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During the show, Robard persistently tries to sell his motivational tape series. This series is advertised elsewhere on Vice City radio, and it's worth noting that the initials for each program spells out the name of a popular illegal drug: "Motivate, Demonstrate, then Motivate Again" spells out "[[wp:MDMA|MDMA]]", the scientific abbreviation for Ecstasy; "Learn, Start, Doing" spells out "[[wp:LSD|LSD]]", the abbreviation for lysergic acid diethylamide; "Think, Hold that thought, Complete" spells out "[[wp:THC|THC]]" the abbreviation for Tetrahydrocannabinol, the primary chemical in [[wp:marijuana|marijuana]]. Later in his dialogue he mentions, "And if you want to think really fast, try my crank-it-out program" (Crank is slang for [[wp:Methamphetamine|Methamphetamine]]). Another notable reference to drugs is when he tells Crab, "[Crab] I can get you something much better [than the antidepressant]," implying that he has connections to drugs somewhere. | During the show, Robard persistently tries to sell his motivational tape series. This series is advertised elsewhere on Vice City radio, and it's worth noting that the initials for each program spells out the name of a popular illegal drug: "Motivate, Demonstrate, then Motivate Again" spells out "[[wp:MDMA|MDMA]]", the scientific abbreviation for Ecstasy; "Learn, Start, Doing" spells out "[[wp:LSD|LSD]]", the abbreviation for lysergic acid diethylamide; "Think, Hold that thought, Complete" spells out "[[wp:THC|THC]]" the abbreviation for Tetrahydrocannabinol, the primary chemical in [[wp:marijuana|marijuana]]. Later in his dialogue he mentions, "And if you want to think really fast, try my crank-it-out program" (Crank is slang for [[wp:Methamphetamine|Methamphetamine]]). Another notable reference to drugs is when he tells Crab, "[Crab] I can get you something much better [than the antidepressant]," implying that he has connections to drugs somewhere. | ||
Interestingly, Robard's self-help tapes are not his first entrepreneurial endeavour. In Vice City Stories he runs an "Import/Export" business where clients lease a boat and ferry "special" cargo to and from an island base not too far from [[Vice City]]. Like the implied nature of his self-help tape business, his "Import/Export" business actually consists of drug-running via boats. | Interestingly, Robard's self-help tapes are not his first entrepreneurial endeavour. In Vice City Stories he runs an "Import/Export" business where clients lease a boat and ferry "special" cargo to and from an island base not too far from [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]]. Like the implied nature of his self-help tape business, his "Import/Export" business actually consists of drug-running via boats. | ||
Near the end of the show, Maurice eventually sees that Robard's program is worth nothing, that it hasn't got him anywhere, that he is not a rich successful business man, that he hasn't changed anyone's lives, and that he is nothing but a poor desperate fraud. After an exchange of insults, which includes Robard telling Konstantinos to put a hex on Maurice, Maurice becomes incensed and breaks Jeremy's nose with a 'heavy paperweight' on the air. Robard then threatens to sue, but is quickly cowed when Maurice threatens further violence. | Near the end of the show, Maurice eventually sees that Robard's program is worth nothing, that it hasn't got him anywhere, that he is not a rich successful business man, that he hasn't changed anyone's lives, and that he is nothing but a poor desperate fraud. After an exchange of insults, which includes Robard telling Konstantinos to put a hex on Maurice, Maurice becomes incensed and breaks Jeremy's nose with a 'heavy paperweight' on the air. Robard then threatens to sue, but is quickly cowed when Maurice threatens further violence. | ||