apearce@academy.net.au
Wed, 01 Oct 1997 12:31:29 +0900
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 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
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