To the youngest employees of WYFF4, my high school prom pic is a riot. But people my age who’ve seen this photo say I am a dead ringer for “Alex” in A Clockwork Orange.
Wha-?
Class of 1980.
For those familiar with the 1971 film by writer-director Stanley Kubrick, I can assure you I was not part of vicious teenage gang that committed random acts of brutality. Oh no! I just thought the get-up looked cool, especially the cane. A chick-magnet, fo sho!
Posing in mom & dad's front yard.
But this is what happens when you offer your prom pic to the TV station for its Prom ’09 campaign. My, how prom fashion has changed in 29 years!
Maybe that’s a good thing.
Ya think?
A Clockwork Orange.
A quick note about the author: Tim Waller lives in Greenville, South Carolina. He is a news reporter at Hearst Television station WYFF-TV. 
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Paul Bennett says:
September 19, 2009 at 10:36 am (UTC -6 )
Hey Tim! A major blast from the past here — remember me? We worked at the dredded Matt’s Place in Johnson City while in college. I was Googling to see if I might find any old friends from Matt’s when your name popped up. I also touched base with James Yoder, the “chicken” man, if you recall. Just wanted to say hi. I’m in Columbus, GA now, heading up an IT department for Aflac Insurance Co. The duck and I are tight — I was on the team that created him. Catch me on Linked-In. Cool pics by the way; hope you still have that outfit. Talk soon!
Paul Bennett