So powerful is Conroy’s voice that—at the zenith of his powers—he’s able to sexualize the throwing of a yoyo: That it was vaguely masturbatory seems inescapable. I doubt that half the pubescent boys in America could have been captured by any other means. . . . A single Loop-the-Loop might represent, in some mysterious way, the act of masturbation, but to break down the entire repertoire into the three stages of throw, trick, and return representing erection, climax, and detumescence seems immoderate.
