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The thing which really amuses me about that time is the Futurama Episode "300 big boys" from April 2003

Hermes: You invest this penny like you wanted.

Dwight: Thanks, Dad. I'm gonna take this and buy five shares of Amazon.com.

Hermes: A risk-taker? That's my boy!

In today's shares Amazon peaked at $5/share in December 1999 (adjusting for splits etc) but by early 2003 had collapsed to about $1.

Certainly enough to joke about it as a cartoon writer.

Today of course it's $250 a share.



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