Smuggler's Forecast Author:Jay Young With only two hours before deadline, anchorman Ross Chauvin is assigned to write a "Guest Editorial" for his often absent news director, Ernest P. Dimperwiltz--known as "Dimwitz" behind his back. The topic: America's war on drugs. Cramped for thinking time, Ross simply says what he thinks. And what he thinks literally brings down the stud... more »io roof by infuriating both sides of the conflict--police authorities and the underworld, who retaliate with their own distinctive methods. Stirring all this up with a stick is weatherman Rick Shawn, an outrageous and irreverent character at WALK-TV who launches a new weather segment called Smuggler's Forecast--just a little something to help guide all the drug smugglers in and out of Louisiana's labyrinthine coastline of marshes and bayous. As vested interest in the drug war collide against Ross and Rick in the middle, our newsmen find unexpected support from the viewing audience whose polled opinions become their strongest! ally. But along the way is betrayal, arrest, kidnaping, murder by remote control, drug injection by crossbow and the final straw--Dialing for Dope Dollars, which only further proves that humor is sometimes no laughing matter. Oh, and one more thing--who are those dangerous guys in the helicopter?« less