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|    Derek Janssen to Doug Elrod    |
|    Re: Brain-swaps ("Overdrawn at the Memor    |
|    22 Aug 08 20:38:39    |
      a8ffa68e       From: ejanss1@nospam.verizon.net              Doug Elrod wrote:       > On Aug 22, 2:16 pm, nebu...@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:       >       >> Hm. Well, I suppose there's some relation, although there've       >>been brain-swap stories before 'Overdrawn at the Memory Bank' too. I       >>think maybe an important point of the 'Overdrawn' gimmick is first that       >>it's essentially a 'lost luggage' story -- guy goes on vacation (in the       >>movie, a mandatory one, admittedly), loses something important, has to       >>make do until getting it back.       >       > "The Prisoner" had at least one.              As did the Avengers, and just about every Saturday morning cartoon in       recorded history, predating the Flintstones.              > I wonder what the most unlikely TV       > series to have one would be. Punky Brewster never had one, did       > it? ;-)              I assume that winky is because they *did*--       Unless you've managed to forget the "Punky forgets to take care of her       dog" episode...       (Don't ask me how I know that, it was just more research for what was       going on with the Shout Factory thread, honestly)              Derek Janssen (hey, it was the 80's, and brain-swap was coin of the realm)       ejanss1@verizon.net              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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