Sorry about the late replies - I have had to keep my 'phone line open for various reasons over the weekend, so haven't been able to download my mail. >Kevin's Ten Best Stories.... Oh my god - I think I agree with all of those! :) However, like Natacha I reserve judgement on the order. (Kevin - I must admit that I was surprised (but in full agreement) with your inclusion of A Night In, given Colin's rabbit suit...) >Kevin's Ten Worst Stories >#1 PICKING UP THE PIECES > Completely unbelievable pairing of Frazz & Suzy Norton I'm not sure that I'd put this first on the list, but not one of the best, certainly. >#2 CHANCE IS A FINE THING > Didn't like the Clark subplot; Colin a little much to take I don't think this would make it on my bottom shows list, although in picking the ten "worst" PG shows would a few good'uns would make it. From our off-list discussions, and the above comment, I'd guess that Kevin dislikes this one because of the "silliness" of Colin - personally, I think he makes a good comic character. >#3 SHE'S GOT IT TAPED >#4 DAY DREAMS All agreed >#5 HEAD AND HEART > Colin at his most annoying, Spike & Frazz unsympathetic This would possibly make it to my bottom ten list (because of the overly obvious (Full House-esque) moral push), but again, I liked Colin's lines and absurd behaviour. >#6 ONE EASY LESSON >#7 WINDFALL >#8 YESTERDAY'S NEWS > Great Spike & Lynda vehicle, but I don't buy the L.V. Gillespie bit (Ahem) I assume you mean _N._ V. Guillespie. :) >#9 MONEY, LOVE, AND BIRDSEED > Tell me you go about your business with a room full of pigeons?? The "birdseed" (and the "love") were the bits I _liked_ in that episode - Billy "oh my I'm clever" Homer doing a Sherlock Holmes?, give me a break! - I must admit that the charge of tokenism put forward by Jim Sangster in the (wonderful) Programme Guide rang true to me. Overall, I thought that the episode was balanced out by above and below average elements (I find it very hard to refer to any PG as "bad"). >#10 FOOD, LOVE, AND INSECURITY > No good reason, I just hate it. Must be Phillippa chasing Spike. Well, there were weaknesses, but I certainly didn't hate it - it had a nice "state of the relationship" swing to the ending. Again, I have to say that picking a bottom 10 in PG woul be hard given the overall quality of the show, so I certainly wouldn't expect to come up with an any more agreeable list than Kevin did - in picking one quarter of episodes to stick a "bad" (or at least "less good") label on, there are bound to be some quality episodes included. Murray ___________________________________________________________________ Murray Head "The only way to atone for being occasionally muzza@omen.net.au a little overdressed is by being always http://www.omen.net.au/~muzza/ absolutely overeducated." - Oscar mhead@anhb.uwa.edu.au (Anatomy and Human Biology, UWA) Wilde -- 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@lists.yoyo.org" |