King of the Bench: Control Freak

Gr 4–6—It's a new season at Spiro T. Agnew Middle School, and Steve is back to discuss the benefits of sitting out the Mighty Plumbers football games. Steve finds an original Nintendo 64 game controller while visiting Billionaire Bill, who trades it for Steve's half-eaten, melting Eskimo Pie. Dismissing Bill's cryptic comment, "Control your life," Steve starts goofing around with the controller during a particularly boring part of the Goons football game. He pretends the match he's watching is a video game and decides to control the play from the stand. Guess what? It works. This gets him thinking. Is it cheating if he uses it to help the Mighty Plumbers? Fans of the first installment will welcome Steve's acerbic commentary on everything from inspiring coaching to athletic prowess. The art adds to the humor.