The White House Scandal Brings Tons of Laughs As "Clinton Blues Screen Saver Satire" Swallows Up 750,000 Downloads from Online Sites

Business Wire, Sept 23, 1998

WOONSOCKET, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 1998--The broadcast of President Clinton's videotaped appearance before Kenneth Starr's grand jury helped ignite a new rush of interest in the Rhode Island Soft Systems (RISS) digital burlesque "Clinton Blues Screen Saver Satire." As the news of the White House carnal carnival intensified, requests for the Internet-based "Clinton Blues Screen Saver Satire" more than doubled to 50,000 during the past week! To date, the product has racked up an extraordinary 750,000 downloads in its three months online.

"Clinton Blues Screen Saver Satire" features a sax-tooting Bubba-in-Chief and three former gal-pals named Gennifer, Paula and Monica who sing and joke about the current (pardon the expression) state of affairs. The zany program, which literally turns the White House scandal into a song and dance, is available for free download from the RISS web site at http://www.risoftsystems.com/clinton.asp; an extended version, with additional songs and jokes, is available from RISS for $9.00. The program has also been a top product on all of the major Internet sites, including C/Net's Download.com, ScreenSaver.com, ZDNet and FileMine.

"This has been one of our top-selling programs," says Eric Robichaud, CEO of RISS. "The polls may say that people are tired of the Lewinsky scandal, but our sales show that people can't get enough of our spoof of the story."

Rhode Island Soft Systems Inc., is a developer of consumer and business software programs, specializing in Windows products such as multimedia titles, screen savers, utilities, games and licensed technologies. It is celebrated for its best-selling Internet-based screen savers, including "Hey Macaroni! Screen Saver," "Holyear vs. Teethson Screen Saver," and the "Princess Diana Tribute Screen Saver."

For more information, contact Rhode Island Soft Systems, P.O. Box 748, Woonsocket, RI, 02895-0784; tel. (800) 959-7477 or (401) 767-3106; fax (401) 767-3108; or via the Internet at http://www.risoftsystems.com or info@risoftsystems.com.