles as a vegetable. Suffering from massive damage to the cerebral cortex, he is described by one doctor as “160 pounds of limp meat hanging from a catatonic brain.”

December 1, 1979
Edouard Dauphin

DRIVEN SATURDAY

Toddler Terror

by

Edouard Dauphin

Some people thought he was crazy,

He seemed to be deaf, dumb and blind,

But they hadn’t figured on his sixth sense— -

The power of Patrick’s mind.

Oh yeah? So who is Patrick? Well, Patrick is what used to be referred to in polite circles as a vegetable. Suffering from massive damage to the cerebral cortex, he is described by one doctor as “160 pounds of limp meat hanging from a catatonic brain.”

No, Patrick isn’t an alias for Ian Dury. He’s the title character in Patrick, latest of the psychokinesis movies spawned by Carrie, The Fury and others. You remember psychokinesis: an otherwise dull mind moves things around the room by the power of suggestion. It’s how Studio 54’s owner got his start.

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