As a side note, the good doctor predicted the ascent of the surveillance state:<p><pre><code>   &quot;On a mountain halfway between Reno and Rome
   We have a machine in a plexiglass dome
   Which listens and looks into everyone’s home
   And whenever it sees a new sleeper go flop,
   It jiggles and lets a new Biggle-Ball drop.
   Our chap count these balls as they plup in a cup.
   And that’s how we know who is down and who’s up&quot;</code></pre>