Matt (the legend) wrote: >>It's just another example of the multiple levels that PG can work on. >>To the casual viewer that's a 'good' line with a few cliches in it. >>To a fan it's something else entirely. > >>I think that this is one of the key attributes of cult television. That >>sort of line is entertainingly funny to "non-fans" but it makes the >>hardcore fans deliriously happy. But without giving the non-fans the >>impression that they've missed something. I just thought of another example - the pigeon in Windfall & Love Money and Birdseed - Poor Colin he had real problems with animals. >I agree. Some years ago, the ABC showed PG 5 afternoons a week here. When >you see all the episodes in order and in a short space of time, you notice >all kinds of sub-plots, etc. I think this is perhaps the only show >comprised of essentially self-contained episodes that has such amazing >over-all structure. >But I must say that it made the weekends seem really long sometimes. Two >whole days without a PG fix...It just wasn't the same when they put it on as >1 episode per week. >Ann Tell me about it I got into a really stupid aroument with my Mother because she was preventing me from seeing an episode (even thought I was taping it) I could feel the withdrawl symptoms. Natacha -- T H E P R E S S G A N G M A I L I N G L I S T By default, pressing 'reply' will send mail back to the list, not to the author of the message you're replying to. To unsubscribe, mail "unsubscribe" to "pressgang-request@yoyo.org" -- T H E P R E S S G A N G M A I L I N G L I S T By default, pressing 'reply' will send mail back to the list, not to the author of the message you're replying to. To unsubscribe, mail "unsubscribe" to "pressgang-request@yoyo.org" |